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Fat Cats

Shareholders are at last stirring out of their lethargy over the outrageous pay packages awarded to the top managers of mega-banks, the standout case being the 27 per cent vote against the pay plan for Barclays’ execs. As the UK business minister, Vince Cable, pointed...

Tourism still paramount to SA growth

Johannesburg – Despite the current global financial problems which continue to impact the industry, tourism will continue to play a central role in the country’s economy, Tourism Deputy Minister Tokozile Xasa says. With South Africa continuing to emerge as an...

International Mandela Week 2012

Habitat’s call to all South Africans to join them in their “International Nelson Mandela week Build” Habitat for Humanity South Africa is looking to mobilize all South Africans around their initiative to build 67 houses during their “International Nelson Mandela Build...

Debt Could Simply Vanish

Much of that Debt Could Simply Vanish Instead of selling its huge holdings of UK government bonds bought to finance fiscal deficits, which would push up interest rates and hamper economic recovery, the Bank of England could just “retire the debt” (cancel the bonds and...

Athletes Say Thank You

Today over 400 National Lottery-funded athletes from across the UK have said ‘Thank You’ to National Lottery players for their life-changing funding. Athletes looking to represent their country on the world’s biggest stage in just 39 days’ time...