By Sylivester Domasa   20th September 2013 Involvement of Tanzanians  assured  The government and the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation (TPSF) have finally  resolved their differences over the auction of eight natural gas blocks giving  leeway for indigenous Tanzanians to own shares when the policy becomes ready in  September next year.  Briefing journalists after a consultative meeting  between officials of the government and those of TPSF, the Foundation’s  executive director, Godfrey Simbeye, said the two sides also agreed that the  auction which was slated for October this year should go ahead as planned and as  per the Petroleum and Exploration Act of 1980.  He said the government and  TPSF also agreed that the lobby should work in cooperation with the government  in the course of exploitation of minerals and other sources of energy so as to  ensure that more benefits accrue to the local people.  In s...

By Chris Lang, 4th September 2013 A new documentary, “Carbon Crooks”, will be broadcast on 9 September 2013 in Denmark. The film is directed by Tom Heinemann and documents the failure of carbon trading to address climate change and investigates some of the fraud in the carbon markets. A trailer of the film has been released, and it looks great. The first interview in the trailer is with Daniel Butler, who was a carbon trader between 2004 and 2011. He broke the story about the  stealing of €10 million  worth of European Union emissions allowances (EUAs) from the Czech Republic’s carbon registry in January 2011. “In the early days it was a good business. I could make roughly €50,000 in five minutes,” Butler says. The documentary team also interviews Ritt Bjerregaard, an EU Commissioner who was in Kyoto in 1997 as part of the EU team negotiating the Kyoto Protocol. The interview is  available here  (in Danish). Bjerregaard explains that the EU would have prefe...

If you’d claimed it was possible for the average guy on the street to make millions of dollars online just a decade ago, the chances are good you’d have heard nothing but laughter in response. Today, though, there are countless Internet millionaires who turned a great idea into obscene profit, used the power of the web to promote their offline business or simply worked their butt off to sell their skills online.   While it’s unlikely that you’ll ever earn enough to  buy your own private island , there’s nothing to stop you from using your skills to make a comfortable living online. In fact, while the media would have you believe that online success stories are limited to just a few lucky, hard working people who stumbled on a great idea that went on to make millions, the reality is that there are tens of thousands of people who make a living exclusively online. Here are just ten ways you can join them. How To Make Money Online 1. Sell Stock Photography The Internet has caus...

Be careful reading these quotes, they might just inspire you to do things you dreamed of doing, they might help you succeed and might even make you happier. "All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them" Walt Disney "Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drowned your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." Steve Jobs “Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it.” Proverb "Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jeffer...

Image credit:  GEOFF PUGH/The Telegraph Thinking about wearing that red tie to a meeting with the managing director today? You might want to think again. Body language and nonverbal communication can have a big impact on your professional life and can ultimately make or break a deal, business relationship or even your financial success, according to a legion of body language books. "In business, one of the most important things is the impression you give people," Eliot Hoppe, an author and expert on body language, told CNBC. Body language encompasses body movements, facial expressions and gestures as well as the tone of your voice. Here are Hoppe's top tips to optimize your chances of business success. 1)  Posture:  People make up their finds about others in just the first four seconds, Hoppe said. "In business, you've got to remember that when you walk into a boardroom, people have already made a decision about you by the time you sit down...