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Struggling engineering concern Zeco Holdings has narrowed its loss to $2.1 million for the full year to December from $$4.7 million in prior comparative period on cost cuts, the company said at the weekend as it faces questions about its future as a going concern.

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Agro-industrial concern Ariston Holdings has reported a loss of $820 000 for the full year to March from a profit of $980 000 registered in prior year on declining revenue.

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The government has approved the drafting of a new tax regime in mining sector it hopes will help bring investment into the cash-starved sector and plans to overhaul the country’s income tax laws as well, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa said today.

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Development and improved governance have tended to go hand in hand. But, contrary to popular belief, there is little evidence that success in implementing governance reforms leads to more rapid and inclusive economic and social development. In fact, it may be the other way around.

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Tsholostho North legislator Jonathan Moyo has rubbished the proposed grand coalition of Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai and ousted Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Vice-President Joice Mujuru as a coalition of failed politicians that is doomed to fail.

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Africa’s largest tilapia producer Lake Harvest says Zambia now accounts for nearly 70 percent of its volumes after exports to Europe plummeted due to high production costs after the introduction of the multiple currency regime.

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National Tyre Services has reported a loss of $175 662 for the full year to March 31 compared to a profit of $322 142 on declining revenues.

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Saviour Kasukuwere has become something of a permanent fixture in President Mugabe’s government. The youthful minister, who has risen rapidly through the ranks, and currently serves as the Minister of Environment has good a story to tell.

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Econet Wireless Global chief executive officer Craig Fitzgerald has stepped down and will now become advisor to founder Strive Masiyiwa, the company said on Friday.

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Zimbabwe’s public pension manager National Social Security Authority (NSSA) on Friday said the rate of company closures and retrenchments slowed by 30 percent in 2014 compared to the previous year, but warned that worsening economic conditions would hit its pension fund.

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