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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The banking sector is advising investors and other private sector borrowers to re-think their investments and investment plans because the attractiveness of investments to credit has been highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.       The pandemic scared lending institutions away from the private …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The financial sector leaders have chosen to strengthen regulation to grow the stock market as opposed to relaxing rules to attract companies to listing shares. They say strong regulation of the sector gives confidence to serious investors that their investments will be safe while relaxing …

New York, UK | Xinhua | Wall Street’s major averages eked out modest gains in the week as investors monitored updates about a U.S. coronavirus stimulus bill, while poring through a batch of key economic data. For the week ending Friday, the Dow inched up 0.1 percent, the S&P 500 rose …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ActionAid Uganda wants parliament to investigate the cabinet decision allowing investors to mortgage government land allocated to them for use to ensure that it conforms to the existing land laws. On September 22, 2020, the government issued a set of conditions that will be followed …

New York, US | XINHUA | Wall Street’s major averages climbed modestly in the week as investors focused on news about U.S. President Donald Trump’s positive test for COVID-19 as well as updates of a fresh round of U.S. fiscal stimulus. For the week ending Friday, the Dow added 1.9 percent, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands has issued new guidelines for investors who want to mortgage government land. Lands Minister Beti Kamya said that cabinet decided that any foreign investor using public land should prove that they have at least 60 percent of the total investment …

New York , US | XINHUA | U.S. equities decreased in the past week as investors rotated about of the tech sector while digesting a slew of key economic data. For the week ending Friday, the Dow slid 1.8 percent, the S&P 500 lost 2.3 percent, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq dipped …

New York, US | XINHUA | U.S. stocks eked out modest gains in the past week as Wall Street digested the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes and a slew of economic data. For the week ending Friday, the Dow was roughly unchanged, the S&P 500 rose 0.7 percent, and the Nasdaq …

New York, US | XINHUA | U.S. stocks posted modest gains in the week, as investors digested a slew of newly-released economic data while grappling with the uncertain fate of the further coronavirus stimulus in the country. For the week ending Friday, the Dow gained 1.8 percent, the S&P 500 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda shilling has appreciated by at least 5.2% against the dollar since March, thanks partly to money coming into non-governmental organizations and low demand for dollars by importers. According to the quoting this month by forex bureaus, the shilling has gained as much …