GLOBAL MARKETS: Biggest stock collapse in history
While Russia and Nigeria sign nuclear deal
Russia and Nigeria sign nuclear deal Russia has signed agreements with Nigeria to build and operate a nuclear power plant in the oil-rich West African nation that has a deficit of reliable power and faces security challenges by Islamist militants in the far northeast. In 2009 the nations signed an intergovernmental agreement on co-operation for the peaceful usage of nuclear technologies. Nigeria was in talks with Rosatom to build as many as four nuclear power plants costing about US$20bn. Africa’s most populous nation distributes an average of 4,500MW of electricity. — Bloomberg Biggest stock collapse in history It’s going to take more than the biggest stock slump in world history to convince analysts that PetroChina Co has finally hit bottom. Ten years after PetroChina peaked on its first day of trading in Shanghai, the state-owned energy producer has lost about US$800bn of market value. In current dollar terms, it’s the world’s biggest-ever wipeout of shareholder wealth. And if th...
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