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Call box business is booming in Cameroon
There's no official figure to determine its role in the Cameroonian economy but there is evidence that the "call box" business is a booming informal business in the country's mobile telephone sector. The informal business, practised by thousands of Cameroonians in both in the urban and rural areas, entails one getting a mobile phone and a table in an open area on a street, reports Xinhua. This ...
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Cook hails Broad-Anderson combined strikeforce boosts Englands assault on world domination
England captain Alastair Cook has praised his bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson, saying that the duo's combined strikeforce is a major help to his assault on world domination. Former England skipper Nasser Hussain introduced Anderson to Test cricket while English icon Michael Vaughan put him and Broad together to open the bowling attack five years ago in New Zealand, the Mirror ...
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Graeme McDowell sure McIlroy will part company with management
Northern Irish golfer Graeme McDowell has defended his slip about World No.2 Rory McIlroy leaving his management company, saying that although the move is not yet confirmed, it is already being much talked about in the golfing world. For weeks there have been whispers at big events in America that McIlroy is about to leave Horizon, the Dublin-based management agency that negotiated his 20 ...
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Boeing 787 gets image boost as United resumes flights
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner cleared another hurdle in restoring its image as United Airlines, the only U.S. operator of the aircraft, resumed flights ...
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Investment View Reputations are at stake but Shell is a better bet than BP
Legal issues are some of the great X factors when assessing a company's investment potential. You can estimate earnings, costs, likely dividend, economic prospects of the markets in which businesses operate, quality of product and of ...
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Six Business Lessons According to Spenser
The death of author Robert B. Parker in 2010 brought with it an unusual business challenge. The novelist, who wrote almost 70 books, the majority of them about his iconic Boston private eye, Spenser (no first name ever has been used), was a best-seller machine. Not on the scale of, say, Dan Brown or John Grisham. But two or three times a year, virtually every year, Parker could be counted on to ...
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Ford going to have to give some explanation about allegations Holyday
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leaves his home on Friday May 17, 2013, after published reports said a video appears to show Ford smoking crack cocaine. (Chris Young / THE CANADIAN ...
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Iron fist on listed companies heartens investors
Drastic moves to crack down on the misconduct of listed companies were applauded by investors in cyberspace as a crucial step to clean the market ...
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Construction industry lobbies SA Government for incentives
SA The Civil Contractors Federation claims key players in the industry are looking for work interstate due to a looming shortage of public and private work in South Australia.A survey by the Federation of about 500 contractors and business owners concluded nearly 70 per cent looking further afield for projects.Phil Sutherland of the organisation's South Australian branch said some of ...
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Housing industry anger over maintenance contract
TAS Tasmanian home builders have criticised the State Government's decision to give a large maintenance contract to a New South Wales company.The Government has signed a $180 million contract with Lake Maintenance for the upkeep of 12,000 public housing properties.Human Services Minister Cassy O'Connor says Lake Maintenance was chosen because it will employ local tradesmen and ...
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Asean Youths Vital To Regional Business Industry
Bandar Seri Begawan - As part of efforts to further promote the importance of entrepreneurship amongst the younger generation in the region, the first Asean Youth Entrepreneurs seminar and exposition was held yesterday following the launching ceremony officiated by Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Laila Diraja Dato Seri Setia Awang Hj Hazair bin Hj Abdullah, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports to ...
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Coca-Cola the new global peacekeeper
Coke and Leo Burnett have unveiled a new initiative to break down barriers and create simple moments of happiness between two nations at odds – India and Pakistan. The initiative, ‘Small world machines,’ provides a live communications portal through a Coca-Cola vending machine for Indians and Pakistanis to interact with and engage across country borders. In March, the ...
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Lawmakers Corporate contribution limits may end
Leading lawmakers have agreed to a litany of changes to Alabama election law, including eliminating the cap on corporate political contributions and making it easier for regulated utilities to influence ...
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MF Global trustee liquidates brokers CME Group memberships
Reuters © The sign marking the MF Global Holdings Ltd. offices at 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan is seen in New York November 2, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon ...
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Japan finance minister wants BOJ to have thorough dialogue with government bond market
Reuters © Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso smiles as he adjusts his headphones during a seminar at the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) 46th annual board meeting in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Adnan ...
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Business Owner Describes Major Destruction After Tornado
Melissa Block talks to Casey Mongold, owner of Casey's Tire and Auto in Moore, Okla., where a tornado caused widespread destruction on ...
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Gas price rises exports a growing concern say members at industry discussion
A roundtable discussion held by a business newspaper has illustrated the disagreement between gas explorers and consumers on how the price of the resource can be brought ...
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Financial Markets Confused Over Tolls Ruling VDOT
A judge's ruling striking down the Midtown and Downtown tunnel tolls has cast a cloud over other transportation projects, exposed the state to unknown damages and left financial markets "at best, confused," according to a court memo by lawyers for the Virginia Department of Transportation. For those and other reasons, the lawyers have asked Circuit Judge James A. Cales Jr. ...
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First Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes to the skies three months after mass grounding by FAA over safety concerns
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner flown by a US airline taken to the skies since a mass grounding by safety authorities earlier this year. United Airlines "Flight 1" landed safely at Chicago at 11 a.m. local time on Monday with Boeing Chief Executive W. James McNerney Jr. and Jeff Smisek, chief executive of United Continental Holdings, on board. United is the only American carrier to ...
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Mexican Tycoon Carlos Slims TracFone Accuses Activist Group Of Orchestrating A Corporate-Backed Smear Campaign
Two Countries One Voice and its campaign against Slim in the United States of being a corporate smear campaign as opposed to a grassroots movement against the Mexican billionaire's "monopolistic practices", as the group claimed. In a complaint filed Monday with ...
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Official urges good faith in tourist industry
When visiting Hainan, a popular tourist destination, Liu urged for the establishment of a credit system in the industry and to seriously punish acts such as misrepresentation in advertisements and ...
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Zhang Jike retains mens singles title at table tennis worlds
Fourth seed Zhang Jike retained his men's singles title at the World Table Tennis Championships by beating third seed Wang Hao in an all-Chinese final here on ...
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Cathay Pacifics Airbus A350 to get new first business class seats
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Wal-Mart ordered to provide more documents
A U.S. judge ordered attorneys for Wal-Mart Stores to turn over more information to shareholders seeking records on how the company responded to allegations of bribery involving its operations in ...
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Two daughters of Nelson Mandela seek rights to his artwork and companies
Former South African president, Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe Mandela, (left) with her daughter Tukwini pose with a bottle of House of Mandela wine at their home in Johannesburg. Photograph: Getty ...
Kazakhstan Focus
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Kazakhstan capital's next challenge
Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, has experienced rapid growth in recent years and has seen the completion of some impressive architectural feats, now there are plans by the government to build a huge indoor city within the capital, providing the country with a modern feat of engineering and a tourist attraction of which to be proud.
Astana and Dubai, despite vast differences, have a few things in common as cities. Dubai is not the capital of the United Arab Emirates, while Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana is one of the coldest capitals in the world while Dubai is in one of the hottest regions on the planet. But Astana, like Dubai, has experienced rapid development in recent years, due in large part to the relocation of the capital to the city, and like Dubai, it has had to make sometimes impressive adaptations to architecture and development in order to compensate for the climate. Read more
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