Germany okays ‘balanced’ 2014 draft budget

BERLIN. — Germany’s cabinet yesterday agreed a draft budget for 2014 said to be the first “structurally balanced” budget — excluding one-off items and the effects of the economic cycle — for 40 years.

Gold makes slight gain

LONDON. — Gold edged higher yesterday to near a one-and-a-half-week high reached in the previous session on continued concern about the eurozone after disappointing data on factory output.

Let’s support local blending industry

Michael Senzanje
THE pump price for diesel has dramatically increased since 1967 and the projection is that the prices will continue to rise as world fuel reserves decrease.

Maxwell for leadership summit

Pauline Mhuka Business Reporter
CELEBRATED New York best selling author Dr John C Maxwell is in the country for a leadership summit which starts in Harare today.  The event, which was organised  by the Kingdom Wealth Network is expected to attract  big and small companies, presidents, prime ministers, politicians, Fortune 500

Econet launches solar charger

Business Reporter
MOBILE phone operator Econet Wireless through its division Econet Solar has launched a solar cellphone charger which consists of an in-built FM radio and a lamp to help ease the effects of electricity shortages being faced by many people across the country.

Zim, Zambia ready for UNWTO. . .. . . . as tourism industry urged to take advantage

Golden Sibanda recently in BERLIN, Germany
ZIMBABWE and Zambia are well prepared prepared to co-host the 20th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly scheduled for August this year after effective collaborative groundwork to ensure its success since winning the bid, Zambia Minister for

Meet the CEO who makes MTN tick

HE earns a staggering R22,5 million a year, making him the highest paid executive in South Africa’s mobile cellphone sector and one of the most influential business executives in the continent.

What really matters?

GREY’S Anatomy has to be one of the most emotional television series in the world (well the current season anyway).
It is a behind the scenes, dramatic look at the world of emergency medicine. It still, however, gets it wrong.

Pastel launches cloud-based program

Business Reporter
Pastel Software Zimbabwe, in partnership with Utande, on Tuesday launched Sage Pastel My Business Online, a cloud-based accounting program designed for start-up and small businesses that enables them to access and work on their accounts online from anywhere in the world.

‘Mr T’ will be sorely missed

The death of Mr Tererai Matavire, “Terry” or “Mr T” as he was affectionately known, has left a void in the finance sector. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Mr Matavire was the Senior Partner of KPMG in Zimbabwe and the chairman of the KPMG Central Africa Cluster, which is made up of Malawi,

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