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THE past eight to 10 months has seen Zimbabwe hosting a number of artistes, speakers and many other celebrities. This is cause for celebration for many people but I have…
Zimstat hunts for new boss
Business ReporterTHE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency is hunting for a new director-general after operating for several years under the supervision of an acting director-general.The Zimstat board of directors has engaged…
Irish bailout is more debt: Analysts
DUBLIN.IRELAND’S huge 85-billion-euro international rescue package represents a huge helping hand for a small country, but analysts say it may just be piling debt on top of more debt.“It won’t…
Egypt’s workers full of high expectations
CAIRO. – When a housekeeper came to work in Cairo last week, she had a dreamy look in her eyes. According to a calculation she had heard, if all the…
Red-hot world markets start to cool
LONDON.INVESTORS may start to see warning signs soon as their allocations into risky assets move to extremes only half way into the first quarter, while earnings and inflation-related risks are…
Asia stocks slip on Mideast tensions
HONG KONG.OIL prices jumped a dollar and Asian stocks slipped yesterday as spreading tensions in Libya and other oil-producing regions encouraged some profit taking after last week’s solid gains. Brent…
German business confidence hits third straight high
FRANKFURT.GERMAN business confidence has hit its third straight record high, the Ifo institute said yesterday, while a eurozone measure also pointed to fresh momentum for a sustained recovery, analysts said.The…
Zim to host investment conference next month
Government, in conjunction with Euromoney Conferences, will early next month host yet another forum aimed at luring investment into the country.Dubbed the Zimbabwe Investment Conference, the event to be held…
Mariah converts home into nursery
Los Angeles.MARIAH Carey has converted an entire wing of her home into a nurseryThe singer is pregnant with twins and she and husband Nick Cannon are sparing no expense in…
Is being a celeb worth it?
When I was a student in London in the 1980s, I became good friends with Keith Drummond of a band called Black Slate. The band had made a number one…