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BRUSSELS. – The economic crisis in southern Europe may be easing, a key survey signalled yesterday, but unemployment figures showed the eurozone jobless rate hit a previous record-high of 12,1 percent in May.Marketing season cotton sales up
COTTON sales have risen this marketing season compared to the same period last year due to the early resolution of the producer price.Latest figures released by the Agriculture Marketing Authority show that a total of 41 907 690 kilogrammes of cotton have so far been purchased since the marketing season
Schweppes scoops employer of choice award
Business ReporterBEVERAGES manufacturer Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited has been named the winner of the 2012-2013 Employer of Choice in a competition run by the Institute of People Management and Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe.
Ethiopian Airlines boosts Pan-Africanism
Bradwell Mhonderwa Business Ethics
IN one of my recent instalments I wrote about the need for corporate Africa to embed pan-African value systems in their business operations as a way of promoting intra-Africa trade and bringing the African people together.Interfresh to raise US$3 million
Business ReporterZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed horticultural concern, Interfresh Limited is seeking shareholders’ approval at an extraordinary general meeting later this month to raise US$3million for recapitalisation through a rights offer in an effort to increase equity funding.
Zim’s UNWTO preps on course
Maggie Mzumara Business CorrespondentZIMBABWE’S preparations to host the UNWTO General Assembly next month are on schedule and there is no need to panic as all measures have been taken to ensure a successful hosting of the event, a senior Government official has said.
ZSE shares rally
Business ReporterABOUT 67 million shares valued at US$6,3 million were traded on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange on Friday last week, representing a staggering 2 343 percent recovery in sales.
The increase in the value of shares traded on the ZSE last Friday represented a 781 percent increase compared to Thursday. However, the recovery in both volumes and value of
WB crafts Zim plan
Business ReporterTHE World Bank has devised a three-pronged new interim strategy note for Zimbabwe covering the period 2013-2015 in an attempt to breathe life into the stagnating economic growth.
Cost of living up
Business ReporterThe volatility of the South African rand has brought no joy for Zimbabwean consumers who expected the weakening of the rand against the US dollar to contribute to the lowering of prices.
Amber Rose’s dress blows up
Their red carpet arrival started on a PG level. But a surprising gush of wind led to a Marilyn Monroe moment for Amber Rose.Baring her behind, little was left to imagination as she and her 25-year-old fiance Wiz Khalifa arrived at the 2013 BET Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles,