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Barrios accuses Guangzhou Evergrande in contract row
BEIJING (AFP)Former Borussia Dortmund striker Lucas Barrios has accused Guangzhou Evergrande of failing to pay his full salary in the latest high-profile wage dispute involving a star foreign player in the Chinese Super League.The Paraguay international is embroiled in a heated contract row with the super-rich club, drawing parallels with former Chelsea star Didier Drogba's tumultuous exit from Shanghai Shenhua.Barrios angered the league champions and current league leaders when he flew home for a match against Chile which took place in early June and did not return to China until last Friday.The forward was recently linked with a move back …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Vir Das Nikhil Advani collaborate for comic caper
Stand up comic and actor Vir Das seems to be going places. While he has a hectic schedule with about seven releases coming up, he is planning to sign three more films with none other than Nikhil Advani. The stand up comedian obviously has an enviable sense of humour and his recent release Go Goa Gone is a proof of it. Nikhil Advani who is quite impressed with Vir's sense of humour and dancing wanted him to be a part of an item number 'Duma Dum' for D-Day but since the actor was busy, he couldn't sign this one. While …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
MRA: More than Rs 200 Million Recovered from Riders
The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) continues to tighten the screws to the riders. With the commissioning of a Rescue Management Unit two years ago and a Risk Management Unit recently led services helped to recover more than Rs 200 million from 8000 "small" fraudsters.
03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Work at Marine Park of Blue Bay Questioned
The NGO Ecosud and two other complainants, namely Marie Edith Nella Buckland and Maureen Doris Seneca, made an application for an injunction in the Supreme Court challenging the holding of development work to the marine park of Blue Bay.
03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
425 000 tonnes de sucre pour 2013
La production de la canne à sucre sera d’environ 4,1 millions. La production du sucre sera elle de 425 000 tonnes. Ce sont les prévisions officielles, pour cette année, publiées la semaine dernière. La récolte de la canne à sucre avait débuté le 14 juin et prendra fin vers le milieu de décembre 2013. Par ailleurs, les laboratoires des usines sucrières opèrent désormais un Jeffco InfraCana II Cane Analysers. Il s’agit un appareil automatique et patenté pouvant analyser les propriétés chimiques et physiques de la canne à sucre. Cette analyse servira de base pour mieux rétribuer les planteurs de canne. …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Top 100 Companies: Four Banks Among the Top Ten Most Profitable Companies
They manage to get off the hook despite the crisis. Better yet, four banks: MCB, SBM, HSBC and the "Standard Chartered Bank" are the first ten podium in terms of profitability, in a ranking by "Business Publications Ltd.."
03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Omnicane récompensé lors du ‘Green Africa Awards 2013’
Omnicane s´est vu décerner le ´Green Africa Awards 2013´ pour la catégorie ´Green Business and CSR Initiatives´. La cérémonie de remise de prix s’est déroulée ce vendredi 28 juin 2013 au Hennessy Park Hotel à Ebène. Le ´Green Africa Awards´ (GAA), lancé le 6 novembre dernier, est organisé par l’African Network for Policy Research and Advocacy for Sustainability (ANPRAS), en collaboration avec Association Civique Midlands (ACM). Grâce à son ´Green Citizenship and Sustainability Council´, l’ANPRAS veut valoriser la prise de conscience de tout un chacun ainsi que promouvoir un mode de vie durable en Afrique. En effet, le Green Africa …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Zanjeer trailer to be out on July 5
Having extricated the legally-challenged project from its producer Amit Mehra, Amit Mehra's brothers Puneet and Sumeet Mehra are all set now go all-out to promote Zanjeer in preparation for a September release. Finally, the first trailer of Zanjeer would be out on the internet on Friday. Informs a source close to the project. "The Zanjeer team has so far been legally forbidden from any promotion and marketing. But now that Puneet and Sumeet have taken over Zanjeer to produce it under their father Prakash Mehra's banner (Prakash Mehra Productions) the decks are cleared for a September release." Shedding light on …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
L'Equateur dénonce l'espionnage de son ambassade à Londres
Quito (AFP)Les services de renseignement de l'Equateur ont découvert un micro caché à l'ambassade équatorienne de Londres qui donne asile depuis un an au fondateur de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, a révélé mardi le ministre équatorien des Affaires étrangères, Ricardo Patiño."Malheureusement nous devons vous informer de la découverte d'un micro caché dans notre ambassade de Londres", a déclaré le ministre lors d'une conférence de presse. Il a indiqué qu'il révèlerait mercredi l'origine de cette infiltration et demanderait des explications au gouvernement présumé impliqué.Selon M. Patiño, cette découverte s'est produite pendant une inspection de la mission diplomatique avant sa visite dans la …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
ICT Report 2012, Internet: 568,900 Registered Subscribers
The mobile Internet is growing faster than fixed internet. This is what emerges from the annual report on the sector of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) published by Statistics Mauritius on Friday.
