RIL, Essar eye BP Africa assets Deccan Chronicle RIL, Essar eye BP Africa assets | Share ARTICLEURL | July 28: BP Plc is in talks with Reliance Industries and Essar Group to sell its African retail assets that could be worth as much as $500 million, sources said on Wednesday. | It was not known whether BP was showing the African assets to other po...
Indigenous Fruit, Vegetables Can Create Jobs All Africa The mass production of South Africa's indigenous fruit and vegetables can go a long way in helping to eradicate poverty, according to experts attending the Indigenous Knowledge System Expo in Durban. | ...
Zambia: July inflation rises to 8.4% Business Report | Submit your comment | Annual inflation climbed to 8.4 percent in July as prices for energy, housing and clothing gained, the central Statistical Office said yesterday. | Inflation accelerated from 7.8 percent in June, John Kalumbi, the agenc...
Morocco: Agency calls for solar bids Business Report | Submit your comment | Morocco was inviting investors who had expressed interest in phase one of its $9 billion (R66bn) solar power project to submit pre-qualification bids by October 4, its solar energy agency said yesterday. | The bids bein...
Lebanon’s Bank Audi buys Arabeya Online brokerage Daily Star Lebanon | Friday, July 30, 2010 | - Powered by | CAIRO: Lebanon’s Bank Audi said on Wednesday it had acquired 90 percent of online brokerage Arabeya Online from the firm’s chairman and majority owner Naeem Holding. | “Bank Audi’s inve...
Egypt holds key rates as inflation rate slows Gulf News | Cairo: The Egyptian central bank held its benchmark interest rate at a four-year low for the seventh straight meeting after core inflation was almost unchanged. | The Cairo-based bank kept its overnight deposit rate at 8.25 per cent, the lowes...
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Senate hearing on Lockerbie bomber postponed The Guardian | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — A senator said Tuesday that he was postponing this week's hearing on the release of the man convicted of bombin...
BP on the run in Pakistan? Asia Times | Jul 27, 2010 BP on the run in Pakistan? | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI - The decision of British oil giant BP to sell its assets in Pakistan may be as...
Dubai airport passenger traffic shows strong growth Gulf News | Dubai: Dubai International Airport continues to reflect the results of ongoing investments in the form of Concourse 3 and the new Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Air...
New Court Set Up For Piracy Suspects All Africa A special court set up at Shimo la Tewa Prison is set to speed up the trial of suspected pirates, ease the workload for jail staff and cut costs. The courtroom, which is also handling other criminal cases, began its operations almost a month ago. | ...
Treasure Islands - Mapping the Geography of Corruption All Africa When is a tax haven not a tax haven? When Mauritius' Vice Prime Minister Ramakrishna Sithanen says so. 'We are a not a tax haven,' stated Sithanen, who is also the country's minister of finance. Ironically, Sithanen would go on to reveal that ring-fe...
Mugabe a front for military dictatorship, says PM aide Irish Times | BILL CORCORAN in Cape Town | SENIOR MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) politician, Roy Bennett has claimed Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe is just a front man for a military dictatorship that refuses to relinquish power in the country. | The outspoken adviser to prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the BBC that Mr Mugabe wanted to stand dow...
