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Gov’t to Take over Imported Palm Oil

The Ministry of Trade (MoT) has decided to collect all the edible palm oil from importers who ordered supplies from abroad at higher prices due to the international price increment, during a closed meeting with importers on Friday, March 25, 2011.

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Prosecutors Charge Former AIB President

Leikun Brehanu, former president of Awash International Bank (AIB) SC; Mitiku Abeshu, former vice president of international banking at AIB; and eight other former bank employees in managerial, sales, and secretarial positions have been charged with mishandling letters of credit (LCs) and abusing their authority as bank employees.

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UK Leather Firm Plans Addis Factory

Pittards Plc, a UK leather and leather products company, plans to open a factory in Addis Abeba that will produce industrial gloves and is expected to start production by August 2011, according to John Moriarty, managing director of Ethiopian Tannery SC, the local subsidiary of Pittards.

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Tax Auth. Limits Sales Register Software to 3 Developers

The Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) has instructed all sales register users to reinstall the software for their fiscal printers using only software developed by three companies certified by the authority, before April 8, 2011.

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Dev’t Bank Sells 24m Br Worth of Gov’t Bonds in 2 Weeks

Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has sold a total of 24 million Br worth of bonds in the first two weeks of their being made available for sale.

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The national sugar shortage seen over the past two weeks has alarmed ...

 
   

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Fundamental economics states that scarcity leads to efficiency.

 
   

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Ethiopia’s economy is becoming increasingly complex and dealing with its macroeconomic turmoil is no longer business as usual, ...

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People frequently ask where the next big speculative bubble is likely to be.

   

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"I am not good enough."

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi admits to having a weakness during a press conference in Addis Abeba on March 12, 2011. He was answering a question from a Nigerian journalist who asked if the Prime Minister would lead the Ethiopian football team in their upcoming match against Nigeria.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vibrant Institutions Key for Effective Youth Empowerment in Africa

The African Union (AU) has been serving as a focal continental institution to enable Africa to better confront the multiple global and regional challenges that it has to deal with. Nonetheless, the complex agendas that it is tasked with from peace and security to climate change and onto migration have made it overlook youth ...Read More

 
 
 
 
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In the coming decade the extraction of oil, gas, and mineral ores will constitute the most important economic opportunity in ...

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The Fine Line

Girma Birru, now special envoy of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to the United States, may no longer be a popular figure within...

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Sellers of sambusas, the deep-fried dough triangles filled with,... Read More

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