England ready for Ashes

SYDNEY — Former Test cricket pace bowler Jason Gillespie has warned his compatriots that England will be ready for back-to-back Ashes series this year and for Australia to wrest back the famous urn will be a

Rooney sinks Fulham

LONDON. — Manchester United overcame a floodlight failure to win 1-0 at Fulham through a late Wayne Rooney goal on Saturday night as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side went 10 points clear at the top of

SA golf tourney on hold

PORT ELIZABETH  —  The South African golf tournament claiming to be among the richest anywhere outside the United States and a challenger to some of the world’s top events has been indefinitely

Man City, Reds draw

LONDON — Manchester City hit back to draw 2-2 at home to Liverpool in an engaging game yesterday but the result left Manchester United with a daunting nine-point lead at the top of the Premier

Tuku’s first gig a disappointment

Entertainment Reporter
Oliver Mtukudzi’s maiden gig for this year at Andy Millar Hall was a disappointment after a small crowd turned up, despite having a stellar line up of performers who included Suluman Chimbetu, Munya

US shares open higher

NEW YORK. – US stocks opened higher last Friday despite downbeat US non-farm payroll data from January. Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 157 000 in January, mainly boosted by job

ZSE stocks record solid run

Martin Kadzere Bulls and Bears

THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange enjoyed a handsome bull run last month, largely supported by strong foreign buying, mostly in heavily capitalised counters. Some of the stocks that have had a solid run

RBZ wants Royal Bank liquidated

Business Reporter
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has applied for the liquidation of Royal Bank after the troubled financial institutions’ recapitalisation initiatives failed to materialise. Central bank governor Dr Gideon Gono said

CMED pays US$1m dividend to Treasury

Evelene Taadira Business Reporter
CMED (Private) Limited last week paid US$1 million to Treasury as a dividend from the US$3,4 million profit it made in 2011. The development is part of statutory provisions stipulating that State enterprises

Barclays Bank boss to forego bonus

LONDON. – British bank Barclays, which has been plagued by the Libor rate-rigging scandal, announced on Friday that chief executive Antony Jenkins would forego his 2012 bonus after a “difficult” year at the

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