Gold futures finished sharply higher Friday after a weaker-than-expected jobs report heightened expectations that the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates lower for longer. The Labor Department’s report showed that companies scaled back hiring in April, adding just 160,000 new jobs, compared with a forecast of
Those factors—bullish for oil prices—outweighed a disappointing jobs report showing companies added 160,000 new jobs to the U.S. workforce in April, compared with economists’ forecasts of 203,000, according to the Labor Department. A weaker jobs reports suggest tepid demand for oil. The continued spread of forest
Investment Thesis: April 4, 2017, will be remembered as the “big fall” for Seadrill (NYSE:SDRL) and its subsidiary North Atlantic drilling (NYSE:NADL) and in a somewhat lesser extent Seadrill Partners LLC (NYSE:SDLP) — in which Seadrill owns a minority stake just under 50%. The question
Nigeria – referred to as the giant of Africa is a nation with so many vast resources including those found in minerals, oil and agriculture, amongst others. With the huge resources found alone in the agricultural sector, the country can become the agricultural giant of
Nigeria has so much to benefit from agricultural industrialization as this is a major sector that serves as the bedrock of the country. The potentials of Agricultural Industrialization towards a country’s development can never be over-emphasized, most especially in developing countries like Nigeria. Agricultural industrialization
Generally, Agriculture is seen as the cultivation of land for the idea to produce food for man, feed for animal and then those of fibre or raw material for industrial corporations. This also caters to processing and marketing of crops. It embodies the general controlled
Nickel, as a fairly common element, is abundant because of the earth’s natural properties. Deposits are scattered across the globe and some regions produce more than others, particularly Australia, Canada, and several countries in Asia. However, economic landscapes in these areas are changing the conditions