http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Addisfortune is the Largest English Weekly in Ethiopia. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300 From left Hailemariam Desalegn, member of the central committee of EPRDF, and government whip at Parliament, Getu Gelete, owner and co-owner of several businesses including GetAs International and Getu Commercial Centre, and Woinshet Shewatsega, major shareholder of Woinu Curtai Plc and far left Tsegaye Abebe, president of the Ethiopian Horticultural Producers-Exporters Association at a meeting held at the Addis Abeba Convention Centre on April 7, 2010. The meeting, organised by a committee of 60 prominent businesspeople, was attended by over 1000 businesspersons who pledged to support EPRDF. They demonstrated their full support to the ruling party by managing to raise more than 20 million Br. The community stressed the need to maintain the status quo and pledged to give their support during the election as well. They gave priority to the need to maintain peace during or after the upcoming election. The business community also raised few of their concerns particularly on areas of tax collection and land allocation. PLEASE SEE THE FULL STORY http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300Machinery weighing a total of 84tn was delivered last Wednesday, April 8, 2010, for the cement factory, which Jiangsu Qiyan Investment group is building for the sole purpose of supplying cement for the Eastern Industry Zone, yet to be constructed. http://www.addisfortune.com/Heavy Machinery at 84tn Lugged in for Chinese Cement Factory.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Addis Abeba City administration pushed by five percentage points the amount of money that is to be placed in blocked account as a requirement for investors to negotiate land lease. http://www.addisfortune.com/Deposit at 20pc Required for Land Negotiation.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300National Engineers and Contractors Enterprise (NECE) lost a court battle to Ethiopian Civil Service College (ECSC) for the breach of the construction contract it agreed to undertake for the latter. http://www.addisfortune.com/Civil Service College Ekes Less out of Nat’l Eng in Court.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300Formal charges against Ayat Real Estate, its general manager Ayalew Tessema, and employees were made on April 7, 2010, for alleged tax evasion, illegal banking, unauthorised use of imported cars, and money laundering by prosecutors from the Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority (ERCA); 20 million dollars were also allegedly found at Ayalew’s residence. http://www.addisfortune.com/Revenue Authority Vies with Ayat Real Estate.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300Finally, work is to begin on the relocation of residents of more than 3,000 houses on the 42ht of land that has been designated for the expansion of the Sheraton Hotel; the cash strapped administration has been given 151 million Br from Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi to expedite the process. http://www.addisfortune.com/Sheraton to Finally Displace 3000-plus Homes.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Federal Supreme Court postponed the launching ceremony of the live trial and recording system, which is a gift from Zhong-Xing Telecommunication Equipment (ZTE). http://www.addisfortune.com/Supreme Court Pauses ZTE Court Recording Equipment Launch.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300Enyi Construction suspended work on three road projects in Addis Abeba because the Addis Abeba Roads Authority could not effect payment totalling 22 million Br. http://www.addisfortune.com/Enyi Puts Breaks on Road Construction after Delayed Payments.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300The amount of money received from its initial public offering (IPO) could go as high as 70 million Br when data for the sales outside Addis Abeba are included, Ededeya Assefa, CEO of Dalol, told Fortune. But that is far from satisfactory for Ededeya’s team that had hoped to raise 150 million Br from the sale of 150,000 shares. http://www.addisfortune.com/Dalol Oil Closes First Round of Share Sales.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (AACCSA) may offer shares to the public to raise money for the construction of its trade centre, the Addis Africa International Trade Centre. http://www.addisfortune.com/City Chamber Inflates Trade Centre Plans .htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0300