June 30 (Bloomberg) — Mauritius maintained its growth forecast for 2009 at 2.5 perccent, the national statistics agency said on its Web site today. The country’s sugar crop may rise 10 percent to 480,000 metric tons this year, the Port Louis-based [...]
State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, plans to be a dominant foreign bank in select nations, including Mauritius. ‘Plans are in place to be the dominant foreign bank in few identified countries such as Mauritius, Singapore and Nepal,’ a senior SBI official said.
State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, plans to be a dominant foreign bank in selected nations, including Mauritius. “Plans are in place to be the dominant foreign bank in few identified countries such as Mauritius, Singapore and Nepal,” a senior SBI official told PTI.
A team of young rowers from Sussex and Kent become the first foursome to row from Australia to Mauritius.
The island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean may be tiny, but boy, is it diverse and vibrant.
Port Louis — Pirated goods - from music and vehicle parts to clothes, perfumes and software - are sold at ridiculously low prices on the streets or in local shops. This is big business in the paradise-like island state Mauritius.
Port-Louis — Thousands of workers in the textile and manufacturing industry in Mauritius have been forced into unemployment and poverty within the last few months, as factories announced multiple rounds of job cuts due to the global financial crisis.
(RTTNews) - Mauritius jobless rate increased to 8% in the first quarter from 6.2% in the previous quarter, the Central Statistics Office said on Wednesday. A year earlier, the jobless rate was 8.2%.
PORT LOUIS, June 24 (Reuters) - Unemployment in Mauritius rose to 8.0 percent during the first quarter of 2009 from 6.2 percent in previous quarter, but was down slightly from the same period a year earlier, official data showed on Wednesday. The global downturn is weighing heavily on the Indian Ocean island’s economy, hurting its [...]
By Richard Lough