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Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- South African consumer spending declined for a fifth consecutive quarter in the three months through September as six interest rate cuts since December did little to ease the impact of job losses.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Danone SA , the world’s largest yogurt maker, agreed to pay 1.09 billion rand ($143.4 million) for the 45 percent of the South African dairy venture Danone Clover it doesn’t already own.
25 years ago today, 1984: In a ceremony interrupted by a bomb threat, Bishop Desmond M. Tutu accepted the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize today, saying it brought new hope to his fellow South African blacks and to the oppressed everywhere.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- South African consumer spending declined for a fifth consecutive quarter in the three months through September as six interest rate cuts since December did little to ease the impact of job losses.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The rand snapped a two-day decline before a report that is expected to show South Africa’s current account deficit stayed near a five-year low in the third quarter, underpinning the currency’s 24 percent rally this year.
Former South African and WBC International flyweight champion Nkqubela Gwazela meets Nick Otieno of Kenya in an international bantamweight contest on Friday night at the Orient Theatre in East London.
"Invictus" is a sports film that is more about what's happening in the stands than on the field.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- South African gold production fell 5.8 percent in October from a year earlier, Statistics South Africa said in a report published on its Web site today.
'Invictus' unites a nation but it falls short of great
Clint Eastwood makes a rare journey outside America for his latest drama, Invictus, to a country whose history of discrimination against its black population mirrors our own. As such, one can't help but feel that the same impulse that drove Eastwood to direct and star in last year's over-praised Gran Torino, about racial tensions in contemporary Detroit, was at work when he decided to helm this ...
EL PASO - No one loves his dogs more than Robert Sumrall, his family said. But there is something about Zulu, the dog that helped him stay warm and survive seven days in the frigid mountains of the Gila Wilderness.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- South African mining production fell 8.5 percent in October from a year earlier, Statistics South Africa said in a report published on its Web site today.
*“I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul...I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul,” are the words that ring throughout the Warner Bros. Picture presentation “Invictus,” a story about how the mind of South Africa's heroic icon Nelson Mandela works.
Danone To Buy Out Clover In S African Venture
Cat Scale Company has released its tenth series of Super Trucks Limited Edition collector cards at Cat Scale locations. Series Ten contains 60 cards to be distributed in random order on Cat Scale tickets through fall of 2010, featuring a mix of antique and newer model trucks.
12/10/2009 - Kenworth Releases Body Builder Manual For T440, T470 Models Kenworth Truck Company has published a new Body Builder Manual to help support installations on the new T440 and T470 truck models....
The Salvation Army's secret Santa is leaving clues this year about his or her unique generosity, the charity said Wednesday.
And unlike many of his recent films, "Invictus" is much more entertaining -- and just plain pleasant to watch.
"Invictus" is a sports film that is more about what's happening in the stands than on the playing field. It's South Africa in 1990, and change - as seen in the first scene of the film - is literally coming down the street. After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) has been released. Clint Eastwood's camera lowers on a motorcade. On one side of the road, an all-white rugby team ...
Opening Friday, Dec. 11, is Clint Eastwood's Invictus . Based on a book by John Carlin, the film centers on Nelson Mandela, recently elected as the first black president of South Africa, as he tries to use the 1995 Rugby World Cup to unify his country.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Danone SA agreed to acquire the 45 percent of the South African dairy venture Danone Clover it didn’t already own, it said in an e-mailed statement.
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