Archive for May 24th, 2010

Sterile interim results from the country’s biggest microlender. Lindsay Williams chats to a director of the… »

ART. The art market is on fire. Is it a viable part of a serious portfolio. Find out with Alfie Bester from… »

The Finmark Trust commissioned a book on sustainable financial services for the poor of Africa. This is a massive market and has to be embraced by institutions large and small. Lindsay Williams chats about the book to the… »

The latest economic indicator indicates that while the country’s economic recovery is expected to be slow, it is steadily picking up.
The country’s seasonally adjusted leading economic indicator rose further in March, increasing to an index level of 126.7 from 125 in February, and a revised 124.7 (125.1) in January after… »

Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state’s possession of nuclear weapons.

The “top secret” minutes of meetings between senior officials from the two countries in 1975 show that South Africa’s defence minister, PW Botha, asked for the warheads… »

The dismal science? Don’t believe a word of it. If Nouriel Roubini’s New Year’s Eve invitations were anything to go by, economics is far from the dour affair it once was…. »

The week ahead suddenly looks promising. After the rally from the edge of capitulation in the US on Friday, all markets are firmer. Can it last? Lindsay Williams chats to Kevin de… »

Johannesburg, May 24 (I-Net Bridge) - Pioneer Food Group (PFG) witnessed a 51% decline in headline earnings from 296.8 million rand to 144 million rand for the six months ended March.

This resulted in headline earnings per share shrinking from 169.9 cents to 81.7 cents and diluted headline earnings declining from… »

Johannesburg, May 24 (I-Net Bridge) - The country’s biggest microlender, African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), on Monday reported a marginal improvement in headline earnings per share from 116.6 cents to 113.7 cents for the six months ended… »

(Reuters) - Volatility will be the name of the game on Wall Street this week as uncertainty over the euro-zone debt crisis remains and investors will need nerves of steel to make bets on risky assets like… »