Another brick-and-mortar store, with multiple locations in Indiana, has filed for bankruptcy and is starting to liquidate. Women’s clothing retailer Christopher & Banks Inc. is closing its entire 450
Joe Bennett: Warm evening reflections beside Turanganui River promenade
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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A young couple doing what young couples do, taking selfies together; one of the many activities taking place in and around a Gisborne motor lodge one recent warm, summer evening. Photo / Getty Images
A young couple doing what young couples do, taking selfies together; one of the many activities taking place in and around a Gisborne motor lodge one recent warm, summer evening. Photo / Getty Images
A DOG S LIFE
The shortest river in the southern hemisphere, at a length of just 1200 metres, is the Turanganui, and from the balcony of the Senator Motor Lodge in Gisborne I can see about a quarter
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe diversifies product range 15 January 2021
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe (LafargeHolcim group) has completed crucial test runs on a multi-million-dollar dry mortar plant as it aims to turn into a multi-product operation.
Lafarge has also entered the tile adhesives range and several allied products to complement the cement operation, which faces stiff competition from imports and stronger domestic peers.
The firm has mostly relied on cement production at its decades-old operation in Harare. However, Lafarge said its dry mortar factory upgrade now positioned the business among the largest manufacturers of tile adhesives in the country. As the country pursues import substitution and growing the local economy, Lafarge remains committed to pursuing an aggressive growth strategy around growing the core cement business while innovating around new higher margin product lines, Lafarge Zimbabwe said in a statement.