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Debt-ridden Birmingham raise $6.3 million
HONG KONG (AFP)Debt-ridden English Premier League club Birmingham City have raised $6.3 million through a new share issue in Hong Kong.A total of 6.43 percent of Birmingham International Holdings -- the club's parent company -- was sold, raising HK$49 million ($6.3 million), the firm said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange late Wednesday.The sale saw the overall stake held by the club's biggest shareholder, Hong Kong-based tycoon Carson Yeung, fall from 24.9 percent to 23.3 percent. The statement said the shares were sold to people "not connected" to the club.Hong Kong-listed Birmingham International Holdings disclosed in statements …
05 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
12 Students Poisoned With Datura In Tamarind Juice
Twelve students from two colleges of the South have been poisoned with datura infused into tamarind juice. According to the victims, a guy call Tito allegedly tried to trap them shortly before they arrive at school. They are all admitted to hospital in Rose-Belle, and some suffer from hallucinations. They are all bedridden at the [...]
05 May 2011, MauritiusHot
IMF make motorists pay more to beat pollution and traffic congestion
The International Monetary Fund has urged the Mauritian government to introduce a carbon tax, saying the island is a pioneer of green taxation and should continue to spearhead new initiatives to support its vision of sustainable development.
05 May 2011, motors.mega.mu
Le secteur de la biotechnologie
Le secteur de la biotechnologie prend de l’ampleur. Après l’accord signé il y a quelques jours sur la fourniture de fertilisants bio aux fermiers par la compagnie Island Fertilisers, une autre société, Aadicon Fertilizers, une société indienne implantée à Maurice depuis 2006, compte investir quelques 300 millions de roupies dans un projet bio. 60 arpents [...]
05 May 2011, MBC
Sixième édition du AIDS Candle Light Memorial,
A 9 jours de la sixième édition du AIDS Candle Light Memorial, les préparatifs avancent à grand pas pour cet événement national. Un calendrier d’activités a été arrêté et le thème retenu cette année est ”Touching Lives ”. Selon le national coordinator de l’événement, Dany Phillipe, le thème se veut une réflexion sur le sida, qui [...]
05 May 2011, MBC
New Mauritius Hotels Ltd. drops to seven-month low on Morocco project
The stock retreated 1 rupee, or 1 percent, to 102 rupees by the 1:30 p.m. close in Port Louis, its lowest since Oct. 1.
05 May 2011, business.mega.mu
Mauritian parliament to focus on e-voting system
The Opposition has submitted some 50 parliamentary questions for the next sitting
05 May 2011, business.mega.mu
Procontact merged with Execom in Mauritius
Call centres merge to ensure growth
05 May 2011, business.mega.mu
The State Bank of Mauritius has launched SBM BillPay
New service allows customers to pay their electricity and mobile telephone bills through their credit card
05 May 2011, business.mega.mu
CWA has plan to avert new water crisis
Yesterday, Mare aux Vacoas was at only 40% of capacit
05 May 2011, business.mega.mu
CAP photo exhibition held in Rodrigues
05 May 2011, business.mega.mu
Cut in cap on banks' T-bills holdings
“With 400,000 of bankable population and 13 banks competing on the local market, I think Mauritius is overbanked"
05 May 2011, business.mega.mu
Mauritian mobile operators puzzled by cut
Information and Communication Technology Minister Tassarajen Chedumbrum Pillay has announced a minimum 25% cut in mobile phone charges
05 May 2011, business.mega.mu
Last WWI combatant dies in Australia
SYDNEY (AFP)Briton Claude Choules, the last World War I combat veteran, has died aged 110 in Australia, ending the living connection with a conflict that saw 70 million military personnel mobilised.Blind and almost totally deaf, Choules, nicknamed "Chuckles", died in his sleep at his hostel home in Perth overnight. He was Australia's oldest man."His family said he passed away at midnight this morning," Australian Defence Force spokesman Gary Booth, who is close to the family, told AFP."It's too early to talk about funeral arrangements."Booth described his death as the end of an era."He was a living part of history and …
05 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
JT de 19h30 – jeudi 05/05/11
Title: JT de 19h30Channel: MBC 1Start Time: 19:30Date: 2011-05-05End Time: 20:10
05 May 2011, MBC
Zournal Kreol – jeudi 05/05/11
Title: Zournal KreolChannel: MBC 2Start Time: 19:00Date: 2011-05-05End Time: 19:20
05 May 2011, MBC
English News Bulletin – Thursday 05/05/11
Title: English News BulletinChannel: MBC 3Start Time: 18:30Date: 2011-05-05End Time: 18:50
05 May 2011, MBC
Samachar – Thursday 05/05/11
Title: SamacharChannel: MBC 1Start Time: 18:00Date: 2011-05-05End Time: 18:25
05 May 2011, MBC
Ian Thorpe devrait renouer avec la compétition début novembre
SYDNEY, Australie (AFP)Le nageur australien Ian Thorpe, quintuple champion olympique, devrait faire son retour à la compétition début novembre, lors de l'étape de Coupe du monde à Singapour, a déclaré jeudi l'entraîneur Gennadi Touretski qui encadre le retour du champion."Je pense qu'il renouera avec la compétition en novembre, avec l'étape de Coupe du monde à Singapour (4 novembre)", a déclaré Gennadi Touretski depuis la Suisse où Thorpe s'entraîne depuis deux mois.Australien d'origine russe, Touretski a dirigé la natation australienne à l'Institut national des sports avant de prendre les rênes de la natation suisse au Centre national de Tenero dans le …
05 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Exercice de recrutement d’Emirates le 14 mai à La Plantation Resort & Spa
En ligne avec sa volonté d’être un acteur économique actif dans le pays, Emirates organise une nouvelle campagne de recrutement à Maurice pour des postes de ‘cabin crew’ le 14 mai. Des officiels d’Emirates feront le déplacement de Dubayy pour cet exercice. Le ‘Open Day’, qui comprendra des sessions d’interactions, aura lieu à La Plantation Resort & Spa, Baie-aux-Tortues, Balaclava, et débutera à 9 heures précises le 14 mai. Les candidats retenus procéderont ensuite à des entretiens. Les nouvelles recrues de Maurice mettront le cap sur Dubayy pour rejoindre l’équipe de personnel de cabine d’Emirates qui comprend plus de 130 …
05 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?