Twitter final buyout price might be lower than you think

NEW YORK. – With an increasing number of rumoured suitors for Twitter, analysts who follow the company started to offer estimates for a possible purchase price. For any long suffering Twitter…

NMB gets $15m FMO, Swedfund credit line

Business Reporter Development financial institutions FMO of the Netherlands and Swedfund of Sweden have agreed to provide NMB Bank with a $15 million line of credit for lending to small…

Let us prevent veld fires

Veld fires have become a persistent environmental challenging Zimbabwe destroying natural resources, property and life. Veld fires are characteristic during the dry season and most prevalent in the period July…

Slain editor’s body exhumed

COLOMBO. — The remains of a newspaper editor who was killed seven years ago during the last stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war has been exhumed as part of a…

National Payment Systems transactions down 9 percent

Transactions processed through the National Payment System declined 9 percent in July largely reflective of the illiquid state of the economy particularly on high value transactions. According to the Reserve Bank…

WTD 2016: Towards tourism for all

Dr Walter Mzembi Special Correspondent I issue this solidarity statement from Bangkok, Thailand, where we are gathered to celebrate World Tourism Day 2016 under the theme: “Tourism for All –…

Lithium to transform Zimbabwe’s economy

Midlands Correspondent Lithium is set to transform the country’s economy following a fresh scramble for the mineral by foreign companies after new deposits were discovered around Harare, Mines and Mining…

StanChart faces probe over Indonesian investment

JAKARTA/LONDON. — The Justice Department is investigating Standard Chartered PLC over allegations that an Indonesian power company controlled by the London-based bank paid bribes to win contracts. An internal audit at…

Erect statue in honour of Muzenda, Govt urged

Walter Mswazie Bulawayo Bureau Government has been urged to erect a statue of the late Vice-President Dr Simon Muzenda in Masvingo City‘s central business district in recognition of his sterling work…

Trump, Clinton clash over jobs, race

NEW YORK. — In a relentlessly antagonistic debate, Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton clashed over trade, the Iraq war, his refusal to release his tax returns and her use…