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As the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration grapples with fall in prices of crude oil, which account for over 70 percent of the nation’s foreign exchange earnings, it has been revealed that Nigeria loses N8 trillion every two years due to illegal mining of solid minerals. This comes as analysts have harped on the need for diversification… […]

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has said that a life of service to humanity and exemplary leadership is urgently needed to deepen the democratic culture in Nigeria. Ambode made the observation yesterday in Lagos while speaking as guest lecturer at the Annual Lecture and Awards Luncheon of The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Alumni Association… […]

One week after the launch of the Mile 12-Ikoroddu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) classic operations with 434 buses rolled out, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says it is erecting a one-kilometre long concrete fence with iron see-through grating between the service lane and main carriageway from Mile 12 towards Ketu, as part of… […]

Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD), the top manufacturer of commercial kitchen equipment, saw firsthand just how fickle the market can be. After the company missed earnings expectations by $0.02 per share, investors responded by trading its shares down almost 15% over the ensuing week. On this video segment, The Motley Fool’s Chris Hill and Jason Moser examine this […]

Retailers are facing some challenges as shopping patterns change and sales dollars move online. Younger shoppers in particular are more inclined to look for good value in their shopping experience. Leaders such as Wal-Mart and Target, together with well-known department stores like Macy’s(NYSE:M) and J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP), have had to employ creative solutions to reach this […]Read More

It’s now the time of the year when we turn our attention to Thanksgiving overindulgence and the December holidays. As if to help shareholders defray the added expenses of the season, several companies have increased their dividends. As we get closer to the holidays, and further away from third quarter earnings season, the number and […]

Image source: TASER International. The stock market added to its gains for the week on Wednesday, pushing higher as investors chose to take the latest minutes from the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee as a positive sign for the U.S. economy. Yet several stocks added company-specific positive news of their own to the overall rally, […]

Over the last three years, it’s been a good run for Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). Since the beginning of 2013, the company’s shares have increased nearly 300%, going from approximately $30 per share to its current price above $100 per share. To be fair, it isn’t as if the company isn’t deserving of its surging stock price. […]Read More

Admitting fear is difficult. So you can imagine how shocked I was to find out Warren Buffett recently told a select number of investors about the cutting-edge technology that’s keeping him awake at night. This past May, The Motley Fool sent 8 of its best stock analysts to Omaha, Nebraska to attend the Berkshire Hathaway […]

It takes a lot for the market to push a stock down more than 34% in a single trading day. However, that is precisely what happened last week with shares of Fossil Group (NASDAQ:FOSL). The specialty watch maker’s stock lost more than a third of its value recently after projecting a dismal outlook for its […]

Image by Flickr user szapucki under Creative Commons license. Now that fast-casual eatery Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) has reopened 43 restaurants it temporarily shuttered in Seattle and Portland while dealing with E. coli contamination linked to 11 of its locations,investors can turn their attention back to a longer-term problem: Is Chipotle finding itself a victim of its own […]Read More

Try as it might, technology giant Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) remains frustratingly wedded to the continued success of the iPhone. Although there are certainly worse problems for a company to have, as the iPhone goes, so goes Apple. This strategy has worked to a remarkable degree in the past year, but concerns understandably remain that economic headwinds in […]