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Paris Match, a glossy French weekly known for its celebrity exclusives on Tuesday became part of the media empire of France's richest man Bernard Arnault, after a stint under right-wing tycoon Vincent Bollore's ownership.
Tens of thousands of workers at major ports on the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday in action that could drag on the world's largest economy just ahead of the November presidential election. ILA members began picketing at 14 major ports on the East and Gulf coasts soon after the announcement.
As Nigeria celebrates its 64th independence anniversary, Legit.ng examines some of the major economic issues affecting the country in the last few decades.
Jean Baptiste Tignegre has disclosed that other African countries are learning how to deploy biotechnology to drive food security on the continent
German chemicals group Covestro said Tuesday it had accepted a takeover bid from UAE state energy company ADNOC, as one of the key sectors in Europe's largest economy is gripped by crisis. - Chemicals crisis - ADNOC's bid for Covestro comes while the challenges facing the Germany's energy-intensive chemicals industry show no signs of abating.
The eurozone's annual inflation rate fell to its lowest level in three-and-a-half years in September, official data showed Tuesday, dropping below the European Central Bank's two-percent target and fuelling expectations of a rate cut. The slowdown in inflation comes after energy prices fell sharply by 6.0 percent in September, compared with a drop of 3.0 percent in August, Eurostat data showed.
Currency dealers in the official markets quoted the US dollar at a high of N1,691 per dollar and a low of N1,540 as the naira reversed its two-day gain.
Two decades ago, Miguel Angel Garcia harvested grapes and grains on his farm in central Spain, like his father and grandfather before him. Garcia harvests 10 to 20 tonnes of the green nut each year at his 26-hectare (64-acres) farm in Manzanares in the central region of Castilla-La Mancha, part of a boom in pistachio production in Spain.
As the evening light falls on her vineyards in northwestern Turkey, Zeynep Arca Salliel pinches the grapes and tastes the skin. "Alas, we remain a well-kept secret," says Salliel.
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