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Monday Aug 4 | Guardian Unlimited

Zimbabwe's zero hour has been tried before

Zimbabwe's central bank has announced it will drop 10 zeros off its currency, turning Z$10bn into Z$1 - " although that will still be insufficient to buy a loaf of bread.

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Sat Aug 02, 2008

Mugabe makaipa

Zim knocks ten zeros off currancy

Zimbabwe is knocking 10 zeros off its currency because its computers and ATMs cannot handle basic transactions in billions and trillions of dollars.

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Thu Jul 31, 2008

Mortgage News Daily

A Loaf of Bread for Z$200 Billion? Now That's Inflation

Around the world, industrialized nations are struggling to deal with the common challenge of rising inflation rates - but some more than others.

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Wed Jul 30, 2008

SW Radio Africa

Gono slashes 10 zeros from Zimbabwe currency

Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono announced on Wednesday that the Zimbabwean currency will be slashed by ten zeros.

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Sat Jul 26, 2008

AllAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Dollar Hits 1,2 Trillion Against the UK Pound

SW Radio Africa Lance Guma Zimbabwe's economic decline was emphasized Monday when its currency slumped to an all time low of trading 1 British pound to Z$1,2 trillion.

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Mon Jul 21, 2008

AllAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Dollar Hits 1,2 Trillion Against the UK Pound

SW Radio Africa Lance Guma Zimbabwe's economic decline was emphasized Monday when its currency slumped to an all time low of trading 1 British pound to Z$1,2 trillion.

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

Mail & Guardian

Summing it up

There's absolutely nothing new about the New Syllabus Mathematics textbook for Zimbabwean grade fours.

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Tue Jun 17, 2008

New Zimbabwe

PSL slaps Njube Sundowns with $1 trillion fine

By Nkanyiso Moyo NJUBE Sundowns have been slapped with a record Z$1 trillion fine for their part in the chaotic scenes at Gwanzura Stadium that nearly caused the abandonment of their league match against ...

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Thu Jun 05, 2008

Business Report

Zimbabwe currency crashes to new low

By Nelson Banya Harare - Zimbabwe's currency plunged to a new record low yesterday, trading at an average Z$1 billion to the US dollar on a recently introduced interbank market and triggering massive price ...

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Sat May 31, 2008

ZWNews.com

Mugabe's economics dip into billions

By the time of the run-off it will cost five billion Zimbabwe dollars for one US dollar At the present rate of devaluation, the Zimbabwe dollar will hit a billion to one US dollar this weekend.

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Thu May 29, 2008

Mediabistro.com

West Coast Debut of In the Flesh Tomorrow

Three years ago, acclaimed author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel launched an innovative monthly reading series in New York that encouraged the city's best writers to share intimate and humorous tales about ...

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Fri May 23, 2008

Mail & Guardian

Zim inflation estimated at more than 1 000 000%

Weary Zimbabweans are facing a new wave of massive price increases, which have already put many basic goods out of their reach.

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Wed May 21, 2008

AllAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Inflation Hits One Million Percent As Prices Continue to Skyrocket

Most basic goods in the country are now out of reach for many suffering Zimbabweans following massive price increases in the past week.

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Tue May 06, 2008

Today's Chemist At Work

Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies of NEt3-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminolysis of Carbamate

The mechanism of the NEt3-catalyzed intramolecular aminolysis of Z - 1 in acetonitrile or aqueous acetonitrile solutions is suggested to involve rate-determining collapse of T through simultaneous H-abstraction ... via Today's Chemist At Work

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Thu May 01, 2008

Popsugar.com

Ratings on Diets A-Z

Ratings on Diets A-Z 1 hour 1 min ago by kymmeisme 0 Views - 0 comments I saw an amazing article on IVillage today in which their dietician rates every diet from Atkins to Zone and tells you how the programs ... via Popsugar.com

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Sat Mar 08, 2008

CiteULike

Screening of Coulomb Impurities in Graphene

Our analysis is based on the exact electron Green's function, obtained by using the operator method, and leads to results that are exact in the parameter Z, where is the "fine-structure constant" of graphene. via CiteULike

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Sat Feb 16, 2008

Today's Chemist At Work

Superconductivity in the AlB2-Type Ternary Rare-Earth Silicide YbGa1.1Si0.9

A novel ternary intermetallic compound, YbGa1.1Si0.9, was synthesized using a two-step process of Ar-arc melting and annealing. via Today's Chemist At Work

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Wed Feb 13, 2008

Mail & Guardian

New price shocks for Zimbabwe

“There are times when tractors are used to carry 10 crates of beer when they should be used for work in the fields. I know there are transport problems, but that is not a passport to abuse tractors”

A shocking new range of price increases were announced on Tuesday as Zimbabwe's world-record hyperinflation spun further out of control, with charges for cellphone calls soaring by nearly 1 700%. The official ... via Mail & Guardian

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Fri Jan 18, 2008

Mail & Guardian

New notes fail to dent Zim cash shortages

“Prices will inevitably rise in tandem, so the root cause of the economic crisis has to be addressed”

Zimbabwe's central bank introduced new higher value banknotes on Friday that failed to ease a cash shortage that has kept commercial banks busy with long queues of desperate residents wanting to withdraw money. via Mail & Guardian

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Mon Jan 14, 2008

Taipei Times

Market for touch screen panels looks set for big growth

“The demand for touch screen GPS devices looks strong for this year, but we expect even stronger growth in the mobile phones market”

By Felix Hong STAFF REPORTER Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008, Page 12 With the advent of hand-held wireless devices that combine multiple functions, the market for small to medium-sized touch screen panels is set to ... via Taipei Times

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