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RIM takeover talk
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Shares in the Canadian technology icon have jumped wildly, then dropped back, for much of the last year but especially in recent days on the latest takeover rumour in the market. "Typically what happens is these funds take a position and they start ...
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Popular Contraceptive In Africa Increases HIV Risk
NPR
by Richard Knox The latest in a series of studies lends support to the possibility that the most popular form of birth control in many African countries — an injectable contraception that lasts for three months — is linked to an increased risk of HIV ...
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Anadarko Ups Reserve Estimates in Mozambique
Forbes
Anadarko has estimated that its fields in the African country hold 10 Tcf of natural gas; the latest discoveries are expected to add to the company's strong reserve replacement ratio. Anadarko competes against the exploration and production businesses ...
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South Africa resists being 'Walmartised'
The Guardian
Walmart is a big, powerful company, but it may have to make significant concessions in Africa if its latest venture is to see the light of day. • This article was amended on 11 October 2011 because the original incorrectly quoted McMillon as saying ...
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The Guardian
3rd world saves tourism
iAfrica.com
Recent reports have revealed an increase in emerging market tourism in SA, led by South America and Asia, with both regions recording double digit growth in the first quarter of 2011. Latest foreign visitor statistics recorded by Pepper Club Luxury ...
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Cape Town International Jazz Festival pumps up GDP volume in 2011
BBQ Online
Following research into the economic impact of large events in the country, it is apparent that the CTIJF holds quantifiable benefits not only for Cape Town, but also for South Africa as a whole. According to the latest research results from the ...
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Out of home results out of the bag
Marketing Web
Outdoor Auditors has just completed its latest nationwide audit of outdoor advertising sites in South Africa. These are the results. Using several teams across the provinces, many new towns have been added to the company's database (as well as all the ...
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Bounce TV Launches with the Old and the Proven: Does Black America Deserve Better?
Eurweb.com
*Bounce TV, the latest broadcast media outlet to target the African American audience has launched. However, the network, backed by such well-known figures as former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young and Martin Luther King, III (son of the civil...
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The medium-term budget and the European debt crisis
ITInews
According to the IMF's latest Fiscal Monitor (FM), of the top 20 emerging-market countries South Africa's cyclically adjusted primary budget balance showed the fourth sharpest decline from before the crisis to 2011. But then South Africa experienced ...
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ITInews
How Sameer Hajee Has Shed Real Light in Africa
Forbes
“After working for four years, I needed a change in geography,” he tells me over arecent Skype call. A few months later, he was working for a telecom operator in Afghanistan. Six months in the war-torn country offered Hajee a unique perspective on the ...
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Are world rankings fair to EA varsities?
The Citizen Daily
By Saumu Mwalimu East African universities are in the spotlight again after they all fared dismally in the latest world universities ranking released last Thursday by the British Times Higher Education. There was no university from the region in the ...
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Zetes announces premier partnership with Motorola Solutions in SA
ITWeb (blog)
Zetes (formerly ProScan) has announced its new premier partner status with Motorola Solutions in South Africa, following the recent acquisition of the ProScan Group by Zetes Industries, a leading pan-European company specialising in automatic ...
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If only UK politicians were as brave as Rowan Williams about Zimbabwe
The Guardian (blog)
He wants to secure enough votes for Zanu-PF to rule without the MDC, and without agreeing to a new constitution that was promised in the 2008 political agreement," said the analyst Roland Rudd, of RLM Finsbury, in arecent commentary. South Africa's ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Big companies scramble for stake in oil exploration
Business Daily Africa
The country is yet to strike oil despite increased exploration work inrecent years, this has been blamed on lack of resources by small independent explorers who have been holding their licenses for speculation. But the discovery of oil in Uganda and ...
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Business Daily Africa
The US Economy Has Slowed Dramatically, So Here's Where We're Investing
Market Playground
Because of recent statistics, I now think that the growth rate for the overall economy will be slowing to between 1 ½% to 2%. Manufacturing is still the one bright spot in the economy. The latest PMI Index shows manufacturing activity has expanded . ...
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Market Playground
Mauritania opens dialogue over census crisis
magharebia.com
By Bakari Guèye for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 10/10/11 [Bakari Guèye] Mauritania is "a bridge between North Africa and Sub-SaharanAfrica", says Rassoul Ould El Khal, urging citizens to unite. The latestrally by Mauritania's "Don't Touch My ...
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Magpies sweating over Ba injury blow
The Northern Echo
Ba was not involved as Senegal completed their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a 2-0 victory over Mauritius. He had already missed two training sessions with his national side, with the Senegal FA reporting that he had a "knee problem". ...
