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Buy What You Want To Watch With DStv

DStv will soon start selling specific programmes to its subscribers, under the ‘video on demand’ model. As posted in the Business Daily, DStv subscribers will use their remote controls to bring up a list pf pre-loaded programmes from which they can select the ones…
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Stocks We Are Watching Today

The shares we will be closely observing in today's trading at the Kenyan Stock Market
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NIC Rights Issue;Timetable of Principal Events

This is part of a series of articles sponsored by NIC bank. NIC are currently having a rights issue that started on 27th August. Read more about their rights issue here. …
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Sweets for change? Bring your own coins!

However, the same ego will see them insisting that supermarkets should stop attempting to rob them by ensuring they give change in full, including the worthless, heavy, Ksh.1 coins. So, if they get Ksh 1 coins from the supermarket as change, where do the coins go, such that no one appears to have Ksh 1 coins when paying for their shopping?
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8 Things You Should Know This Morning

  1. Alarm as loan defaults rise by Sh4bn steep rise in the cost of loans that started at the end of 2011 has left many borrowers incapable of servicing their debts, pushing up the level of default across the banking industry. The volume of non-performing loans…
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Closing Bell – 30th August 2012

A summary of share trading activity at the NSE today.
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Buying a Car? Think like a Businessman

With entrepreneurs making a killing from the motor industry, buying a truck or a pick-up can seem like a good idea... It therefore makes sense to know what you’re getting into before spending all your money on some half-baked investment scheme.
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Potato Prices Steady Despite Increase in Bag Sizes

Potato farmers are making losses due to an increase in their packing bag sizes. The Kenya National Potato Farmers Association (KNPFA) reports that farmers have been forced to charge the same price for potatoes regardless of the fact that they use bigger sacks. KNPFA National Secretary,…
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What Yu Net Has To Offer Mobile Phone Users

We have so far covered Safaricom’s, Airtel’s and Orange mobile internet data plans designed for mobile phone users, today we will look at what Yu mobile has to offer. Yu Mobile, the only mobile service provider yet to join the…
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CIC Profits Dip Below Half Billion

Earnings were hurt by higher claims and benefits to policyholders which rose 61 percent to 2.1 billion shillings.
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NIC Bank To Close For System Upgrade

NIC Bank will remain closed from Friday September 31st to 2nd September 2012. The bank which will be upgrading its systems will close doors for all over the counter transactions. The bank’s ATM services will be functional through the period. In an email…
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How Much Delaying to Pay HELB Costs You

So the state has assisted you raise your college fees for four or more years. There’s no way you’re not going to pay that back. Apparently, if you attempt to dodge repaying the loan you will pay, and dearly so. Currently undergraduate HELB beneficiaries get a minimum of KES 35,000 and a…
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How CCN’s new E-Ticket Parking System Works

Looking for council parking attendants or displaying parking tickets on your windscreen will soon be a thing of the past as City Council of Nairobi (CCN) plans to fully embrace an electronic parking ticket payment system. The council yesterday launched the pilot phase of its e-payment…
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The Corporate Con-man's Game

ever walked into a shop and left with more than you intended to buy? Well, for what it's worth, it wasn't entirely your fault. Here are a couple of things shops do to keep you spending.
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