Cranswick battles to keep ACR assets
African Consolidated Resources chief executive Andrew Cranswick has filed a motion with the Australian Federal Court to annul its bankruptcy ruling, a move that stops his trustee from pursuing his overseas assets including his stake in the London-listed company, reports from Australia said today.
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Britain planned investment ban on Zimbabwe after 2008 elections- Wikileaks
Britain planned to tighten sanctions on Zimbabwe including an investment ban immediately after the controversial elections of 2008. Although the Netherlands supported further sanctions, it felt hat an investment ban would be difficult to implement because Britain and the United States had too many investments in Zimbabwe. Instead it urged creativity in pursuing these additional sanctions saying governments could, for example, use “moral suasion”.
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RBZ lays off nearly 1 500 workers
Twenty years ago- Kwidini’s hot dog
A dog, though man’s best friend, can also be his worst enemy especially when one is called one. But one dog, Ice Breaker, a greyhound, has catapulted David Kwidini from political doldrums back into the limelight since the start of the dog racing season on 28 December 1990.
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Black mother sentenced to prison for sending kids to white school district
An Ohio mother of two was this week sentenced to 10 days in jail for sending her children to a better school in a white school district. Kelly Williams-Bolar who also wanted to do a teaching degree can no longer do so because of the conviction.
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IMF on wages
Why the Daily News was shut down
Life getting better
Zimbabweans say life is improving for a change
Zimbabweans have for a change said life is getting better according to a poll by the international polling agency, Gallup. And they are a rare exception in sub-Saharan Africa as more people said they were finding it difficult to get by on their present incomes.
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