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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 6:33 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South African manufacturing contracted at a slower pace in October than the previous month as the global recession eased, adding to signs the economy is recovering.
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The Arizona Republic - Wed Dec 9, 11:34 am ET
South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport, race and Nelson Mandela will tell the world about the country's history of struggle and triumph despite some criticism that the lead roles are played by American actors.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 12:33 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa . Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names and prices are from the last close.
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Seattle Times - Wed Dec 9, 8:12 am ET
South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport, race and Nelson Mandela will tell the world about the country's history of struggle and triumph despite some criticism that the lead roles are played by American actors.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 41 minutes ago
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar rose against the Brazilian real and South African rand as Standard & Poor’s cut Spain’s credit rating outlook, paring demand for higher-yielding assets.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 2:22 pm ET
Nelson Mandela received the touch of "God" -- Hollywood-style -- when Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman prepared to play him in new movie "Invictus."
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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 9, 12:12 pm ET
Triple major winner Ernie Els has piled the pressure on himself to win this week's Alfred Dunhill Championship to avoid ending a year without a win for the first time in 19 years.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 5:03 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- South African retail sales fell 6.5 percent in October from a year ago as the economy shed thousands of jobs, curbing consumer spending.
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KTNV Las Vegas - Wed Dec 9, 6:42 am ET
South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport, race and Nelson Mandela will tell the world about the country's history of struggle and triumph despite somecriticism that the lead roles are played by American actors.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 9:52 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Absa Capital , the investment banking unit of Barclays Plc’s Absa Group Ltd. , is hiring bankers from Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse AG and Merrill Lynch & Co. as it builds an equities trading business to expand its services.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 9:18 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Absa Capital , the investment banking unit of Barclays Plc’s Absa Group Ltd. , is hiring bankers from Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse AG and Merrill Lynch & Co. as it builds an equities trading business to expand its services.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 12:54 pm ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar pared its drop against the euro, Australian currency and Norwegian krone as Standard & Poor’s cut Spain’s credit rating outlook, discouraging demand for higher-yielding assets.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 12:39 pm ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar pared its drop against the euro, Australian currency and Norwegian krone as Standard & Poor’s cut Spain’s credit rating outlook, discouraging demand for higher-yielding assets.
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Playbill - 54 minutes ago
Lou Ferguson, Roslyn Ruff and Thomas Silcott will appear in Berkeley Repertory Theatre's production of Athol Fugard's new play, Coming Home, Jan. 14, 2010-Feb. 28, 2010, on the Rep's intimate Thrust Stage.
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MSNBC - Wed Dec 9, 12:10 pm ET
Nelson Mandela made it clear that Morgan Freeman was the man he would want to play him in a film.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 11:18 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Zambeef Product Plc, Zambia’s biggest meat producer, said profit for the year through September fell 58 percent to 15.7 billion Zambian kwacha ($3.4 million), according to an e-mailed statement.
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International Herald Tribune - Tue Dec 8, 11:49 pm ET
The bare-handed killing of a bull by Zulu warriors is part of an annual ceremony in South Africa, but this year an animal rights group took up the cause of the doomed bull.
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New York Times - Tue Dec 8, 11:33 pm ET
The bare-handed killing of a bull by Zulu warriors is part of annual ceremony in South Africa, but this year an animal rights group took up the cause of the doomed bull.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 5:03 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- SABMiller Plc said the value of a stake that will be sold to black investors increased by 22 percent after its share price rose and the number of participants climbed.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 12:33 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa . Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names and prices are from the last close.