Prestigious Pousadas de Portugal Selects MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

MICROS Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Pousadas de Portugal, owned and operated by The Pestana Group, the largest Portuguese tourism and leisure organization, has implemented the MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution. Â The solution, which includes MICROS OPERA Multi-Property Management ...

Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)

Incorporated in Lome, Togo, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) is the parent company of the leading independent regional banking group in Africa.

INTELS Operating in the delta (Oil Online)

Thanks to its relevant experience in the West Africa logistics, shipping and transportation sectors, Intels Nigeria Ltd. managed successfully the petroleum industry's biggest challenges. ‘Our idea was to develop a “one stop base concept” in Nigeria, similar to other regions of the world like Aberdeen, Peter Head and Stavanger in the North Sea for example,’ Volpi, MD of Intels and Orlean Invest ...

7 new envoys confirmed (Manila Bulletin)

The Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday that the Commission on Appointments has confirmed seven new envoys. All are career ambassadors. DFA spokesman J. Eduardo Malaya said there were no political appointees from the new ambassadors recently confirmed by the CA. Under Section 17 of Republic Act (RA) 7157 or the Foreign Service Act, majority of the diplomatic and permanent missions must ...

7 new RP envoys’ appointments confirmed (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed the appointments of seven ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary (AEPs) and two officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) during its plenary session Wednesday.

CA okays Duque, 174 AFP officers (Malaya)

IN an unprecedented move, the Commission on Appointments yesterday confirmed the nomination of 174 senior military officials to the next higher position.

CA OKs 174 military officers, 9 envoys (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

The powerful Commission on Appointments has confirmed the appointments of 174 senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, including that of Major General Romeo Prestoza.

Duque breezes through appointment panel for CSC nomination (GMA News)

Contrary to the fate suffered by his predecessor, it took only five minutes for newly appointed Civil Service Commission Chairman Francisco Duque III to get the nod of the bicameral Commission on Appointments on Wednesday morning.

Is “Oil Fund” all Ghana needs to defeat the Resource Curse? (Ghanaweb.com)

Even with the estimated 1.8 billion barrels of crude oil (compared with Nigeria’s 36 billion barrels of crude oil) making 50,000 barrels a day within months of the start-up this year, Ghana cannot sidestep the nagging challenges of the curious phenomenon-the ‘resource curse’.

How viable are Oil Funds? (AllAfrica.com)

The case for the economic and political significance of oil funds remains very bleak. It is now argued by some economists that oil funds are no more effective than other measures for mitigating the threats of Dutch Disease.