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Polisario Front Intervention Before UN Special Committee Of Decolonization - OpEd
Eurasia Review
In recent months, the international community has repeatedly voiced its support for peaceful transition to democracy in light of the profound and dramatic changes sweeping the Arab world. Events in other parts of the Middle East and northern Africa...
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Taiwan tops IMF price competitiveness survey
Taiwan Today
The latest IMF World Economic Outlook reveals Taiwan's consumer prices are among the most competitive in the world.(Photo: Huang Chung-hsin) By Meg Chang Taiwan has been named the world's top economy for price competitiveness, alongside Hong Kong and ...
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Taiwan Today
Mormons Beliefs Once Again Under Attack
NPR
Rick Perry's supporters publicly denounced the faith of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman as a non-Christian cult, he was just the latest in a long line of people who have damned Mormonism. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has struggled for ...
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More heritage sites declared
Joburg
SOWETO has scored big in the latest round of provincial heritage site declarations. Regina Mundi Catholic Church, James “Sofasonke” Mpanza House, Orlando Community Hall, and Zephania “Zeph” Mothopeng House have all been given heritage protection by the ...
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Joburg
Dying to scare the life out of us
Spiked
Such an outcome would put the UK in the same exalted company as the former Soviet bloc and Sub-Saharan Africa as places in the world that have, in recent times, suffered significant reverses in life expectancy. After the collapse of Stalinism, ...
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Spiked
Today In History
eTaiwan News
1999 - Former South African President Nelson Mandela begins his first visit to Israel, a gesture of final reconciliation with a nation that had backed South Africa's apartheid regime. 2000 - Fighting between Nigeria's Hausa and Yoruba tribes leaves 100 ...
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What Is the Use of This Vast Military Hardware?
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Oct 10, 2011 (The Nation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- A close friend was extremely critical when I wrote -- in what she termed as my usual "sarcastic tone" -- about the proposed VAT Bill. Kenya, she said, needed money and the only way to get...
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Mobile Security Spending to Rise Through 2015
Investment U
Emerging economies in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East are expected to experience a sharp rise in mobile security investment from 2013 to 2015, Canalys predicts. Canalys is expecting “a strong parallel to emerge between Android operating...
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Picture tour of Joburg motor show
Independent Online
Although South African showgoers were not treated to the more recenti8 concept, the EfficientDynamics concept you see here was still outlandish enough to wow the Joburg crowds. Built in India, the Toyota Etios is hailed as the spiritual successor to ...
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Independent Online
Obama's Base Losing Heart and Just Leaving
The New American
It is, however, Obama's rating amongst African-American's that should startle Democrats. It was not but five months ago that more than 8 in 10 expressed their strong support. Now only 58 percent strongly approve according to a recent Washington Post...
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Market Report: Doorstep lender IPF is victim of a wrong call
The Independent
Vague chatter speculated that both it and ArcelorMittal could be interested in making an offer for AIM-listed Coal of Africa, although the South Africa-focused group – a frequent subject of bid rumours – eased ahead just 1.25p to 47.5p despite the talk ...
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Politicians, Financial Regulators, Banking Officials and Gold.
Mineweb
With regard to the recent sell-off in gold, I am absolutely certain that there is a great deal of truth to the commentaries that suggest that this sell-off was engineered by central banks and their agents the bullion banks, in an attempt to thwart the ...
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Development of drought tolerant HYV rice
Financial Express Bangladesh
... of too many major droughts as it happens in many African countries and also in some states in neighbouring India. But the country should remain prepared for the worst, particularly in view of the growing erratic behaviour of nature in recent times. ...
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'Top Line' at the Movies: Ken Burns' 'Prohibition' and History's Repetitions
ABC News (blog)
It's a story about the demonization of recent immigrants to the United States and, as always, African-Americans. Sound familiar? This is the story of the loss of a civil discourse and smear campaigns during presidential election cycles. Sound familiar? ...
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The Business Matrix: Tuesday 11 October 2011
The Independent
The number of people putting their homes up for sale fell in September, according to thelatest Rics UK Housing Market survey. Around 5 per cent more surveyors reported that the supply of property fell, rather than rose. House prices continued to ...
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The Delusions of Liberal Humanism
First Things (blog)
Pinker champions his latest wrong idea in his new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: the Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes, which posits that humans are evolving to become less violent. The fact that you can publish a book making a ...
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OPEC Cuts Demand Forecast
Wall Street Journal
OPEC, which in its August report projected that Libyan oil output would reach one million barrels a day within six months, said that the North African country's output rose to 96000 barrels a day in September, from only 7000 barrels a day the previous ...
