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Best Buy Bets On 3D TV, But No Quick Payoffs Seen

March , 2010 - While James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic "Avatar" took the box office by storm instantly, the road to success will be much longer for Best Buy Co Inc, which is making a big bet on 3D televisions this year.

[World business] World's Richest Man

MEXICO CITY, March 11, 2010 - Mexico's Carlos Slim, named the world's richest man on Wednesday, first showed a talent for business as a 10-year-old kid when he filled his pockets with pesos selling drinks and snacks to his family....
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[World business] Raymond Ackerman Calls It A Day

Cape Town, March 11, 2010 - Raymond Ackerman, the founder and chairman of Pick n Pay, handed over the keys to his kingdom to his older son, Gareth, yesterday, his 79th birthday. ...
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Zimbabwe Gets US$50m

Harare, September 1, 2010 - Zimbabwe has received a US$50 million loan from the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) for industry revival.
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ILO Gives Zim An Ultimatum

Harare, September 2, 2010 - The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has given the Zimbabwean government a one year period to reform all laws that infringe the rights of workers and comply with international labour standards.

Mideast Talks Resume

Washington, September 2, 2010 - Israeli and Palestinian leaders have resumed direct talks today, seeking to clinch an elusive peace deal for the Middle East within a year despite deep scepticism and fresh violence.
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Zimbabwe Now Safe, Says SA

Cape Town, September 2, 2010 – The South African government says it believes some form of stability has returned to Zimbabwe and therefore, all Zimbabweans will now be treated like any other foreign national.

Govt bans Gukurahundi exhibition

HARARE, AUGUST 28, 2010 ---The government has banned paintings by prominent visual artist Owen Maseko on the Gukurahundi massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands in an unprecedented onslaught on freedom of expression.
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Lawyers seek postponement of ministers trial

Harare, August 27, 2010 - Lawyers representing four government ministers and top police chiefs have asked the attorney for a Norton resident who is suing them for damages to lump his claim together with that of other abductees who are also suing the same ministers and police bosses.

Harare man buys CD for US$ 200

Harare, August 28, 2010 - A Harare man left guests who attended a CD album launch on Thursday night at the Delta Gallery in Harare shocked when he bought a CD for US$ 200.
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Tsvangirai Laments Slow Implementation Of GPA

Harare, August 27, 2010 - The reluctance by principals in the inclusive government to fully implement the Global Political Agreement (GPA) is threatening the future of the nation, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.
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Ministers In Trouble With Loan Shark

Harare, August 28, 2010 - Two Cabinet Ministers Nicholas Goche and Priscilla Misihairabwi – Mushonga are among the individuals who stand to lose properties after they benefitted from an illegal money lending scheme run by a controversial businessman, Frank Tawanda Buyanga.

Amnesty petition govt over fresh Murambatsvina

Harare, August 28, 2010 - Amnesty International has called upon the government to take immediate action to protect some 250 people who were forcibly evicted before their homes and possessions were set alight during a night raid by armed Zimbabwean police.
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