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Goldsmiths Averse to Buy Gold from Central Bank

As much alarmed by the absence of goldsmiths buying gold from the central bank they were at the lack of enthusiasm to legalise the supply chain, authorities at the federal bank were challenged last week over whether their policies on the gold trade are viable.

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Tax Auth to Survey Capital in Phase II

The Ethiopia Revenues & Customs Authority (ERCA) is to conduct the second phase of a business survey in the capital to register more taxpayers, sources disclosed to Fortune. Senior officials from the Authority are in negotiations...

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City Trade Bureau to Cut out Cattle Market Fat

Breeders and traders of cattle in Addis Abeba will soon be restricted from trading without licenses issued from the Addis Abeba Trade & Industry Bureau, sources disclosed to Fortune. Neither will butcheries across the ...

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Capital’s Crowded Transport Office to Devolve to Districts

The Addis Abeba Transport Branch Office, located on Haile Gebrselassie Street, near Megenagna, is to be dissolved, handing over its authority for the majority of its activities to the city administration.

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Court Rejects Company’s Case for Lack of Legal Personality

A defunct private company in the tannery industry has lost a multimillion Birr claim from the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) after its lawyers failed to establish the legal standing of Shewa Leather & Tannery Plc.

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Agenda    

After two gloomy years of investigation the committee...

 
   

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Editor's Note  

It was last weekend that large crowds of people gathered...

 
   

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Commentary  

All indications are that the coming year will be an economically bumpy year for all countries, argues Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics at New York University (NYU).

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Opinion  

Gauging priorities has been one of the most contentious issues in life faced since high school years. From inception to realisation, individual priorities remain so controversial that many would like to speak less about them.

   

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"Only flaunting and shouting exists, but no investment."

Girma Seifu, the lone opposition Member of Parliament (MP) and vice-president of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) Party, claimed this in answer to a question about the differing views on inflation and economic growth in Ethiopia. Tight credit availability has discouraged authentic investment so much so that government officials babble about one single investment for up to a year, Girma surmised in an interview with Mesenazeria, an Amharic Weekly, on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Elections: Means Not End

Human beings are uniquely endowed with an ability to look back and analyse times with a keen interest to learn the results of their actions and explain why things happened. Sensitivity for the times and the ability to associate them with major events that took place in the past is a typical human behaviour.  Read More

 

Democracy Taken Hostage

 

The world economy is entering a new phase, in which achieving global cooperation will become increasingly difficult. Most developed nations, now burdened by high debt and low growth and, therefore, preoccupied with domestic concerns, are no longer able to set global rules and expect others to fall into line. Read More

 
 
Viewpoint

If the world is to succeed in alleviating poverty and providing the necessary framework for sustainable development on the planet,...

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The Fine Line

Sceptics who still maintain that Meles Zenawi will possibly continue his residence in Menilek Palace up in Arat Kilo, after his current ...

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Out and About
 

Sellers of sambusas, the deep-fried dough triangles filled with,...

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