SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba Business Day | South African Airways (SAA) needed to be recapitalised by the state to allow it to renew its fleet of aircraft and roll out its African aviation strategy, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said yesterday. | The strategy, which is scheduled to be submitted to Cabinet next month, would targe...
Facebook Ads: Is Anyone Clicking On Them? Huffington Post | NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods that make money for it. | More than 40 percent of American adults log in to the site — to share news, personal observations, phot...
Banks jittery after shaky start to Facebook IPO DNA India | Facebook's banks ended up owning 86pc of the social networking site's $16bn (pounds 10bn) initial public offering after a lacklustre first day of trading in which shares ended marginally up on the closing price. | As the first analyst to place a "s...
India gets onto mutual fund investors' radars Richmond Times Dispatch | Investors who see opportunity in Asia's growth typically think of China first. | That's one reason why there's no shortage of options for U.S. investors looking to buy a stock mutual fund that focuses on China. | But venture southward to another As...
Cash-mobs help support area retailers Richmond Times Dispatch | As a mother of two who runs an in-home day care center, Rainey Niklawski knows how tough it is to operate a small business in a highly competitive field. | She also knows how quickly a business that doesn't get support can vanish. | "It just seems ...
For those short on cash, gift annuities good way to help charities The News & Observer Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By Holly Nicholson By Holly Nicholson Tags: | Q. I’m fairly passionate about a social issue and donate quite a lot of money to one of the supporting organizations. They...
Overdraft fees still surprise consumers, survey finds The News & Observer MCT Jacqui Barton, from left, Susan Jeska and Kristofer O'Brien race to put their team bike together, April 24, 2012. Two hundred United Health Group employees put their game faces on and played games to earn money for bike parts, and then, put it to...
Technology stocks: Time to party like it's 1999? The Independent | But could this just be another bubble, a case of history repeating itself? "If anyone tells you it is different this time, run a mile," says Gavin Haynes at the investment specialists Whitechurch Securities. "There will be winners an...
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JPMorgan's big loss: Explain it to me CNN By Charles Riley @CNNMoneyInvest May 11, 2012: 1:05 PM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- What, exactly, is going on at JPMorgan Chase? Something about whales? | Um, well, yes. Allow us t...
Greece will muddle through CNN By Ben Rooney @CNNMoneyInvest May 10, 2012: 5:19 AM ET | Greek voters are fed up with austerity, but that doesn't mean they want to drop the euro. | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The poli...
Syriza's Tsipras to meet Greece's pro-bailout parties BBC News The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza bloc is continuing attempts to form a government after elections on Sunday produced an inconclusive result. | Alexis Tsipras has said h...
Retiring billionaire will work on putting money to best use Houston Chronicle | Nobody who doesn't wear a number on their back retires at 38. | Laid off, maybe. Pushed out, certainly. But voluntary departure from an occupation that has brought both a fortune and a national profile simply is not done. | Nothing along the path J...
More Bank Branches Take the DIY Approach Wall Street Journal | The old-fashioned bank-teller line is getting an overhaul. | Banks are installing new gizmos in hopes of reducing wait times for customers and freeing up employees to sell products that boost the bottom line. | The devices are the latest advances d...
Throwing money at DHS isn't the answer The Oklahoman | Regarding “At DHS, culture change needed more than money” (Our Views, May 8): A few years ago I attempted to reach a social worker, only to find out the worker didn't have voice mail. It's my understanding now if case workers contact you...
Six historic sites on 2012 World Monuments Watch share $1 million in funding The Examiner | American Express and World Monuments Fund have announced $1 million in grant funding to six historic sites. This is the first allocation from a $5 million, five-year grant to the World Monuments Fund to support the World Monuments Watch. Each of th...