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Beijing — Chinese budget smartphone maker Xiaomi unveiled its first tablet yesterday, expanding its product lineup to directly challenge established rivals Samsung and Apple.
Population growth places additional demands on food: Expert
Cape Town — At a time when the world’s natural food resources are under pressure, the World Bank announced that population growth and rapidly-expanding economies place additional demands on these…
Zim deflation thaws
Golden Sibanda Harare Bureau Zimbabwe’s deflation thawed substantially after the annual inflation rate gained 0,65 percentage points to minus 0,26 percent in April as revenue from tobacco eased the liquidity…
College is a promise the economy does not keep
In 2000, New York Times columnist David Brooks published a sociological study of the United States that now reads like science fiction. Bobos in Paradise chronicled how a new upper…
Food production still affected by El Nino
Paris — Food experts have drawn up the first global map of how the El Nino weather phenomenon affects production of four key cereals. El Nino improves the global yield…
‘Security risk’ curbs Lonmin SMS campaign
Marikana — Platinum producer Lonmin said on yesterday it might go to court in a bid to stop a 16-week strike because of the levels of violence faced by workers…
Sales in Africa boost Old Mutual
London — Anglo-South African financial group Old Mutual posted a 24 percent rise in gross sales of its products ranging from insurance to investment funds, helped by a strong performance…
Kenya slams West over travel warnings
Nairobi — Kenya rebuked Britain, the United States, Australia and France yesterday for issuing warnings about travel to this east African country and particularly its main port city after a…
Woolworths reputation strengthens
Johannesburg — The reputation of retailer Woolworths strengthened this year, while other companies fared poorly, the Reputation Institute said on Wednesday. “The 2014 survey shows that Woolworths is in a…
Swazi king’s budget upped to $61m
Mbabane Swaziland’s King Mswati III has increased his annual household budget for 2014 by more than 10 percent to $61m, as a large public wage bill continues to put pressure…