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- businessweekly
- June 28, 2018
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Trade war fears grip stocks, dollar drives higher
LONDON – Pressure on world shares from a U.S.-driven trade dispute mounted on Thursday, as a fast-charging dollar and a jump in oil prices also cranked up the pain in emerging…
- businessweekly
- June 28, 2018
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Rand sidles up to R14/$, the worst level since late November
The rand weakened to within a hair’s breadth of the symbolic R14/$, putting it on track for its worst quarterly performance since 2011.
- businessweekly
- June 28, 2018
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Cottco engages 400 000 farmers
Tawanda Mangoma CHIREDZI – The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has this season engaged 400 000 farmers as the company redirects its effort to improving the yield potential of every…
- businessweekly
- June 27, 2018
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Data ethics is more than just what we do with data, it’s also about who’s doing it
By James Arvanitakis, Andrew Francis & Oliver Obst If the recent Cambridge Analytica data scandal has taught us anything, it’s that the ethical cultures of our largest tech firms need…
- businessweekly
- June 27, 2018
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Bears prowl world markets, maul Chinese stocks as trade tensions simmer
LONDON – A 2 percent slide in Chinese equities on Wednesday and a fresh weakening in the yuan highlighted mounting stress on the world’s number two economy from trade tensions with the…
- businessweekly
- June 27, 2018
- 416 views
Rand feels squeeze amid poor sentiment towards emerging markets
The rand lost more ground in mid-morning trade on Wednesday, suggesting an element of foreign selling of local assets.
- businessweekly
- June 27, 2018
- 328 views
General Beltings’ revenue up 23pc
Enacy Mapakame HARARE – The country’s leading manufacturer of conveyor belts – General Beltings Holdings’ revenue for the five months to May 2018 grew 23 percent on increased volumes across…
- businessweekly
- June 27, 2018
- 639 views
Zim subsidiary drives Omnia Holdings
Musarurwa— HARARE – Increased revenues for Omnia Fertilizer Zimbabwe in the year to March 31, 2018 helped boost the South African-headquartered group’s profitability.
- businessweekly
- June 27, 2018
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Zim firms eye $3m deals after DRC Expo
BH24 Correspondent HARARE – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Mining Week kick-started negotiations for nearly $3 million worth of business deals for Zimbabwean mining and mining inputs companies.
- businessweekly
- June 26, 2018
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Domestic sugar sales jump 11pc to 334k tons
Enacy Mapakame HARARE – Sugar industry sales on the domestic market increased 11 percent to 334 000 tons in the year to 31 March 2018 from 301 000 tons in…