Shares in AVI, which leapt 40 percent in November after
Tiger unveiled plans to pay a 62 percent premium for AVI, lost a
fifth of their value on Wednesday after Tiger said it axed the
deal, which would have formed a South African food heavyweight.
"We were hopeful that ... they were on the path to[S.Africa Tiger scraps AVI buy; still on the hunt - Reuters]...
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The assassination of the military chief in a sophisticated bomb attack, which soldiers avenged by killing the president, has raised questions over external influences in the tiny country in West Africa, a region targeted by powerful Latin American drug-smuggling gangs. General Batista Tagme Na Wai a[ANALYSIS-Drugs, guns stoke Bissau concerns after killings - Reuters]...
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The new unity administration will depend heavily on foreign cash to rebuild an economy that critics says President Robert Mugabe and his central bank governor, Gideon Gono, have brought to its knees through reckless policies. Western countries are looking for signs that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangi[ANALYSIS-Fate of Zimbabwe central bank governor key to aid - Reuters]...
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