notthenews

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Nairobi – One Of The Most Expensive Cities

| July 1, 2010

Nairobi has made it into the list of the worlds most expensive cities for expatriates, according to a new survey.  The continued slide in the Nairobis ranking, experts warn, could make the East Africas hub less attractive to international workers.The cost of living index compiled by Mercer, an international human resource consultancy, has ranked the [...]

British Firms Buy Chiadzwa ‘Blood’ Diamonds

| June 19, 2010

British and Belgian companies have been buying diamonds from the Chiadzwa fields while their governments claim the gems are “bloody” and Zimbabwe should not be given Kimberley Process Certification to export them.

Get A Life, It Is The World Cup!

| June 15, 2010

“Allowing people to take time out to watch football during working hours is simply too costly, untimely, and unfair,” so says Willem Smit, a researcher at the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland.

Headline Figures Don’t Make Happy People

| June 8, 2010

Exactly who are these people? Who are these analysts, forecasters and experts that come up with this kind of talk that dominates our news stories?

Money Talks: When Big Money And Governments Collide

| June 3, 2010

Mining group Xstrata has halted investment worth A$586m in two mines in Queensland, Australia because of the government’s proposed new tax on mining profits (BBC News – Xstrata shelves investment in Australia mining tax row).  Xstrata’s move adds to the pressure being exerted by the other mining giants Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Lonrho on [...]