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Chamber’s Neighbours Halt Building by Order

The Addis Abeba City Administration banned construction of any kind by developers who had leased land next to the plot of the Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association (AACCSA) for the construction of Addis Africa International Exhibition Centre in front of CMC.

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Vendor Signs to Install CORE Solutions for CBO

One of the few remaining banks not to have chosen a vendor to implement its centralised, online, real-time, electronic (CORE) banking solutions, Cooperative Bank of Oromia (CBO), finally selected Infrasoft Tech Ltd and signed an agreement with the company on Wednesday, October 6, 2010.

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Dev’t Bank Allots 3.4b Br for Industrial Development Loans

The management board of the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has approved 5.1 billion Br to be given out in loans this year with the majority of it, 3.4 billion Br, allotted for development projects in the industrial sector.

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Ramsay Signs $1.3m Deal for Italian Shoes

Following a 1.3 million dollar deal that was signed with Geox, an Italian shoe and apparel manufacturer, on July 16, 2010, Ramsay Shoe Factory is to start production this month for 60,000 pairs of shoes that are to be shipped from November 31.

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Habesha Establishes Construction Company

Habesha Capital Services Plc (HCS) is to set up another share company, Habesha Construction Materials and Development (HCMD) SC, which it plans to inaugurate during a lunch ceremony at the Imperial Hotel on this Sunday, October 10, 2010.

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Agenda    

The opening of the fourth parliament last week was ...

 
   

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Editor's Note  

Whoever felt that the new Parliament was going to be dull at the announcement...

 
   

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Commentary  

While the devaluation of the Birr in itself is not likely to solve the country’s economic problems, inflation will play an instrumental role in its success over the next few years and should, as far as possible, be contained, writes Tigabu Molla Meresa, a student at the University of Oslo, Norway.He can be reached...

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Opinion  

Global capital is on the move. As ultralow interest rates in industrial countries send capital around the world in search of higher yields, a number of central banks in emerging markets are intervening heavily, buying the foreign capital inflows and re-exporting them in order to keep their currencies from appreciating.

   

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  The Fine Line  
 

It is interesting to note that the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)ites are tight-lipped this time around. Last week, they were plotting behind closed doors on how to position members of ...

   

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"I am ready to return to politics and serve in whatever position Birtukan assigns me."

Yacob Hailemariam (PhD), who had resigned from politics and his party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ), said this in the weekly newspaper, Feteh, published on Friday, October 8, 2010, following the release after two years of imprisonment of Birtukan Mideksa, the president of the party, on Wednesday, October 6, after she was pardoned for the second time.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Colour Convention

 
 

Leaders of the Revolutionary Democrats may sound allergic to the prospect of what they often describe as “colour revolution” in Ethiopia, fuelled by “international neo-liberal forces.” Yet, their convention ...Read More

 
 

Lax Safety Standards Leave Labourers Exposed

 
 

While safety regulations, such as the use of hardhats on construction sites exist, the standards found at many construction sites are often very relaxed. Despite accidents resulting in anything from back pain to death, many...Read More

 
 
 
View Point

Time is gold, the saying goes. It is hardly possible to argue against it. Time is, in fact, worth more to those who make use of it..

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The Fine Line

It is interesting to note that the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)ites are tight-lipped this time around. Last week, they were plotting behind...

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View From Arada
 

There was no alternative to taking the taxi bound for La Gare and Sarris from Piazza to visit ..

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