Finances

ADB and the Government of Samoa today signed a grant agreement of AU$1 million ($750,000) additional financing provided by the Government of Australia to further strengthen the agribusiness sector in the country.

Deputy Chairman of Sberbank’s Executive Board Stanislav Kuznetsov said at the Eastern Economic Forum that it is necessary to develop a well-coordinated international strategy to combat cybersecurity as soon as possible

Statoil has acquired participating interests in two additional offshore frontier blocks, including one operatorship.

In August 2017, ALROSA Group sold USD 257.6 million worth of rough and polished diamonds. 

The FAO Food Price Index declined 1.3 percent from July, averaging 176.6 points in August.

ADB's Board of Directors has approved the disbursement of a loan of up to $2 million to develop solar energy capabilities and coverage in Samoa.

The 5-year bond, with a coupon rate of 1.750% per annum payable semi-annually and a maturity date of 13 September 2022, was priced at 1.840% to yield 19.45 basis points over the 1.625% US Treasury notes due August 2022.

Sanofi announced today that the European ratings agency Scope Ratings AG (“Scope”) assigned the company a AA long term rating and a S-1+ short-term rating. The outlook is stable

- Reports net income of $37 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, on revenues of $2.2 billion

Japanese steel producer Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal settled its third-quarter contract for Middlemount South's Foxleigh pulverised coal injection (PCI) grade at $127.50/t fob Australia, down from $135/t for the April-June quarter

Liberty Tax, Inc. (NASDAQ:TAX) (the “Company”), the parent company of Liberty Tax Service, today reported results for the first quarter ended July 31, 2017.

HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:HDS), one of the largest industrial distributors in North America, today reported Net sales of $1.4 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2017 ended July 30, 2017, an increase of $69 million, or 5.4 percent

NDB was established in 2014 with an initial fund of $100 billion pooled from five BRICS countries.