Новости за 10.03.2016

Barclays Africa says there’s no lack of interest from buyers seeking a stake in SA’s third-largest lender.

SA needs to direct its production capacity to products and services according to their impact rather than their financial value, writes Pierre Heistein.

SA’s economy is characterised by few players, high input costs and restrictive regulations, writes Ahmore Burger-Smidt.

SA retailer Spar agrees to buy a majority stake in the company that owns the brand in Switzerland.

Seven Amcu members have been arrested for allegedly soliciting more than R2m in bribes from an insurance company.

In 1999, Hot Wheels released a desktop computer that zoomed into obscurity almost as soon as it appeared.

The fifth edition of ICC Women's World Twenty20 will be held from March 15 to April 3, 2016, featuring 10 teams of two groups.

Stargazers are used to dealing with great distances, and in Longview Wednesday night they'll hear about a different kind of marathon effort.

Lower Columbia College choirs are translating a well-known Mozart composition title for a concert starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Wollenberg Auditorium.

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A sailor who faced attempted murder charges in the 2011 poisoning of his newborn son will spend seven years in a military prison after a judge instead found him guilty Wednesday of aggravated assault.

A few months after Indian startups set records in hiring from premier engineering and management schools, some have begun to renege on their offers.

Health authorities are investigating whether earlier cases of Legionnaires' disease are linked to an outbreak of the infection in Sydney's CBD.

NEW YORK (AP) — Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a military coup in 2006, has accused the ruling junta of trying to push through a new constitution designed to limit democracy.

NEW YORK (AP) — Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a military coup in 2006, has accused the ruling junta of trying to push through a new constitution design…

NEW YORK (AP) — Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a military coup in 2006, has accused the ruling junta of trying to push through a new constitution designed to limit democracy.

Box posted better-than-expected quarterly results and upbeat guidance as the seller of Internet-based data storage reported its highest quarterly increase in billings as a public company.

Ever since Trevor Bayliss has taken over as coach, the England players have shed the conservative approach which had shackled their cricket for long. The players have been given the license to express themselves and the upshot of that has been the emergence of Ben Stokes as one of the most feared all-rounders in the game.

A Pakistani media has claimed that the son of Punjab’s former governor was released from the kidnappers during a Taliban-Daesh clash in southern Afghanistan. Salam Taseer’s son Shahbaz Taseer was kidnapped by gunmen from Lahore on 26 August 2011. Dunay news reports that Shahbaz Taseer was taken to North Waziristan and then to Afghanistan. The Read the full article...

On Wednesday, for example, defensive end Olivier Vernon (Giants), cornerback Janoris Jenkins (Giants) and defensive end Malik Jackson (Jaguars) signed deals that include a combined $123 million guaranteed. [...] the current state of the 49ers’ roster, coupled with the NFL’s fourth-most salary-cap space ($53.7 million), suggested general manager Trent Baalke might adopt a slightly more aggressive stance. [...] his biggest move was to sign Williams, 26, the 49ers’ most prized in-house free agent... Читать дальше...

Western Force skipper Matt Hodgson is happy to play the man in the background for a showdown with David Pocock, adamant his only focus is Super Rugby success and not launching a challenge for the Wallabies No.7 jersey.

Though Hillary Clinton is still the favorite to win, she faces renewed doubts about her effectiveness as a candidate.

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton accused each other of either failing immigrants or pandering to them during an evening defined in part by the candidates’ most direct attacks on one another and on Donald Trump.