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, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300 Berhanu Mengesha (seen in picture), 30, a resident of Jimma and a mechanic by profession, shouts for justice. He claims to have been defrauded by Askallukan Trading Plc when he paid for a trip to South Africa for the World Cup. He bought a package from Askallukan Trading, who ran a promotional campaign claiming to possess 10,000 guaranteed visas to South Africa for the World Cup. Berhanu paid close to 37,600 Br for the package that included a roundtrip plane ticket, a five-day hotel stay with meals, and a match of his choice (Argentina Vs. Nigeria). http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Dashen Bank SC made 456 million Br in profits (unaudited) in the 2009/10 fiscal year, giving a two-step increase in salaries and a bonus of two months salary to its employees. http://www.addisfortune.com/Dashen Bank’s Big Profits Benefit Employees.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) Regional State Council endorsed a 6.1 billion Br budget for the 2010/11 fiscal year on July 7, 2010, a nearly one billion Birr increase from the total budget of the previous year. http://www.addisfortune.com/Southern State Endorses 6.1b Br Budget.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Ethiopian Dry Port Authority (EDPA) cancelled the management contract of Steder Group BV Liner Agency for Ethiopia’s first dry port facility located on the outskirts of Mojo Town, 73km east of the capital. http://www.addisfortune.com/Dry Port Auth. Nixes Steder’s Management Contract.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Shimeles Eshete (Eng), the longest serving acting general manager of Midroc Construction Ethiopia Plc, was replaced on Friday, July 16, 2010, with Nigussie Abera (Eng), who has been serving as project manager in the company. http://www.addisfortune.com/Midroc Replaces Shimeles.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300National Oil Ethiopia (NOC) opened an aviation fuel depot and an aircraft fuelling station built at a cost of 43 million Br on July 15, 2010, becoming the third company to provide such services inside the compound of the Bole International Airport after Total and Oil Libiya. http://www.addisfortune.com/NOC Opens Fuel Depot at Bole Airport.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Oromia International Bank (OIB) became the newest entrant to the list of banks in the process of installing core banking solutions by selecting Infrasoft Tech International and its local partner as its vendor on July 9, 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/OIB Selects Core Banking Vendor.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300A new directive issued by the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) mandates that importers pay the state owned monopoly, Ethiopian Shipping Lines (ESL) SC, in dollars for freight services starting July 1, 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/New Directive Demands Dollars for Shipping.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Habesha reached 6,900 shareholders after selling 131.2 million Br worth of shares at a price of 1,000 Br per share, beginning October 19, 2009. http://www.addisfortune.com/Habesha Brewery Nominates 18 Candidates for Its Board.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Adama Investment Bureau is to take measures against investors who leased plots of land between 2007 and 2009, but failed to commence work on them. http://www.addisfortune.com/Bureau Threatens Idle Investors.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300With the absence of Dashen Bank, which pioneered card banking, and the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), the biggest bank and the second to implement automated teller machines (ATMs), United Bank (UB) SC, Awash International Bank (AIB) SC, and Nib International Bank (NIB) SC launched their joint venture Premiere Switch Solutions SC on Thursday, July 15, 2010 a ceremony held at the Hilton Hotel. http://www.addisfortune.com/Card System Consortium Conspicuosly Lacks CBE, Dashen.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300