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, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300 In what is the most ambitious claim yet, Sufian Ahmed, minister of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), revealed Ethiopia’s five-year macroeconomic projection on August 5, 2010, which envisages the economy to grow, at worst, by 11pc every year and, at best, to double by 2015. http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300Prosecutors of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) requested a maximum jail term of 25 years and a fine of nearly 100 million Br against Gebrekidan Beyene, a.k.a. Morocco, general manager and shareholder of a private limited company bearing the same name; the court also adjourned the Ayat SC case to October 13, 2010, for a verdict. http://www.addisfortune.com/Prosecutors Request 25 Years for Gebrekidan Beyene.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300Civil aviation authorities in Djibouti have denied the Ethiopian Airlines permits for operation flights last week, reliable sources disclosed to Fortune. Ethiopia’s national flag carrier has subsequently suspended its scheduled passenger flights to Djibouti indefinitely, as of August 1, 2010, Fortune has confirmed. http://www.addisfortune.com/Djibouti Denies Ethiopian Flights Operation Permit.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300Getu Gelete, owner of Getu Commercial Center and shareholder of GetAs International Plc, appealed for the court to impose a media gag to extend until its ruling is passed on the charge instituted against him on July 23, 2010, for fraudulent misrepresentation and arbitrary action. http://www.addisfortune.com/Getu Appeals for Media Gag in Court.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300Plaintiffs in the latest Askallukan Trading Plc suit were allowed to institute their claim against the company without having to pay court fees (forma pauperis), on August 4, 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/Dozens File Suits against Askallukan Defendants Free of Charge .htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300Prosecutors of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) presented to court the amended charge containing 17 counts of tax evasion and money laundering of 23 million Br against Nyala Motors SC and nine employees on August 5, 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/Nyala Motors Faces Amended Charge.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300Universal Metals & Minerals Plc (UMM) is claiming nearly 14.7 million Br from the Privatisation and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA) and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), following the cancellation of a tender for the sale of Ethiopian Iron & Steel Factory. http://www.addisfortune.com/Indian Firm Claims 14.7m Br from Gov’t Agency, Ministry.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Federal High Court’s Eighth Civil Bench found Nile International Plc liable in absentia for 12.5 million Br with interest to be paid to Nile Business Group Plc on July 20, 2010, for failing to pay a promissory note of the same value to the latter. http://www.addisfortune.com/Nile International Loses 12.5m Br Case in Absentia.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300The city’s businesses, together with those of Adama (Nazareth), have been identified as problematic when it comes to tax related issues, the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) told 1,000 high-level taxpayers from Addis Abeba. http://www.addisfortune.com/Addis Adama Problem Prone Tax Zones- Tax Auth.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) approved a 271,425 dollar budget for the next six months during a closed second Executive Council meeting held from July 27 to 28, 2010, at the Churchill View Hotel. http://www.addisfortune.com/Miss Ethiopia Organiser Threatens Sponsor with Court.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Investment Bureaus of the Eastern Shoa Zone and Adama City have allocated 45ht of land for the relocation of 137 cattle fatteners and breeders who are scattered across Adama City. http://www.addisfortune.com/Investment Bureaus to Relocate Cattle Breeders.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0300