adminFarm subsidy reforms under attack
WASHINGTON – A congressional agreement to tighten U.S. farm subsidy rules for the benefit of small and family farmers is under attack in the final negotiations over a new, overdue…
Gold range-bound as markets wait for Fed minutes
SINGAPORE — Gold was trading in a tight range yesterday as investors awaited the release of the minutes of the October Federal Reserve policy meeting later in the session for…
ZSE quarterly reports fears
Harare Bureau FEARS abound in the equities market that plans by the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange to introduce quarterly reporting for listed firms could blow up company costs further precipitating the…
PPC to construct $200m plant
Harare Bureau PRETORIA Portland Cement (PPC) says it will start constructing a $200 million cement plant in north-eastern parts of the country next year, as the group’s African expansion gathers…
Compulsory vocational skills training for failed students
Business Correspondent YOUTHS without five Ordinary Level subjects will go on compulsory vocational skills training from January as the first stage of empowering them, Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Development Minister…
Give Byo firms time to improve capacity utilisation: ZNCC
Oliver Kazunga Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) is lobbying the Government to put a moratorium on placing distressed industries under judicial management or liquidation to give…
Road Motor Services fails to pay workers
Business Reporter ROAD Motor Services (RMS) has failed to pay its workers for the past eight months. Workers who spoke to Chronicle on condition of anonymity said the company has…
Tax obligations for church or religious organisations
DID you know that church or religious organisations have tax obligations too? This edition is aimed at educating and creating awareness of the tax obligations that may be expected in…
Benefit claim procedure made simple
THE procedure for claiming national pension scheme benefits has been kept as simple as possible. There is only one claim form, the P9/P10 form that is used for all benefits.…
Qantas, Virgin Australia row turns ugly
PERTH: Virgin Australia chief John Borghetti yesterday lashed out at “offensive” allegations made by Qantas in an escalating row over foreign ownership, with reports that lawyers had been called in.