Gold eases with spotlight on US economic dataGold prices edged down by 0.1% in early Asian trading hours, with investors eyeing U.S. economic data for indications on the Federal Reserv...
Gold inches up on improving Fed rate cut bets, Mideast tensionsGold prices saw a slight increase on Thursday, supported by the anticipation of a U.S. interest rate cut and persistent Middle East tension...
South Africa's broken ports: World no. 2 citrus export industry under threatSouth African citrus farms face export issues due to Transnet SOC Ltd's inefficiencies, causing reliance on trucking to Durban.
Mastercard to buy stake in MTN's fintech unitMastercard has agreed to take a minority stake in the financial-technology business of MTN Group, the largest wireless carrier in Africa, w...
Looking for silver lining in the dark clouds? India has plentyWe manufactured a crisis much before the pandemic hit the financial world.
Gold falls as trade, emerging market worries lift dollarThe dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was steady at 95.182
US election guide to markets: What to watch once it’s all overThe S&P 500 broke its longest losing streak in 36 years and regained most of what it had lost since the FBI reignited the e- mail controver...
Clinton vs Trump: 2 days to go! US election guide for stock marketsUnder Clinton, pharmaceutical and biotech stocks “could be hit by renewed pressure to curb price increases on drugs,” BlackRock Inc. resear...
US doesn't have the stomach to deal with Pakistan in a realistic fashionAmericans and the Chinese have been playing along for their own reasons even as Afghanistan struggles against Taliban "peaceniks," promoted...
AIG’s unique collections and bizarre loss claimsAIG’s global heads of private collections, Ronald Fiamma and Rand Silver, shared stories of interesting collections they have insured and t...
Indian rich warm up to art insuranceThe capability for underwriting art insurance was brought to India by AIG, which has a joint venture general insurance company with the Tat...
Budget 2014: Government should consider a wider play for foreign banks says Rohit Wahi, FirstRand Bank"The quality of the fiscal numbers and the current account deficit needs to improve sustainably to spur capital investments into India."
Emerging currencies slide as stocks declineEmerging-market currencies weakened as anti-government protests escalated in Ukraine and Thailand.
Stocks could tumble in October: Sunil Kewalramani, CEO, Global Money InvestorNineteen of 29 global stock markets are now in bear territory. I expect global stocks to continue to tumble, says Sunil Kewalramani, Global...
- SA lender faces suits over Mittal deal
South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation, a government-owned lender, is facing lawsuits worth 7.5 billion rand (over $697 million)...
- Rupee design could spawn a new business
Hoping for some stimulus from the Ministry of Finance (MoF)? Sorry, can't help with all that, but how about settling for a special currency...
- A symbolic move
Can the symbol for the rupee represent the country’s ethos?