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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Business: Diamond output by Russia increases
2. Business: Employment available in Cape Town
3. Business: Has gold lost its shine?
4. Business: Investing in Antiques
5. Business: Jobs becoming more difficult to find in the USA
6. Business: The latest on Western Cape Wines
7. Education: Online Learning
8. Education: Sudan going to the dogs
9. Immigration: Bogus Student Visas
10. Immigration: Illegal immigrants speak out
11. Real Estate: Property prices in South Africa still booming
12. Travel: Airlines Battle over Kenya Traffic
13. Travel: Recent visit to China
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1. Business: Diamond output by Russia increases
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Gaborone
- Botswana, the world's leading diamond producer and exporter
of rough diamonds in dollar terms, faces a challenge this year
from Russia's state-controlled Alrosa, which has set a target
of $2.8-billion in diamond sales. Alrosa, which extracts nearly
a quarter of the world's diamonds, said the 2005 target would
include $2.2-billion in rough diamonds, Belgium's Diamond High
Council's (HRD) magazine, Antwerp Facets reported on Tuesday.
To
read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's Note: Visit our web page on Investing
in Gold and Diamonds.
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2. Business: Employment available in Cape Town
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The
Cape's call centre industry is making a highly promising start
to the New Year, with many local companies seeking extra staff.
The
government has high hopes that the call centre industry will
greatly boost employment. It talks about creating 100 000 new
jobs this way and has made a special effort to attract foreign
companies to use South African facilities. It is planning to
spend R200-million over the next three years in helping the
industry to grow.
To
read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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3. Business: Has gold lost its shine?
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We
have received several e-mails from our readers requesting reasons
why gold bullion and gold shares have dropped in recent weeks.
A $39/oz fall in the gold price since the beginning of December
may presage an end to the yellow metal's amazing run as investors
crave the greenback once more.
Please
read this article from our reporter in South Africa. Go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
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4. Business: Investing in Antiques
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What
do a 1940 Olympic poster, a signed Oscar Wilde book, and a Moravian
ceramic flask have in common? Well, they've all recently been
appraised on the rather popular PBS program, Antiques Roadshow.
If
one can't watch the show itself, this website is a nice surrogate,
offering additional information about antiquing, including a
glossary of terms, a virtual roadshow tour, and some helpful
tips. Seasoned veterans may want to skip ahead to the appraisers
section, where they may learn about the appraisers featured
on each program, organized by specialty.
Visitors
can also get inside each of the stories featured on the program
by visiting the "Follow the Stories" area where they
can select an area of interest (such as decorative arts or folklore)
or by browsing through a list of cities the Roadshow has visited
in the past.
Finally,
visitors who can't make it to a taping of the show should feel
free to submit their own antique story online here.
Visit
the web site of Antiques
Roadshow.
From
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2004
Editor's
Note: Visit our pages on Investing
in Antiques.
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5. Business: Jobs becoming more difficult to find in the
USA
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Washington
- United States employers slashed over one million jobs in 2004
for the fourth straight year, the consulting firm Challenger,
Gray and Christmas said on Wednesday. To read the full report,
go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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6. Business: The latest on Western Cape Wines
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Cape
Town - The drought in the Western Cape had led to wine-producing
regions like the Swartland and other semi-arid areas "taking
a beating" at the start of the harvest season, industry
commentators said yesterday. To read the full report, go to
our NEWS
DESK link.
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7. Education: Online Learning
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Increasing the use of educational technology could bring about
a golden age in American education, according to an Education
Department report released today.
The report recommends that states, districts and schools give
every student access to online learning and, if necessary, reallocate
funds so that more money is available for educational technology.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's Note: The
Delamere Group operates one of the most successful online
learning sources available to all international students. Visit
our site
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8. Education: Sudan going to the dogs
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The
British aid charity Save the Children is pulling all
350 of its staff out of the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan
after the killing of four staff members in the past two months.
Read the full report; go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's Note: See our page about Save
the Children Fund.
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9. Immigration: Bogus Student Visas
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London
- Thousands of bogus foreign students - including South Africans
- are staying in Britain by extending their visas as part of
a major immigration scam. To read the full report, go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's Note: Visit our Immigration
page for the legal steps to take.
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10. Immigration: Illegal immigrants speak out
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An
organization that calls itself "Save America" is causing
great concern among members of Utah's Hispanic community. To
read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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11. Real Estate: Property prices in South Africa still
booming
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Cape
Town - House prices last year grew by a whopping 32.1 percent,
the best performance since the gold boom days of the early 1980s,
this is better than the stock market, holding bank deposits.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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12. Travel: Airlines Battle over Kenya Traffic
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This
is the first of a two-part analysis of the East African aviation
industry, especially as Kenya Airways and East African Airlines
battle for passengers between Entebbe and Nairobi.
According
to the author, a travel industry expert, East African Airways
is having a tough time competing against KQ and staying afloat.
To read the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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13. Travel: Recent visit to China
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One
of our associates visited China and recalls her impressions
of Beijing and Shanghai. To read the full report, go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
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This month's quote
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"If
you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you
up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been
done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the
work done."
-- Dale Carnagie, Scottish-born American industrialist, philanthropist,
educator
