The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi on Tuesday called on the Central Bank Governors of the D-8 to ensure a comprehensive surveillance of their financial system in order to forestall a re-occurrence of the recent ...

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The 7th Summit of the Group of 8 (D-8) started here on Sunday with the meeting of D-8 Commissioners in this capital city of Nigeria, Abuja. The 28th session of the Commissioners’ two-day meeting at the State House Banquet Hall ...

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D-8 Organization is set to hold the D-8 7th Head of States Summit in the capital of Nigeria next month. The Summit will be launched from 4-8 July, 2010 with the theme of “Enhancing Investment Cooperation among D-8 Members”. The ...

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If al-Qaeda-linked terrorists thought they could drive foreign investors out of Indonesia, they didn’t reckon with the likes of Jim Castle. Seven years ago, Castle, a Michigan-born consultant for 100 multinational companies — including Citigroup Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. and ...

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Malaysia may sell more than $600 million of five-year Islamic bonds, the country’s first overseas debt offering in almost eight years, according to Barclays Capital as the prime minister officially launched the sale. The Southeast Asian nation started to market the ...

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Egypt’s rapidly growing building and construction sector is expected to attract investments of around USD 7.3 billion by 2015. The sector continues to uplift related industries such as cement, iron, furniture and electricity and has emerged as one of the ...

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SAMARINDA, Indonesia—International companies are betting Indonesia will become Asia’s next big consumer market after China and India—in part because of booming jungle outposts like this one. Here in Samarinda, a coal-mining center on the far eastern edge of Borneo, the population ...

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Bangladesh has ratified the D-8 Agreement on “Simplification of Visa Procedures for the Businessman of the D-8 Member States” on March 22, 2010, making it the fifth member states to formalize the agreement within D-8 Countries. According to the Article ...

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Backed by solid political and historical ties, Pakistan and Indonesia will enjoy stronger economic relations in the coming years, with bilateral trade growing to US$2 billion from the current $800 million per year, the Pakistani envoy says, as reported by ...

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The upward trend in the disbursement of private sector credit continued in January 2010, indicating a gradual improvement in the overall business activities, as reported by AHN Media on Monday. The rise in private sector credit was 19.25 percent in ...

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