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Plastivision Arabia and ArabiaMold set to be a key platform to tap into fast ...
AME Info
Recent announcements put this figure at nearly US$ 75 billion, and this is part of an ongoing drive to expand the countries' industrial base and ease reliance on volatile crude exports. According to a study commissioned by Expo Centre Sharjah, ...
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DAITO PHARMACEUTICAL CO.,LTD.: Delphi Boosts Its Training Services with Ne..
4-traders (press release)
Daito Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd. : Delphi Boosts Its Training Services with New Facilities, Programs and Customized Training Solutions PARIS — Delphi Automotive is expanding its training services in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with new and ...
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'Accra Stadium pitch under stress' -Boahene
Ghana News Agency
The national stadium's pitch was reconstructed when Ghana hosted 15 other countries during the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. The arena in recent times has been host to various religious, social and musical activities with the latest being the 'Mavado ...
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Sinopec to buy Canada's Daylight Energy for $2.2-billion
Globe and Mail
In July, China's top offshore oil producer, CNOOC Ltd., agreed to buy struggling Opti Canada Inc. for $34-million and $2-billion in debt and late last month, China's Minmetals Resources Ltd. agreed to buy Africa-focused copper miner Anvil Mining for ...
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Globe and Mail
New Violence Against Christians In Egypt
KDRV
That attack marked the latest of several examples in which Coptic Christians have been targeted in the North African nation. Egypt's Coptic Christians base their theology on the teachings of the Apostle Mark, who introduced Christianity to Egypt, ...
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KDRV
Piracy watchdog: Tanker ship, crew seized off Nigerian coast in latest West ...
Global Saskatoon
Violent pirate attacks in West Africa's Gulf of Guinea have risen in recent months, leading an umbrella group of London insurers to list Nigeria, neighbouring Benin and nearby waters in the same risk category as Somalia.
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Boyden Executive Outlook: Strategic Hiring Continues Despite US and European ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
In US Board Services, the recent federal appeals court rejection of the latest SEC attempt to enact the proxy access rule has slowed shareholder activists' quest to gain more control by directly nominating board members. "While a disappointment to ...
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Keep An Eye On Emerging Currencies (EEM, SZR, XRU, CNY, BZF, ICN, CEW)
ETF Daily News
But as you likely recall, the recent chart is full of similar 6% to 12% head fake moves as EEM spiked before heading back to the downside on thelatest twist in the euro zone's predicament. We need clarity on the currency markets before we can get ...
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ETF Daily News
Next UHV/ABR speaker captures character through his camera
Victoria Advocate
Since 1974, he has been director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University in Washington, DC His poetry and writings have reflected upon a variety of experiences, from civil rights to baseball. John Tytell, Dec. ...
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An Alternative Eulogy For Steve Jobs – OpEd
Eurasia Review
Prompted by the bad press over its “genocide phones,” Apple announced last April that it would attempt to purge conflict minerals from its African supply chain. However, in accordance with a congressional proscription on conflict minerals that took ...
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Secession of Bari Region: Disintegration of Puntland
Sunatimes
Even though this article deals with specific analysis of the problems of Puntland, in reality it could be extended and applied to any oppressed tribe or ethic settings in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Australia and Europe. While you are reading this ...
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Sunatimes
One man helps mount Mississippi's anti-illegal immigrant movement
Sacramento Bee
If Hunt gets his way, Mississippi will become the latest Southern state to pass a law aimed at driving illegal immigrants out - establishing the Deep South as the US region with the most stringent restrictions on illegal immigrants. ...
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Auckland Grammar All Blacks, hat-trick heroes and three quarter-pairings
ESPNScrum.com
Welcome to the latest edition of Ask John where renowned rugby historian John Griffiths will answer any rugby-related query you have! So, if there's something you've always wanted to know about the game we love but didn't know who to ask, ...
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Greatship (India) Limited
Business Excellence Magazine
The company has already established a network of offices that take in Australia and Singapore with an operational reach that has extended to projects in South East Asia, Mexico, South Africa, the North Sea, Brazil and the Middle East. ...
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The ongoing rise of the data centre across the Middle East means more power to ...
ITP.net
“Some VARs and systems integrators have especially trained themselves and their technical teams to be totally updated with the latest technologies around data centre deployment,” says Kamlesh Kumar Amesur, sales and marketing director MENA at UPS ...
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Op-Ed: Nobel Economics Prize Misses the Mark (Includes interview and first ...
DigitalJournal.com
Like Sargent and Sims he is sought after from Australia to the Africancontinent, however, Sachs' interpretation is more germane to understanding economic and political unrest today. As Alan Howard, retired business and management academic in ...
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