http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Get the Latest Business News from Ethiopia- The Largest English Weekly in the Nation! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300 Ethiopia’s pop star, Tewodros Kassahun, a.k.a. Teddy Afro, was not as nervous and uncertain on Friday morning as he was when first locked up inside a temporary detention centre inside the compound of the Federal High Court, in Lideta District, 16 months ago. http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervisory Agency (PPESA) reclaimed Omedla Hotel on Monday August 10, 2009, three years after a court ruling gave them the power to do so. http://www.addisfortune.com/Government Takes Back Omedla Hotel.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300Established three years ago by two shareholders, with a two million Birr capital, the company has been involved in customs clearing business; however, it has been under investigation for its alleged working relationship with the French based logistic firm, SDV International. CLS Logistics, located near the Bole Ring Road, along Cameroon (Tele Bole) Street, handles customs clearing jobs of freights forwarded by SDV from Port of Djibouti. SDV operates in 45 countries in Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, generating an annual income of 2.2 billion dollars, from its global operations in 2008. In Djibouti, shipping, port handling and customs clearing is done by SDV International, according to Ashenafi Mulugeta, operations manager of CLS. http://www.addisfortune.com/Ministry Revokes Licence of a Clearing Agent for Alleged Relations with a Foreign Firm.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), Eleni Gebre-Medhin (PhD), is expected to tip other African exchange markets on a viable commodities market at a regional capital markets’ conference expected to be held from September 14 to 18, 2009, in Accra, Ghana. http://www.addisfortune.com/Eleni to Tip African Stock Market Players on Viable Exchanges.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia has taken its employees by surprise with the declaration of a hefty bonus and salary increase following the announcement of a gross profit of 2.7 billion Br. http://www.addisfortune.com/Pleasant Surprise for CBE Workers.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300Ethiopia's flower exporters could be using better, market enhancing packages for their stalks as of early 2010, depending on a successful completion of a study conducted for the horticulture association by two Swiss based institutions. http://www.addisfortune.com/Flower Study Hopes to Blossom Revenue.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300Sheger City Meter Taxi S.C. elected board members at its first general assembly held at Ras Hotel on Saturday August 8, 2009. http://www.addisfortune.com/Sheger Elects Directors, Technical Board.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Electronic Ethiopia Project will release into the market in September 2009, 400 units of six types of electronic products which will be assembled in Ethiopia for the first time. This project runs under the Engineering Capacity Building Program (ecbp), which is a joint venture scheme between the governments of Ethiopia and Germany. http://www.addisfortune.com/Electronic Project Spurs Assembly Opportunity.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Bank of Abyssinia (BoA) is edging closer to another cycle of turmoil, following the resignation of its Acting President, Chanyalew Yilma, last week, sources disclosed to Fortune. http://www.addisfortune.com/Bank of Abyssinia Likely to Enter another Cycle of Turmoil.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0300