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IN THIS ISSUE
1.
Business: Bahamas Seeks Greater Investment Ties With South Africa
2. Business: Bank fraud in Zimbabwe
3. Business: Chinese aid for Uganda
4. Business: Currency Rates
5. Business: Investing in silver
6. Business: Investment Opportunities in Africa
7. Business: Money laundering by the Russian Mob
8. Business: The "Living, Audio" Wine Dictionary
9. Business: World Trade
10. Education: Rudyard Kipling
11. Immigration: New Green Cards are on the way
12. Travel: Olympics of 2012
13. Travel: UK visitors to the USA
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1. Business: Bahamas Seeks Greater Investment Ties With
South Africa
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During the official state visit by South African President Thabo
Mbeki to the Bahamas this week, Minister of Financial Services
and Investments Allyson Maynard-Gibson announced that the jurisdiction
is seeking to capitalise on closer investment links with South
Africa. To read the full story, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's
Note: Visit our web page on the initiatives being promoted
for the Caribbean
Basin.
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2. Business: Bank fraud in Zimbabwe
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Two
top banking executives in Zimbabwe have been arrested over R1-billion
scandal that has devastated the country's already reeling financial
sector.
To
read the full story, go to our
NEWS DESK link.
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3. Business: Chinese aid for Uganda
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Kampala
- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing began a three-day visit
to Uganda on Friday with an announcement that Beijing would grant
Kampala $2,6-million (R18-million) in development aid, Uganda's
foreign ministry said on Friday. To read the full report, go to
our NEWS
DESK ink.
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4. Business: Currency Rates
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Canberra
- The Australian dollar ended 2003 as the world's top performing
currency against the United States dollar, rising 33 percent over
the year to its highest level in more than six years, currency
experts said on Wednesday.
The
Australian dollar was followed by the South African rand, which
gained 29 percent against the US currency, and the New Zealand
dollar, which rose 25 percent.
To
read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link
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5. Business: Investing in silver
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JOHANNESBURG
- Silver, known perhaps irreverently as gold's sister-metal,
hit its highest level in almost six years this week as it piggybacked
on gold's strength and analysts expect the metal to run still
higher. The metal hit $6.79/oz, its best price since April 1998.
In the last two weeks alone, the metal has gained 15 percent.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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6. Business: Investment Opportunities in Africa
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Corporate
Council on Africa (CCA) Financing Task Force has organized
the premiere event focused on investment and financing opportunities
for U.S. financiers to take advantage of emerging African markets.
The objectives of the conference are to demonstrate that African
markets can be profitable, provide tools to effectively maneuver
investment, offer tangible opportunities for investment through
project presentation and interaction with project sponsors and
network with other high level financiers involved in Africa. Visit
their site.
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7. Business: Money laundering by the Russian Mob
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Experts
say the Russian mob is preparing to invade the U.S. financial
system with the proceeds of its arms and drugs trafficking, financial
crimes, and other unsavory funds.
The October arrest of Yukos Oil head Mikhail Khodorkovsky caused
money to pour out of Russia, reversing the inflow that occurred
during the first six months of 2003. Oleg Vyugin, Deputy Chairman
of the Russian Central Bank, says that he expects a net private
capital flight of more than $13 billion. Much of this money is
dirty, and it's U.S.-bound. If you wish to read the full report
sent out by www.acams.org
visit this site or email us for a copy.
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8. Business: The "Living, Audio" Wine Dictionary
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This
site provides "a collection of [brief] definitions and audio
recordings of wine terminology and wine/winery names for over
1000 mainly French, German, Italian, and Spanish terms (over half
have audio). Includes definitions for regions and related terms.
Visit
this site
Editor's Note: Sending wine as a gift to clients, business
associates or a friend is a great way to express appreciation.
Visit
our web page for a full selection of the best online services
and free delivery.
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9. Business: World Trade
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NEW
DELHI - Officials from India, Brazil and South Africa, which
formed a united front in world trade talks that deadlocked last
year, are meeting to boost cooperation.
"Discussions between the three nations and trilateral cooperation
is critical to put up a common front to address issues in the
World Trade Organisation (WTO)," Minister in the Presidency
Essop Pahad said after the meeting. To read the full report, go
to our NEWS
DESK link
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10. Education: Rudyard Kipling
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The
Kipling Society. This site features information about the life
and works of Rudyard Kipling, poet and author of works such as
"Just So Stories" and "Kim." Includes a brief
biography, chronology, and dozens of poems, scholarly articles,
notes on Kipling's works, lists of works by and about Kipling.
From the Kipling Society, a London-based membership organization
and library founded in 1927. Visit
this site.
Copyright
2004 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, LII.
Editor's
Note: A favourite poem by our staff is the one called, "The
Glory of the Garden." Search the site and enjoy.
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11. Immigration: New Green Cards are on the way
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When
the news of President George Bush's new ideas on immigration hit
the headlines last Wednesday, thousands of undocumented Irish
were paying particular attention.
In
the Irish enclave of the Bronx, the chat over the Shepherd's Pie
in the Irish Coffee Shop, under the dryers in the Hair Shoppe
and across bar counters on Katonah Avenue was all about the changes
in American policy that had the potential to change Irish lives
forever.
To
read this full report go to our NEWS
DESK link
Editor's Note: Don't forget to visit our web page on the
latest updates about
immigration to UK, USA, Canada, Australia and more. For more
information on how to join the "club" of Irish Abroad,
click
here
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12. Travel: Olympics of 2012
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Nine cities have submitted their applications for the 2012 Olympics,
Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris,
and Rio de Janeiro. Paris seems to be the current favourite. To
read the full account, go to our NEWS
DESK link
Editor's Note: Visit our latest details about the 2004
and 2008 Summer Olympics. Click
here
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13. Travel: UK visitors to the USA
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UK
diplomats say they are working with their US counterparts to try
to save thousands of British visitors having to apply for visas
to enter the US.
Currently
British travelers can visit the US for up to three months without
a visa under the "visa waiver" scheme. To read the full
account, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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This month's quote
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"For
myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being
anything else." Winston Churchill
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