Tulip mania: the classic story of a Dutch financial bubble is mostly wrong

By Anne Goldgar Right now, it’s Bitcoin. But in the past we’ve had dotcom stocks, the 1929 crash, 19th-century railways and the South Sea Bubble of 1720. All these were…

Agribank to lead on export finance facilities

HARARE – Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe (Agribank) says it will take a leading role in the disbursement of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) export finance facilities especially for the budding…

China committed to see Zim projects completed – envoy

HARARE – China remains committed to finish projects it has embarked on in Zimbabwe, as well as start new ones, an envoy said yesterday.

Rand remains calm amid uncertainty over Zuma future

The rand was relatively steady and well contained on Tuesday morning amid uncertainty about the future of President Jacob Zuma.

Intratrek shareholders fight

HARARE – Intratrek Zimbabwe, the local  company that won the tender to set up a 100 Megawatt solar power project  in Gwanda on Monday admitted that it does not have the financial …

What we can expect from China’s economy in 2018

By Alice de Jonge In 2017, we saw the consolidation of China’s power and influence globally, and of Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s power nationally. This year, the party will…

RichPro gets free run on ASA assets

Tawanda Musarurwa HARARE – RichPro Investments Ltd appears to now have a free run on the acquisition of Zimbabwe-focused ASA Resource Group after South African mining group Pan African Resources…

All Share Index slides

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange’s All Share index came off 0.13 points to settle at 89.50 as activity increased across the board.

Share buybacks could add fuel to Wall Street rebound

SAN FRANCISCO – Companies snapping up their own shares might provide additional fuel for the U.S. stock market to rebound in coming weeks following a wave of strong quarterly earnings…

Zim govt yet to conclude Telecel deal

HARARE – The Zimbabwe government has not  yet received its 60 percent shareholding in Telecel International which  it acquired from Dutch company Vimpelcom, as it has not made full  payment,…

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