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Nigerians impatient for oil sector anti-graft reforms

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of a Harvard-educated lawyer to run the state oil company demonstrates his anti-corruption resolve — but only marks the start of a long reform journey, analysts say. Buhari took office May 29 after being elected on an anti-graft ticket, pledging to recover “mind-boggling” amounts of stolen oil money and bring those responsible to book. In early August he appointed Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, a former executive

Michael Pento

Michael Pento: President of Pento Portfolio Strategies – Michael is a well-established specialist in the “Austrian School” of economics. A regular on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business, King World News and other national media outlets and his market analysis can be read in most major financial publications….

Tiger misses 3rd straight cut in a major at PGA Championship (Yahoo Sports)

Tiger Woods made another early exit from a major championship on Saturday and had no idea where he was headed. Woods, who closed out a 73 and missed the cut at the PGA Championship, has a restaurant in South Florida that opened at the start of the week. Woods caused a stir Friday night when he committed to the Wyndham Championship next week in North Carolina, a tournament he has

Families' fury over China blast missing

Furious, frustrated and fearful, relatives of the missing in giant explosions in Tianjin besieged officials Saturday demanding answers on their loved ones’ fates – only for security to intervene instead. Three days after vast explosions lit up the night sky and left scenes of utter devastation across an industrial zone in the northern Chinese city — and scores dead — a father said he had yet to hear from his