http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Addisfortune is the Largest English Weekly in Ethiopia.In this RSS Feed You Will find the top Stories of the week. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 As the Easter holiday approached, the holiday buying frenzy in Addis Abeba was in full swing last week. Some residents felt the pinch on purses, while others, such as Mulunesh Waleleign (left), were satisfied with their purchases. She attributed her purchase of two chickens for a total of 110 Br to successful bargaining. her lifelong friend, Tiruwork Beyene (right), helped her tie up the fowls destined to become the Easter feast on Sunday, April 24, 2011. http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 A high-level Ethiopian delegation, led by Hailemariam Desalegn, deputy prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), is scheduled to leave for London in the first week of June 2011, to participate in the first investment forum between the United Kingdom (UK) and Ethiopia, sources disclosed to Fortune. http://www.addisfortune.com/Hailemariam Leads Senior Ministers to UK Investment Forum.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Ethiopian Airlines (ET) terminated the employment of 21 trainee cabin crewmembers last week, following an evaluation of their performance. http://www.addisfortune.com/Ethiopian Fires 21 Trainee Cabin Crewmembers.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Holland Car Plc’s claim that a foreign exchange shortage prevented it from delivering on a contract was rejected by the dairy farmer suing it, in the Federal First Instance Court, Yeka Branch, on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. http://www.addisfortune.com/Plaintiff Rejects Holland Car’s Forex Shortage as Defence .htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Despite the government’s previous position not to lift the lending cap until the inflation rate came down to single digits, NBE lifted the lending cap on April 1, 2011, while the inflation rate reached 25pc, in March 2011. http://www.addisfortune.com/Freight Forwarder Claims Exporter Files Suit Too Late.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 The board of directors of Zemen Bank SC was ordered last week by regulators at National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) to conduct new elections for board directors; the central bank previously forced Lion Bank to elect another board. http://www.addisfortune.com/Should Diaspora Members Be Allowed to Practice Law.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Around holidays, such as Easter being celebrated this weekend, more Ethiopians than usual receive remittances from family members or friends abroad. An increasingly popular way of sending the money is through banks or remittance service providers (RSPs),... http://www.addisfortune.com/Growing Remittance through Banks Has Black Market Grumbling.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 The prices, exclusive of VAT, of animal skins and hides that are sold to factories have been fixed, announced the Ministry of Industry (MoI) on Thursday, April 21, 2011. http://www.addisfortune.com/Ministry Caps Skin Prices for Leather Factories.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Kereyu Hill Resort Hotel in Adama (Nazareth) Town is to be inaugurated this week with a soft opening for customers. http://www.addisfortune.com/Kereyu Hill to Inaugurate Adama’s First Resort Hotel.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Holidays bring different challenges along with opportunities. For some, Easter offers the opportunity to earn extra cash. The demand for the services of people slaughtering animals at one’s home has declined, while the sharpeners and sellers of knives made from scrap metal are experiencing a boom in business,... http://www.addisfortune.com/Knife Sharpeners Making Seasonal Killing.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 The newly established private commercial banks appealed to National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, for an extension on the deadline to buy saving bills, and to lift the retroactive effect of the directive requiring them to buy bills with 27pc of their loan disbursements made between July 8, 2010, and February 28, 2011. http://www.addisfortune.com/Reactivate Special Committee on Food, Fuel Prices: Governor to IMF .htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Kalito Dawit, 40, a mother of seven, owns half a hectare of land covered with maize, beans, sweet potatoes, and enset (false banana). http://www.addisfortune.com/Subsistence Farmers Hard-hit by Drought in South .htmSun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortune http://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 All the Brief News Articles from various papers http://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Get all the Previous Volums of the News paper http://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htm Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0300