Introduction In recent years, there has been a surge in the number of email scams, telephone scams and other types of deception cases in Hong Kong, resulting in hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars being misappropriated. Examples include: scammers mimicking the email account of a senior official (often the CEO) of a company …
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Since 2014, all the public lighting assets have been transferred to municipal authorities due to Resolution nº 414/2010 of the Electric Energy National Agency (ANEEL). Before this, the companies responsible for the electric energy distribution managed those assets. In this sense, Brazilian cities became the sole ones responsible for providing all the utilities regarding public …
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Doing Business In: Iraq
While doing business in Iraq comes with its own variety of unique and variable obstacles, the country has enormous economic potential. Iraq is ranked towards the bottom of the World Bank’s ease of doing business report. Nonetheless, it is still regarded as one of the world’s wealthiest countries, with substantial hydrocarbon reserves, a dense population, …
Doing Business In: Nigeria
1. Introduction The Federal Republic of Nigeria (“Nigeria”), the most populous country in Africa, accounts for one-sixth of Africa’s population. Nigeria also plays host to one of the continent’s fastest-growing economies. Following a contraction of 1.8% in 2020 with growth losses occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic (“the Pandemic”), the economy rebounded and grew by 3.6% …