World stocks gain on Fed's low rate pledge The Charlotte Observer | BANGKOK World stock markets were mostly higher Thursday after the U.S. central bank pledged to keep interest rates low until late 2014 to nurture the country's stubbornly slow economic recovery. | Benchmark oil hovered below $100 per barrel while the dollar fell against the euro and the yen. | Eur...
Apple boosts Aust stocks Sydney Morning Herald | AAP | Australian shares climb after market-beating results from Apple helped bourses shrug off growing concerns that Greece may default on its debt. | European and Wall Street fell overnight after eurozone officials rejected a final offer from the Greece's private bondholders, taking it one step c...
Amcol International Posts 4Q Profit, Revenue Up The Street | The company, which mines minerals like clay to sell for industrial uses, said Friday that its net income for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was $13.7 million, or 43 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $9.4 million, or 30 cents per share, a year e...
SA task team to advise on mine closures Mining Weekly | CAPE TOWN – South Africa's chief mine inspector on Friday defended safety-related mine closures that have cut into production at the world's top platinum producer. | tLonmin, the world's number three producer, lost 177 000 t produ...
How I Got Apple To 'Think Differently' Huffington Post | Just over a week ago, a group of students and I who are part of the Coalition for a Conflict-Free Duke sent a video message to Tim Cook, Apple CEO and fellow Dukie, imploring him to create a conflict-free product by the end of 2013. | The conflict ...
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Everything You Know About Peak Oil is Wrong New America Foundation | At some point in the coming months, the confrontation between the West and Iran over the Islamic republic’s nuclear program may reach a breaking point. Even assuming the two sides manage to avoid full-fledged military conflict, the crisis could s...
Inbound merger and acquisitions jump 30% The Hindu Inbound M&A deal volumes surged by 30 per cent in 2011 over the previous year, while outbound M&A deal volumes dipped by nearly 35 per cent, said a study conducted by Venture Intelligence, a research service focussing on M&A deals and pri...
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JPMorgan earnings miss, Europe drag stocks lower Atlanta Journal | NEW YORK — Stocks fell in morning trading after a rare earnings miss for JPMorgan Chase, the country's largest bank, and as reports swirled that European governments may ge...
Asia stocks up as confidence in US economy grows Springfield News-Sun | BANGKOK — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday amid signs of a strengthening U.S. economy and a solid earnings season there — along with relief that Franc...
Conferences will fine-tune ANC policy Independent online The year ahead for the ANC will be a momentous one, starting with the centenary statement in Bloemfontein/Mangaung today where President Jacob Zuma will recapture the historical hi...
Asia stocks remain mixed after flat Wall Street trading The Times Of India BANGKOK: Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday, following flat trading on Wall Street as renewed worries over Europe's banking system and a strong yen weighed on investor sentime...
Gold set for biggest rise in three months after Fed Business Day | Gold rose on Friday, heading for its best weekly performance since late October after the Federal Reserve signalled its ultra-loose monetary policy would continue, keeping the dollar under pressure and the opportunity cost of holding bullion low. |...
Solidarity backs mine safety closures Independent online Trade union Solidarity has welcomed a planned investigation into the implementation of section 54 orders, which allow the Mines Inspectorate to temporarily close down mines following fatalities or safety incidents, by the Department of Mineral Resour...
Oshkosh shareholders reject Icahn's board slate Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Oshkosh - Investor Carl Icahn failed on Friday in his attempt to get six seats on the Oshkosh Corp. board of directors. | While the shareholder vote count was not immediately available, the company said it believes that at least 12 of the 13 Oshkosh ...
Two more doctors wrote fraudulent sick notes Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Madison - The Madison School District has released additional sick notes given to Capitol protesters last year which show two more doctors provided the excuses the district deemed to be fraudulent. | Fifteen doctors who signed the notes have not face...
