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Africa

KENYA: Lightweight kit for small farmers

19/04/2010 ANA 0

NAIROBI, 15 April 2010—A new piece of kit in the form of a backpack could help small farmers in Kenya increase yields, profits and agricultural know-how in a sustainable way. The backpacks, weighing 15-42 kg, […]

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Africa

DRC: Fighting foils exams in South Kivu

18/04/2010 ANA 0

KINSHASA, 16 April 2010 – Hundreds of final year secondary school students have been unable to sit all their national exams due to fighting between a faction of the Mayi-Mayi militia and the army in […]

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Business

No dividend payments for Daimler Shareholders

14/04/2010 ANA 0

Berlin, 14 April, 2010—Shareholders of Daimler AG will not receive divident payments for 2009 business year. This was announced at the Annual General Meeting of the company which opens here today. The decision, says Dr Dieter Zetsche, who is Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, was due to what he called, “unusual earnings situation.” He told the stunned shareholders that “the decission was not an easy one. “Before coming to our conclusion, we thoroughly and carefully weighed the pros and cons. Ultimately, the decision was clear,” stressed Dr Zetsche. He told the meeting that, according to German corporate and commercial law regulations, a dividend payment for 2009 would only have been possible “if we had covered both the incured losses and the funds for the dividend with Daimler AG’s retained income. […]

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Business

Daimler Annual General Meeting takes off in Berlin

14/04/2010 ANA 0

Berlin, 14 April, 2010—In the past twelve months, Daimler AG (stock-exchange symbol DAI) has taken some important strategic actions in an extremely difficult environment and has thus created the right conditions for a successful future. […]

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