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Cement maker PPC will sell 1 billion shares at R4 each to its shareholders - well below the stock's closing price of R8.99 on August 19.

JBC Energy Group's Johannes Benigni says the supply problem is not just tied to OPEC, but also non-OPEC members that are ramping up production.

(AP) — Students from a school closed because of a gas leak are preparing to start classes in Casper while they await testing results to determine whether they can return to their old building. Testing at the school in May revealed volatile organic compounds and showed higher than normal levels of carbon dioxide after the discovery of a gas leak from a nearby oil well.

The dollar bobbed higher in Asia on Thursday, but major currencies continued to tread water.

Asian stocks edged higher on Thursday, but clung to recent well-worn trading ranges while the greenback held firm against regional currencies.

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American stocks were pulled lower on Wednesday by weakness in the materials and health-care sectors.

David Oakley goes for a walk along the Ridgeway in Oxfordshire with Sir Robert Stheeman, the man in charge of Britain’s public borrowing. They pass ancient burial grounds and discuss what it’s like to borrow £1.5 trillion

A hit-and-run driver slammed into a 6-year-old boy as he crossed a Brooklyn street Wednesday afternoon.

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MIAMI -- Upgrading the bench as they continue to push for a wild-card playoff berth, the Miami Marlins acquired outfielder Jeff Francoeur.

Notwithstanding confusion over the date and the Supreme Court's verdict, the city is gearing up to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami and Dahi Handi festival.

Gabrielle Englebrecht will start Cannyescent at Rosehill on Saturday after scratching him a number of times because of wet tracks in the past month. Cannyescent worked home well first-up when second to Chetwood at Canterbury and the fitness edge from that run has the Warwick Farm trainer more comfortable about running the four-year-old on a soft track.

Tennis superbrats John McEnroe and Nick Kyrgios will clash with grand-slam giants Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the inaugural Laver Cup.

DENVER — A sheriff in rural Colorado was arrested after being accused of taking a developmentally delayed inmate to his home, sexually assaulting her and threatening to put her in prison for the rest of her life if she told anyone, according to an arrest affidavit released Wednesday. Sedgwick County Sheriff Tom Hanna, 43, was

By David Driver, The Sports Xchange
WASHINGTON -- The visiting team began the night by scoring four runs in the first inning.

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Do you hear what I hear? It's the sound of pure happiness and joy exploding from everyone's hearts because there's going to be a Gilmore Girls festival.

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And the best news is that the three-day Gilmore Girls Fan Fest will take place in none other than Washington Depot, aka the town in Connecticut that is the inspiration for our beloved Stars Hollow.

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Millennial Money: What social media says about your lifestyle and creditworthiness

Millennial Money: What social media says about your lifestyle and creditworthiness

Petrolhead investors benefit from steep rise in values for vintage Ferraris, Porsches and Mercedes

ERCOT, the not-for-profit organization operating the Texas electricity grid, wants to require some energy developers to notify the Department of Defense of upcoming projects before connecting to the power grid, according to testimony given in a legislative committee hearing in Wednesday.

Twelve people were killed in an attack on a university in Kabul, the Afghan capital, a spokesman for the Chief of Kabul Police tells CNN. Two gunmen who were still on the site were killed Thursday morning in a police operation. Seven students, three policemen and two security guards were killed in the attack on […]

A Frenchman who allegedly stabbed a young British woman backpacker to death while saying "Allahu Akbar" in fact has no sign of radicalisation, the Australian Police said Thursday.

Alternative lenders see funding

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US-based alternative lender LendUp, a company focused on providing online- and mobile-based credit products to underserved populations, raised $47.5 million in an equity deal, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The new funding, which reportedly brings the firm’s valuation to $500 million, will be used to expand the firm’s L-Card subprime credit card product line. Читать дальше...

AMATRICE, Italy — The Latest on the earthquake in central Italy (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Italy’s culture ministry has decreed that proceeds from public museums across Italy this Sunday will be dedicated to helping restore damaged buildings in the quake zone. Several churches and other medieval-era buildings were damaged or destroyed in the 6-magnitude