Archive for April, 2010

Markets with a broker and numbers from I-Net Bridge… »

Are the hordes coming? Are we ready? The best hotel in the region is ready, and we get the inside story on World Cup demand. Tony Romer-Lee, GM at the iconic Waterfront behemoth tells all
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After 3 televised debates, are we any closer to finding out who’ll be at the helm of a sick western economy? Lindsay Williams chats to the political editor of the FT in… »

Labour’s ill-starred election campaign took another hit today when Gordon Brown’s launch of a poster designed to set the agenda for the final week was interrupted by a car crash…. »

Greece has agreed the outline of a €24bn (£21bn) austerity package, including a three-year wage freeze for public sector workers, in return for a multibillion-euro loan from the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund, according to people familiar with the… »

(Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in New York have begun investigating Goldman Sachs Group Inc, raising the possibility of criminal charges against the company or its employees, a source familiar with the situation said on… »

Greece is still the word, but listen to the words of two experts from Investec Asset Management for the definitive analysis of the defining fallout story of the financial excesses of the last decade. Parts 2&3 will be available on friday… »

After a tentative start, the JSE rallied like a champion and closed on its highs. Why? Graeme Korner from Alpha Equity tells us, with numbers from I-Net… »

MTN Group recorded 123,580,000 subscribers at 31 March 2010. This is a 7%
increase for the quarter from 116,025,000 subscribers recorded at 31 December
2009.
The attached analysis is presented on a regional basis. The three regions’
subscribers continue to grow at marginally different rates although, when
compared to December 2009, the relative subscriber contribution between the
regions remains unchanged. South… »

Why does Greece’s debt crisis matter to the rest of us? The answer, in a word: contagion.

If Greece defaults or crashes out of the euro it will send an almighty shockwave through the global capital markets. First of all, French and German banks, which are estimated to hold up to 70 per cent of Greece’s… »