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Trump signs orders to lower drug prices, including by importing from Canada

July 30, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorCanada, Capital Market, Companies, Coronavirus, Countries, Donald Trump, Drug, Drugs, Health, healthcare, IG, Law, major, Pandemic, Patient, pharmaceutical industry, president, The United States, United States, Virus, White House0 comment

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aimed at lowering the prices Americans pay for prescription drugs, as he faces an uphill re-election battle and criticism over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has previously proposed most of the changes made by the executive orders he signed on Friday, but this is the first time they have made it into signed executive orders. One order would allow for the legal importation of cheaper prescription drugs from countries like Canada, while another would require discounts from drug…

Nigeria stock market to witness double digit growth in 2020

February 21, 2020February 25, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorBank, Capital Market, Companies, Countries, Economy, Financial market, Interest, Interest rate, International organizations, Kurfi, Lagos, Money, Nigeria, Stock Exchange, Stock market, VAT, World

A capital market operator, Malam Garba Kurfi, on Wednesday expressed optimism that the Nigerian equities market would witness double-digit growth in 2020. Kurfi, the Managing Director, APT Securities and Funds Ltd., stated this at the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) first-quarter forum in Lagos. “The All-Share Index is likely going to close for the year 2020 in positive and may close in double digits. “Both technical analysis and fundamental analysis move to the positive direction,” he said. Kurfi said that the All-Share Index was expected to close in…