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Asian stocks and US equity futures advanced Friday as investors assessed whether monetary tightening to tackle inflation in the US and Europe is getting closer to being priced in.
Bitcoin gains the most in a month
Bitcoin rose the most in more than a month, gaining along with global equities and pushing past the psychologically important US$20 000 level as a bout of dollar weakness drove…
Oil suffers fresh blow
Oil headed for a back-to-back weekly loss, burdened by demand concerns, rising stockpiles, and the possibility the Biden administration may make a fresh release from emergency reserves.
Cottco in value addition drive
Cottco wants more ginneries and oil expressing plants nearer farmers, and a third spinning company to take up more of the lint to ensure value addition in line with the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1).
SA sending cheetahs to India, Moza
Four cheetahs have been sent to Mozambique and 12 more will go to India in October as part of a plan to reintroduce them in depopulated regions.
NPA to think over Chivayo trial
The legal team acting for Intratrek Zimbabwe and its director Wicknell Chivayo says the National Prosecuting Authority risks civil liability and criminal abuse of office charges for reviving criminal charges against their clients over the Gwanda Solar Project. The prosecution seeks to prosecute Chivayo and his company on charges of fraud, which the Zimbabwe Power Company paid for various pre-commencement works for the 100MW Gwanda solar project.
Medical equipment gathers dust at UBH
WHILE patients countrywide are complaining that public health institutions are running without enough equipment and medication, some donated equipment at Bulawayo United Hospitals (UBH) has been gathering dust since last year.
Suicide: Making mental well-being a priority to prevent tragic loss of life
As discussed in previous articles, mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which an individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a meaningful contribution to their community.
Cheaper, long-term loans to support productive sectors
THE Government is prepared to facilitate significantly low interest rates and long tenures on all the funding facilities that the Treasury will be introducing to support the various productive sectors of the economy.
‘Ukraine lost thousands of soldiers in counter offensive’
Over 4 000 pro-Kiev troops were killed in southern and eastern Ukraine in a five-day period, the Russian Defence Ministry claims Ukrainian military casualties exceeded 12 000 during Kiev’s five-day counter-offensive, Russia’s Defence Ministry has claimed.