http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Get the Latest Business News from Ethiopia- The Largest English Weekly in the Nation! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 Voters’ registration for the forthcoming national election will come to an end today, February 21, 2010, after national electoral officials postponed the deadline twice from its original schedule. Yet the latest data from the authorities revealed that 2.1 million more voters have already been registered now than in 2005, although this figure has yet to reach the over 30 million voters projected to be eligible to vote. Furthermore, the spirit of most voters is shrouded by indifference, apprehension or uncertainty, reports TAMRAT G. GIORGIS, Fortune Staff Writer. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300It has now been a little less than a year since the eloquent and deep-seated Eleni Gabre-Madhin (PhD), gave birth to, and started to nurture and breastfeed the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX). For the record, it has been a wobbly year for the newborn. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Over the past few decades, the International Monetary Fund became associated with excessive fiscal austerity, extreme political insensitivity, and – since the Asian financial crisis of 1997through1998 – with an out-and-out stigma. Countries borrowed from the IMF only under duress, when all else failed – and when there was simply no other way to pay for essential imports. (For Iceland in the fall of 2008, for example, the only alternative to IMF financing was to eat locally obtained goods, which mostly means fish.) http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300The reappointment of Ben Bernanke as chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board is lauded by some and disparaged by those who are critical of the notion of central bank independence. Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics, asserts that Bernanke's policies, a throwback to the Greenspan age, have critics in doubt over his continued suitability, which has, in turn, been tangled in a broader critique of the Fed's actions. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300There are a number of subjects that never fail to get my attention. On more than one occasion I have written about the service industry in the country and made whatever complaints it was that I had at the time. The truth of the matter is, I have no intention of changing the complaint part, and I do have every intention of, yet again, ranting and raving on the consistent failures of the available service industry of the country. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300The global group of scientists tackling the state of climate science, has faced harsh criticism for the work they have done so far. These scientists, argues Jeffrey D. Sachs, have by no means gotten rich off of grants as they have been accused nor have they twisted facts entrusted to them. In fact, they have dedicated their lives to finding out the truth. However, up against interest groups who know their games and well, they seem to be up against the proverbial Goliath. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300The socio-cultural differences between Brussels and Addis Abeba are compared and contrasted. In particular meeting, greeting and eating habits as wells as hospital standards and customs are discussed in light of their dissimilarity in the two cities. The differences affect all interactions from strangers to family members. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Had it not been for good old Muammar Al-Gaddafi, of Libya, the club of the African heads of state would be one that is boring, even to the thousands of delegates themselves. Credit goes, in earnest, to him for spicing up the African Union (AU) summits - wherever they are held. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300