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Nigeria in talks with Russia's Rosatom for nuclear power plants

By Chijioke Ohuocha and Svetlana Burmistrova LAGOS/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Nigeria is in talks with Russia’s state-owned Rosatom to build nuclear power plants, as Africa’s most populous nation tries to end of decades of blackouts that has blighted its economy. Africa’s biggest economy has no experience in developing and operating nuclear power plants but has a gamma facility and small reactors producing around 30 kilowatts for research, Franklin Erepamo Osaisai, chief

Mortgage Rates Inch Upward to 3.58%

Filed under: Buying, Financing, Refinancing ZillowThe weekly mortgage rate chart illustrates the average 30-year fixed interest rate in six-hour intervals. By Lauren Braun Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed loans rose this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgages at 3.58 percent, up 3 basis points from this time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose throughout the week before dipping to the current rate on