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BEIJING.Inflation is proving a tougher foe than the Chinese government imagined and, as that realisation sinks in, risks are tilting towards more aggressive monetary tightening than investors expected.So far, markets…
SA fuel industry braces for new grades
Johannesburg.FUEL producers and retailers are bracing themselves for an investment of up to R20 billion to provide for the new grades of fuel the government is introducing soon.The department of…
Egypt’s credit risk falling
Cairo.Egypt’s credit risk is falling to the lowest level since anti-government protests began two weeks ago and international borrowing costs are dropping as the nation’s biggest political crisis in three…
Chrome scam exposed
By Martin KadzereAN investigation into chrome operations has unearthed irregularities with most firms operating without Government certificates and licences.According to an audit report prepared by the Mines and Mining Development…
Lira coming to Zim
MUSIC-WISE I am a big fan of fusions and one of my best hybrid kinds of music is the ragga/soul or the ragga/hip-hop genre made very popular by the acts…
Civil servants pin hopes on President
Herald Reporter
CIVIL servants are pinning their hopes of a salary increase on President Mugabe after he recently indicated that part of diamond
Mutambara fires Ncube
Herald Reporters
PROFESSOR Arthur Mutambara yesterday said he was still the MDC president and had fired Professor Welshman Ncube, who was elected to the top post at a party congress last month.
Independence vote a ‘new dawn’ for Sudan, declares UN envoy
UNITED NATIONS.Southern Sudan’s vote to split from the Arab-dominated north is a “new dawn” for the giant African nation, a top UN official told the Security Council yesterday while warning…
Girl (11) tries to smuggle phones, gun into jail
Prison officials in Colombia say they have caught an 11-year-old girl trying to smuggle dozens of mobile phones and a gun into a jail. Guards became suspicious when they saw…
Thief sleeps on duty
By Tendai RupapaA burglar fell asleep on the floor of a Waterfalls woman’s house he had broken into at night and was apprehended while out cold the following morning.Jackson Sambo…