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Small MTN owners hurdle in deal
Small MTN investors want more money from Bharti Airtel for a planned multi-billion ...

WB: China must invest in Africa
Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, has spent half his time during a visit ...

EU money to improve lives
With a deal that provides close to R1.3bn to help create employment in SA, the EU ...

Belgium invests R1bn in Coega
Electrawinds Belgium has announced it is finalising the feasibility in setting up ...

Be wary of over-optimism
A common mistake small business owners make when theyre seeking loans, is to be over-optimistic ...

Making the fat cats pay
For a decade, the Competition Commission has been sweeping industry for cartels and ...

Its because hes black: ANCYL
Transnets suspension of Siyabonga Gama is a witch-hunt and "those in control of the ...

The Heavy Chef’s 5 Point Guide to Branding: Point 3
This is a follow on from Heavy Chef Guide to Branding Point 1 and Point 2 in a series ...

New design, new direction for Ideate!
Today is a big day for us. Shane, Andrew and I (the three main protagonists behind ...

Ride a Limousine to your next business meeting
Ok, its not quite a limo from One & Only Limousines but for those of you who would ...

Surviving 2010
A huge amount of people are up scaling their business hopes in anticipation for next ...

Branded entertainment: giving customers a positive branded experience
Recently, Ive noticed a steep increase in branded entertainment. Brands are looking ...

The Mobile Web comes to Africa in style
Midway through October sees a great new event called Mobile Web Africa. My company, ...

How To Guide to Social Media for the Wine Industry
Im looking forward to this. The legends at Cherryflava have been putting together ...

NYSE to Sell Part of Amex Options Business to Banks - Wall Street Journal
ReutersNYSE to Sell Part of Amex Options Business to BanksWall Street JournalPARIS ...

Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes Index Review Results: 3rd Quarter ... - Reuters ...
The Money TimesDow Jones Islamic Market Indexes Index Review Results: 3rd Quarter ...

Bearish Bets Declined in Late August - Wall Street Journal
Bearish Bets Declined in Late AugustWall Street JournalShort-selling fell at the ...

RPT-US STOCKS-Market rises for 5th day on economic optimism - Reuters
Boston GlobeRPT-US STOCKS-Market rises for 5th day on economic optimismReuters... ...

New Stock Listings Fail to Ignite India's Market - TIME
New Stock Listings Fail to Ignite India's MarketTIME11, 2009 People look at a ...

Baja Mining Corp. Joins OTCQX - Reuters
Baja Mining Corp. Joins OTCQXReuters... or OTC, securities market. The term "OTC ...

Industrials, financials pull stock market higher - The Associated Press
RTE.ieIndustrials, financials pull stock market higherThe Associated PressNEW YORK ...

Currency, charges hit Campbell Soup profit
Currency headwinds and charges drag down Campbell Soup’s fourth-quarter earnings, ...

FedEx first-quarter profit to exceed guidance
FedEx Corp. says its fiscal first-quarter profit will exceed company guidance due ...

Bond Report: Treasurys head for fifth weekly gain
Treasury prices head for a fifth weekly gain, as the market senses relief that the ...

Ex-AIG exec Cassano may face U.S. charges: WSJ
Federal prosecutors are preparing to have a grand jury consider whether to indict ...

Metals Stocks: Gold rises above $1,000 as dollar falls again
Gold futures rise above $1,000 an ounce Friday, heading for their fourth weekly gain ...

NewsWatch: U.S. stock futures inch higher after Chinese data
U.S. stock futures inch higher and the dollar hits fresh lows Friday after a raft ...

Economic Report: U.S. import prices jump 2% on higher oil prices
Higher crude oil prices drive U.S. import prices up by 2% in August, the fifth increase ...

Air-Conditioning Tips, Part II
Once the season has begun in earnest you need to make sure you understand what ...

Air-Conditioning Tips, Part I
The first part of these air-conditioning tips are all about things you can do even ...

Traveling Off Peak
If you have no reason to take your vacation at the same time as everyone else, ...

Hmm… That Doesn’t Seem Right!
Some time after banking hours, on a mild evening in August 2008, two security guards ...

Preparing for a Job Interview, Part II
Here are some more basic tips to help you impress when you get called in for an ...

Preparing for a Job Interview, Part I
In the current climate you may find yourself back on the job market unexpectedly. ...

Health Insurance... For Your Pet
If you’ve never had a pet, then just stop reading now. You won’t have ...

Why I Like to Hire Ugly People
How the unattractive suffer ... and can end up sitting pretty

Beyond Bond Ratings
Despite missed calls and ethical questions, ratings firms will remain influential. ...

Racing Toward Disaster?
Soaring budget deficits threaten the economy and the stock market, says veteran fund ...

Ford on Track to Be #1 U.S. Carmaker
Things are looking up for the one American automaker that didn't go for a government ...