03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Pakistan: quatre insurgés tués par un drone américain
Miranshah (Pakistan) (AFP)Quatre insurgés présumés ont été tués mercredi par les tirs de drones américains dans un fief taliban du nord-ouest du Pakistan malgré les appels répétés d'Islamabad à faire cesser les frappes sur son territoire.Plusieurs avions sans pilote ont tiré quatre missiles sur un bâtiment voisin d'un grand marché de Miranshah, la principale ville du Waziristan du Nord, district tribal du Nord-Ouest connu pour être un bastion des talibans et d'autres insurgés islamistes liés au réseau Al-Qaïda.Les drones ont été vus au-dessus du grand bazar de Miranshah quelques heures avant l'attaque tôt mercredi."Quatre drones survolaient la zone au moment …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Open University : les inscriptions ouvertes lundi
L’Open University of Mauritius (OU), lancée en avril cette année, recrute à partir de lundi prochain un deuxième groupe d’étudiants pour la rentrée d’août 2013. Cet établissement, spécialisé dans les cours à distance, avait retenu quelque 700 candidats au début. La direction de l’OU dit pouvoir accommoder davantage d’étudiants cette fois. Elle offre des programmes de formation additionnels. Les nouveaux cours proposés sont : BSC HR Management and Development, BSC Marketing Management, BA Hons Graphic Design and Multimedia, BSC Business Management with Correctional Services et Postgraduate Diploma in Mobile Technology and Web Application. Ces cours sont proposés suite aux demandes …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
L’aéroport SSR bientôt doté d’une 2e tour de contrôle
Après la construction d’un nouveau terminal au Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, les autorités se concentrent sur le projet d’ériger une deuxième tour de contrôle à Plaisance. Ce nouveau terminal sera opérationnel en septembre prochain, a annoncé le Premier ministre Navin Ramgoolam, à l´Assemblée nationale, mardi. Ce contrat est mis à exécution au cout de 305,8 millions USD. Le département de l’aviation civile (DAC) a entrepris les démarches qui s’imposent pour mener à bon port ce projet d’envergure. La première étape consiste à identifier un consultant. Celui-ci aura pour tâche de déterminer le site où sera construit la nouvelle tour, …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
No Shelter at New Bus Station at North
The movement of passengers is more fluid to the new bus station in the North, for the express bus. However, pedestrian safety is a concern.
03 Jul 2013, motors.mega.mu
China football coach role a poisoned chalice: pundits
BEIJING (AFP)China is set to spend millions to replace sacked national football coach Jose Antonio Camacho, but pundits say the team will remain underachievers while business titans run the top clubs and parents refuse to let the sport distract their only children from studying.The former Spain and Real Madrid coach was dismissed last week following a 5-1 defeat at home to a second-string Thailand side, a humiliating result that sparked unruly scenes from spectators and ridicule online from long-suffering Chinese fans.Camacho was reported to have signed an $8 million-a-year contract, putting him among the world's top 10 best-paid managers, when …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
9 Simplest Ways to Be Happier at Work
The happiest--and most productive--people focus more on what they do, not on what they have. Here's how it works in practice.
03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Economy: Construction Sector Debt Rs 71.2 Billion
Eight export businesses have closed their doors in the first quarter of the year, Le Flamboyant to be bought up to Rs 377.2 million ... This is a rich economic news these days. Overview of the latest news in the business world.
03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
Depp swaps pirates for wild west in 'Lone Ranger'
LOS ANGELES (AFP)Hammer says he was intensely aware of the iconic nature of the character. "There's a sense of respect, more than anything else. I know that this character means a lot to a lot of people," he said."A lot of people grew up with him in their home, and trusted the Lone Ranger enough to make him part of their life, and we wanted to be sensitive about that. We wanted to show those people that we do appreciate their nostalgia."He added: "I wanted original elements of the character in there. His value of human life, his hesitance to …
03 Jul 2013, Orange Ki News ?
Hotel Owners Should be More Involved in Pricing
Many savvy hotel owners and investors are realizing considerable returns by cooperating more closely with their revenue management departments.
03 Jul 2013, business.mega.mu
PNQ: Bachoo Denies Favored One of Bidders to Tolling System
The Private Notice Question (PNQ) this Tuesday, July 2 focused on the five estimated at Rs 30 billion road projects. It is about building new roads, which will be covered by the toll, the Minister of Public Infrastructure, Anil Bachoo, was questioned by the Leader of the Opposition.
03 Jul 2013, motors.mega.mu