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Business Reporter A LOCAL business pressure group, Bulawayo Business Arise (BBA) will before the end of the month submit to government and policy makers a document calling for the city…
Chinese economy to maintain stable growth in 2014
BEIJING – Chinese economy will maintain stable growth in 2014, in spite of a four-month low Purchasing Managers’ Index PMI. According to data jointly released by the National Bureau of…
Rand nearing five-year low
Johannesburg – The rand traded close to a five-year low yesterday as the dollar remained strong, supported by an upbeat outlook on the US economy from Federal Reserve chairperson Ben…
Japanese stocks fall on profit taking
Japan’s main stock index, the Nikkei 225, fell by 2.35 percent yesterday – the first trading day of the new year, as investors booked profits.
Blackberry sues Ryan Seacrest’s company
Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd is accusing a company backed by American Idol host Ryan Seacrest of being a rip-off artist. The allegations emerged in a patent infringement lawsuit filed…
UN slams Israel’s policy on African migrants
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has slammed Israel’s policy on African migrants, particularly the new amendment to Tel Avis’s “anti-infiltration law.”
Continued infighting between Syria rebels
Syrian rebel fighters loyal to al-Qaeda ceded ground near the Turkish border to rival rebel groups, activists have said, in what seemed to be a tactical withdrawal to end clashes…
Blair ‘quits as advisor to Malawi leader’
Cape Town – Former British prime minister Tony Blair has reportedly quit as an advisor to Malawi’s president Joyce Banda, amid a corruption scandal rocking the southern African country.
US idea on Iran’s Geneva II role rejected
Iran has reiterated its support for a political resolution of the Syrian crisis, dismissing Washington’s statements on how Tehran should participate in the Geneva II Conference on Syria.
Zuma pays for Zulu Bible
The Jacob Zuma Foundation has teamed up with the Roman Catholic Church to translate the original Greek and Hebrew bible to IsiZulu, The Star reported yesterday.