adminCurtain comes down on tobacco selling season
Agriculture ReporterThe 2013 flue-cured tobacco selling season will close on Friday, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board announced last week.
Final deliveries will be accepted on Thursday. This season is closing after 99 selling days while the 2012 selling season lasted 145 days.
Barclays plans to move more jobs overseas
LONDON. — Barclays Plc plans to move 4 000 more jobs overseas and to lower cost locations by 2015 to save as much as £250 million (US$381 million), said Eric Bommensath, co-chief executive officer of corporate and investment banking.
‘Ashley Williams is worth the price’
CARDIFF. — Ben Davies believes Swansea’s £10m valuation of Ashley Williams is more than justified.Williams has been heavily linked with summer moves to Liverpool or Arsenal, although Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins has stated the club have not received any offers for their
German economy recovering
Frankfurt. — German retail sales rose more than economists forecast in May, adding to signs that a recovery in Europe’s largest economy has gathered pace amid record-low interest rates, while inflation accelerated.Starafrica insolvent
Business ReporterCASH-SRAPPED starafricacorporation is technically insolvent as its liabilities far outstrip assets.
Starafrica will thus sell its investment in Botswana-based associate Tongaat Hulett and Blue Star Logistics to clear the debts.
Fans attack Bulgaria FA HQ
SOFIA. — Fifteen football fans have been held by police in connection with an attack on the Bulgarian Football Union headquarters on Saturday.CSKA Sofia fans threw stones and fireworks at the BFU building in central Sofia, smashing windows and hitting a reporter who tried to take a photograph.
China’s Communist Party membership exceeds 85 million
BEIJING. — The number of Communist Party of China (CPC) members has surpassed 85 million, according to latest figures from the Organising Department of the CPC Central Committee.Italy win bronze
SALVADOR. — Italy took third place at the Confederations Cup yesterday after beating Uruguay 3-2 on penalties, the pair having been locked at 2-2 following extra time in Salvador.Reach for the stars, turn your dreams into goals
Nyaradzo Mavindidze Motivation for SuccessCriticism, lack of money, know-how and the onset of reality are all the most common excuses that people give for failing to realise their dreams after high school and college.
Some play into the hands of naysayers who tell them to “get real” or call their dreams and their desire to pursue them “crazy” and “stupid”.