1.0link115822<![CDATA[Zimbabwe Devalues Currency; 10B becomes 1 dollar]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/30/zimbabwe-devalues-currenc_n_115822.htmlHARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe announced Wednesday that it is knocking 10 zeros off its hyper-inflated currency _ a move that turns 10 billion dollars into one.
President Robert Mugabe threatened a state of emergency if businesses profiteer from the country's economic crisis, a move that could give him even more sweeping powers to punish opponents in the event that political power-sharing talks fail.