Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 28th August 2020
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LNG Exporters Await Damage Impact From Laura
– Along with millions of Americans, much of the Gulf Coast’s energy infrastructure is at risk from Hurricane Laura’s “unsurvivable storm surge” that could inflict more than $15 billion in insured losses. Ahead of the storm, liquefied natural gas producers shut wells and vessels steered clear of export terminals including Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Sabine Pass and …
CIBC Wealth Management Takes Hit In Q3 2020
The Canadian Commercial and Wealth Management arm of CIBC reported net income of $320m for Q3 2020, a 7% drop year-on-year. This amounts to $24m. The drop was primarily attributed to a higher provision for credit losses. Furthermore, deposit and loan volume growth in commercial banking was offset by lower margins and lower fee revenue …
ProPhotonix Shares Rise On 2019 Profit Swing
ProPhotonix Ltd on Thursday reported a swing to profit for 2019 as administrative costs halved year-on-year, despite a minor decline in revenue. For the year, the LED lighting manufacturer posted a pretax profit of USD1.1 million, compared to a loss of USD1.3 million the year before. This was due to selling, general and administrative expenses …
Europe Air Safety Regulator To Start 737 MAX Flight Test
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said today it plans to begin flight tests of US planemaker Boeing’s MAX plane in Vancouver, Canada, in the week starting September 7. The test flights will start more than two months after the US regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and Boeing completed certification test flights on …
UK Publishes 5G Conspiracy Guide To Quash Misinformation
The Government has published a guide for the public about 5G masts, intended to stem the spread of conspiracy theories surrounding possible health implications of the new mobile networks. Considerable research has been carried out about the health impacts of radio waves, with the spectrum used by 5G networks considered to be well within safe …
Bird Gives Teachers Free Rides For New Academic Session
We’re not too far away from the start of a new school term, and Bird is hoping to help our nation’s public school teachers get around. For the month of September, the scooter company is offering a program, titled Free Rides for Teachers, which provides an hour’s worth of scooter riding every day to educators. In order …
T-Mobile’s Latest Revvl Phone Offers 5G Speeds
The 5G revolution isn’t quite upon us, but it doesn’t hurt to own a phone that’s primed and ready. That’s what T-Mobile was presumably thinking, anyway, when it green-lit the Revvl 5G. The company believes the hardware which costs $399.99, or $16.67 per month over two years is “America’s most affordable 5G smartphone, ever.” It can …
Gas Reaches Young Stars Along Magnetic Field Lines
Astronomers have used the GRAVITY instrument to study the immediate vicinity of a young star in more detail than ever before. Their observations confirm a thirty-year-old theory about the growth of young stars: the magnetic field produced by the star itself directs material from a surrounding accretion disk of gas and dust onto its surface. …
Mathematicians Forecast COVID-19 Spread
A highly accurate forecast tool created by mathematicians from Case Western Reserve University and The University of Akron is being used by Cuyahoga County health officials to gage the Northeast Ohio spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. “Our predictions of the number of new daily infections are quite accurate for two to three weeks …
Eoin Morgan Worried About England’s Preparations For World Cup
Eoin Morgan believes a significant hurdle for England to overcome between now and next year’s T20 World Cup will be finding ways to ensure they are at full-strength as often as possible in order to give clarity to players’ roles. A left side strain has ruled Jason Roy out of the T20 series against Pakistan, which starts at Emirates Old …
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