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Zimbabwe's new currency woes hit traditional stores while illegal night bazaars flourish

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

People in Zimbabwe are shunning traditional grocery stores to do their shopping at informal and illegal markets that pop up at night to avoid police raids. The government had hoped the introduction of a new currency in April would resolve a money crisis that has seen southern African countries introduce six currencies. But it's now depreciating and hurting licensed stores that are forced by law to accept it. Meanwhile, unregulated informal traders charge their goods exclusively in the more stable dollar to make their prices significantly lower.

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Menendez loses sentencing delay bid

TheHill.com 

Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) will be sentenced on corruption charges next month as planned after a federal judge declined to delay the proceeding ahead of the ex-lawmaker's wife's trial. U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein on Monday rejected Menendez's request to push back the Jan. 29 sentencing until his wife, Nadine, completes her trial on...