Metal Theft Is Troubling New Criminal Pursuit
Congress plans to shut off the market for stolen copper and other expensive metals. ...

Amazing Deals and Scary Risks of Peer-to-Peer Online Shopping
EBay is about to turn 15, but theres always lots to learn about buying from your ...

Ride This Bull Market
If you've been on the sidelines, it's time to buy stocks. Here's why.

Belgian firm to invest in R1.2 billion Coega project
Electrawinds Belgium has announced that it is finalising the feasibility in setting ...

To the victors, the spoils: a post-Lehman scorecard
For Barclays and Nomura, the collapse of Lehman Brothers was the opportunity of the ...

Zimbabwe looks to China for economic rebuild
Zimbabwe wants China to use its manufacturing prowess to help rebuild the African ...

Third person arrested in Vodacom case
A third person has been arrested in the pending Vodacom banking fraud case, the Johannesburg ...

GM and Opel to end 80-year union
The sale of Opel by US auto giant General Motors ends an 80-year union during which ...

Medical schemes seek to play a role in new national health system
The major debate over national health insurance will be whether a single state-run ...

PFA cracks the whip on errant fund
A pension fund that has repeatedly failed to pay benefits to its members and failed ...

Resolution scheme and adminstrator must part
Resolution Health Medical Scheme was this week given three months to move its administration ...

Investment income helps schemes to stay afloat
Amid much talk about the unsustainability of private health care in South Africa, ...

Will the Cavemen's Evolution Boost Geico?
The news that ABC will produce a half-hour comedy pilot featuring the cavemen made ...

Preaching Green With the Zeal of a Convert
The Virgin king is set on saving the planet. Since the fall, Branson has pledged ...

CASTRO'S REVENGE
SOMETIME LATER this year, less than 70 miles from Florida, a consortium of Spanish, ...

CSI: Subprime
You might not consider Mickey Mouse suspicious. But when Clayton Holdings, which ...

Green Is Good
No, it's not just greenwash. Business in the U.S. really has become cleaner and greener. ...

A Company That Thrives on Market Volatility
If you believe that market volatility is here to stay, why not make some money on ...

IN SEARCH OF PRICING POWER
There's a lot working against investors right now. Despite the recent declines, stocks ...

Nokia May Buy Social Network Firm Plum (at TheStreet.com)

[video] CNBC Market Edge (at CNBC)

Ahead of the Bell: Baird downgrades Nokia (AP)
Nokia Corp.'s new phones look good, but world's No. 1 cell phone maker ...

In Pictures: 10 Ways We're Really Spending Our Time (at Forbes.com)

Is this Apple's e-book trojan horse? (at Fortune)
Tyrese Gibson's Mayhem is the first digital book for sale on iTunes 9 ÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂEuroÃÂ" ...

Did Steve Jobs lie to the NY Times? (at Fortune)
When David Pogue, the New York Times' chief technology columnist, sat down with ...

J.P. Morgan downgrades RealNetworks to underweight (at MarketWatch)
J.P. Morgan on Friday downgraded shares of RealNetworks Inc. to underweight from ...

Stocks trade flat after 5 days of gains (AP)
AP - Stocks are flat in early trading as investors look for signals about the economy ...

Wall Street set to rise on recovery hopes (Reuters)
Reuters - Wall Street was set for a modestly higher open on Friday as investors were ...

FedEx shares rise after comments on outlook (Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of FedEx Corp rose 4.5 percent to $75.90 in premarket trading on ...

Stocks rise on China data, Geithner remarks (AP)
AP - European and Asian stocks rose Friday ahead of expected gains on Wall Street, ...

China FX diversification makes sense: U.S. official (Reuters)
Reuters - It makes sense for China to diversify its huge stockpile of foreign exchange ...

European stocks advance, FTSE above 5,000 points (AFP)
AFP - Europe's main stock markets rose on Friday, with London rebounding above 5,000 ...

SEC officials promise changes after Madoff failure (AP)
AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission's watchdog has recommended "employee-by-employee" ...

MB Financial to take over Corus Bank: report
SAN FRANCISCO -- MB Financial Inc. will take over the branches and some deposits ...

U.S. stocks break winning run; still up for week
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks on Friday finished with weekly gains and modest ...

Merck gains on Fosamax ruling
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Merck & Co. shares were up almost 2% on Friday after a federal ...

Vermillion rockets on FDA approval
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of troubled Vermillion Corp. [s:vrml] rocketed almost ...

Senate seeks an F-22 fighter model for export
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee is urging the ...

U.S. runs budget deficit of $111.4 billion in Aug.
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. ran a budget deficit of $111.4 billion in August, ...

Gold ends at record high as dollar weakens
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures rose Friday to settle at a new record high, ...

Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Friday
SAN FRANCISCO - Among the stocks that might make notable moves on Friday are Campbell ...

Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Thursday
Among the stocks expected to see active trading Thursday are Navistar International ...

Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Wednesday
Among the stocks likely to see active trading Wednesday are those of Talbots, Men’s ...

Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Tuesday
Among the stocks expected to see active trading Tuesday are AIG, Apple, Cadbury, ...

Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Tuesday
Stocks likely to show significant movement when U.S. markets open Tuesday after the ...

Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Friday
Among the stocks expected to see active trading Friday are H&R Block Inc., Quantum ...

Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Thursday
Stocks likely to show significant movement in Thursday's trading.

Broker Talk: Stop Worrying About the Recovery (Broker Talk)
Investors worry the market rally has gone too far and that talk of recovery is, ...

Is Web TV Worth It?
Don’t look now, but couch spuds are going surfing. Now that TV sets are ...

EOG: Drilling in All the Right Places
WHILE OIL HAS RALLIED SMARTLY THIS YEAR after plummeting last fall, there has been ...

September 11, 2008 (Thursday): Can Lehman Find a Buyer?; Palin Says She's Ready
Lehman Looks for Buyer With investors apparently unconvinced that Lehman Brothers ...

Is Our Debt Higher Than the Value of All Stocks? (By the Numbers)
The following short financial quiz won’t save you any money, tell you whether ...

5 Deals on Travel After Labor Day (Deal of the Day)
Summer vacation season may be over, but fall travel promises to be a better deal ...

Higher Import Costs Leave Firms Worrying (Market Update)
Fuel Prices Boost Import Costs Businesses around the country have been mulling ...

Asia's 200 Best Under A Billion
After surviving the worst of a global recession, Asia's most promising smaller companies ...

Obama Proposes College Finance Overhaul
Administration suggests changes to 529 savings plans and FAFSA form.

Man's Best Spend
A rundown of the costs of owning of a pet.

Work And Energy
Unemployment has hit worrisome levels while the energy economy gears up for a renewable ...

Sipping On Verizon's Juicy Yield
The old phone company comes out of its cocoon as a big wireless and triple-play ...

Ray Beauchemin's Letters from Abu Dhabi: The commercialization of Ramadan holy days ...
The commercialization of Ramadan has a familiar ring to it, finds Letters from Abu ...

Economic Report: 2.6 million pushed into poverty in 2008
The first year of recession takes a toll on household incomes, driving 2.6 million ...

Jennifer Openshaw: How to stop annoying junk mail and sales calls
Have you ever stopped to figure out how much time you waste sorting through and throwing ...

Personal Finance Daily: Boomers' market impact has not been wham-o
Don't miss these Personal Finance stories.

Mortgages: Mortgage rates fall slightly: Freddie Mac
Mortgage rates fall slightly this week, keeping rates low and prompting more homeowners ...

Robert Powell: Will the markets tank as baby boomers retire?
Many wise men have predicted the stock and bond markets will go into a free fall ...

Personal Finance Daily: Recognizing older, bolder workplaces
Don't miss these top Personal Finance stories.

UPDATE - Alibaba to launch B2B platform in U.S. by year end (at Reuters)

Yahoo's Bartz (#8), Facebook's Sandberg (#22), Google's Mayer (#22) ...
Time Inc.'s Fortune magazine--which never met a list it did not like to make--had ...

EBay's Skype Sale Looks Like a Win-Win (at BusinessWeek)

Tech Stocks: Tech issues follow Yahoo, eBay higher (at MarketWatch)
Technology sector trades higher, powered by gains in shares of Internet giants Yahoo ...

[$$] Respect the Rally, Like It or Not (at RealMoney by TheStreet.com)

Movers roundup: Men's Wearhouse, eBay (AP)
Shares of Men's Wearhouse declined on Thursday after the men's suit and ...

Tech Stocks: Techs edge higher, led by Yahoo, eBay (at MarketWatch)
The tech sector trades slightly higher, powered by gains scored by Yahoo and eBay. ...

FedEx boosts 1Q earnings guidance, shares up (AP)
FedEx Corp., the world's second largest package delivery company, raised its ...

Campbell Soup profit falls 22 percent (AP)
The Campbell Soup Co. says its fourth-quarter net income fell 22 percent, but stronger ...

Stocks trade flat after 5 days of gains (AP)
Stocks are flat in early trading as investors look for signals about the economy ...

Road ahead for Opel won't be easy (AP)
GM's decision to sell European subsidiary Opel to auto parts maker Magna International ...

Oil hovers near $72 as US crude inventories plunge (AP)
Oil prices hovered near $72 a barrel Friday as a drop in U.S. crude inventories suggested ...

Morgan Stanley CEO to inherit bank in transition (AP)
Morgan Stanley's incoming CEO will be facing a drastically different landscape ...

General Motors to offer money-back guarantee (AP)
General Motors is hoping to jump-start its revival by guaranteeing car buyers that ...