Fri, 03 Sep 2010
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SINGAPORE, (Reuters)
Oil fell on Friday for the
first day in three as traders awaited monthly U.S. employment
data, while Hurricane Earl approached the country's east coast,
fuelling concerns of disruptions to refineries and demand
during the Labor Day long weekend.
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010
SYDNEY, (Reuters)
Asian stocks squeezed higher on
Friday but gains were tentative ahead of all-important U.S.
jobs data that tends to swing markets.
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JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South African health
insurer Discovery could target fast-growing India eventually as
it explores opportunities in Asia, its chief executive told
Reuters.
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South Africa's new vehicle sales jumped by 36.9 percent on a yearly basis in August, partly boosted by pre-emptive buying ahead of a tax on new cars, while strikes in the sector had weighed on exports.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010
MAPUTO, (Reuters)
Shops were looted, cars set ablaze and roads barricaded. Protests over bread price rises spread over Maputo on Thursday, while troops struggled to clear up and restore a semblance of order in the city centre.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010
NAIROBI, (Reuters)
Total Kenya TOTL.NR posted a first-half surge in pretax profits on Thursday due largely to boosted sales volumes following its buy-out of Chevron Kenya.
Part of the French firm Total TOTF.PA, the company said profit before tax leapt 772 percent to 481.04 million shillings ($5.96 million).
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010
LUSAKA, (Reuters)
Equinox Minerals Ltd. plans to start exporting stockpiled uranium from its Lumwana mine in Zambia in about two to three years, when prices rise, the head of the company said on Wednesday.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South African casino group Gold Reef Resorts GDFJ.J reported a 23 percent decline in first-half profit on Thursday, hit by weak consumer demand in Africa's largest economy and remained cautious on its outlook.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010
KAMPALA, (Reuters)
Uganda has invited international bids for a contract to build a hydropower plant, expected to produce up to 700 megawatts (MW) and estimated to cost about $900 million, the energy ministry said on Wednesday.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
Car manufacturer Volkswagen VOWG-p.DE said on Wednesday it closed its Uitenhage plant in South Africa due to a component industry strike.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday that more than 8,000 workers at Northam Platinum NHMJ.J would go on a pay strike on Monday, as new wage talks collapsed at another mine.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
The coalition of South African public workers' unions said on Wednesday it has rejected a new pay offer from the government aimed at ending a three-week strike by about 1.3 million workers in Africa's largest economy.
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South African insurer Santam Ltd SNTJ.J posted an 80 percent jump in first-half profit on Wednesday, helped by strong performance in its underwriting business and said it would hike its dividend.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
LUANDA, (Reuters)
Angolan authorities cut gasoline and diesel subsidies on Wednesday as a prelude to liberalising the country's downstream oil sector, triggering a steep rise in pump prices and the threat of protests from irate motorists.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South Africa's purchasing
managers' index (PMI) moved into expansionary territory in
August after two consecutive months below the key 50 line,
indicating a recovery in demand for factory goods.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South Africa's largest
union on Wednesday suspended a one-day sympathy strike this week
that could have shut mines in order to give about 1.3 million
striking state workers more time to consider a new wage offer.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters)
South Africa's head of bank
regulation said on Wednesday he does not expect a decision on
HSBC's bid for Nedbank before the
end of this year.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
DURBAN, (Reuters)
Ghana, the world's second-largest
cocoa grower, could reach its target of producing 1 million
tonnes of the main ingredient in chocolate next season -- a year
ahead of schedule -- a senior official said on Tuesday.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South African insurer
Metropolitan reported a 13 percent rise in first-half
profit on Wednesday, as a slow economic recovery helped its
mainstay low and middle-income customers.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South Africa's agricultural
service group Afgri on Wednesday posted a 6 percent
rise in full-year earnings, boosted by better performance of its
grain storage and food units and forecast more improvements.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
SINGAPORE, (Reuters)
Oil rebounded half a percent
to top $72 on Wednesday after China's manufacturing industry
accelerated last month, easing investors' concern about the
faltering pace of global economic recovery.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
BEIJING, (Reuters)
China's manufacturing sector
regained some momentum in August while India and Russia
continued to power ahead, cheering investors in the face of
signs that sputtering U.S. recovery was cooling global demand.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
NAIROBI, (Reuters)
Falling telecoms costs led
Kenya's year-on-year inflation rate to slow to 3.2 percent in
August from 3.6 percent the previous month, the government's
statistics office said on Tuesday.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
KAMPALA, (Reuters)
Uganda's year-on-year headline
inflation rate UGCPIYECI eased to a 6-year low of 1.7 percent
in August from 3.2 percent in July, the Uganda Bureau of
Statistics (UBS) said on Tuesday.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
MOUNT HAMPDEN, Zimbabwe, (Reuters)
Zimbabwe's
diamond output from its Marange fields will reach 40 million
carats in the next three years, with annual revenues expected at
around $2 billion, a government adviser said on Tuesday.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
LUANDA, (Reuters)
Private investment outside the
oil sector in Angola tripled to $1.255 billion in the first half
of the year compared to the same period last year, the head of
the national investment agency was cited as saying on Tuesday.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010
NAIROBI, (Reuters)
Kenya's East African Cables CABL.NR on Tuesday posted a 93 percent drop in pretax profit to 23.84 million shillings ($294,000) for the six months ended June thanks to the poor performance of its Tanzanian unit.
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010
DURBAN, (Reuters)
Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa grower, could reach its target of producing 1 million tonnes of the main ingredient in chocolate next season -- a year ahead of schedule -- a senior official said on Tuesday.
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South Africa's largest mobile phone group Vodacom VODJ.J is teaming up with Nedbank NEDJ.J to deliver a phone-based cash transfer service, similar to a successful service operating in Kenya.
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
South Africa's power utility Eskom expressed concern on Monday over the quality of coal it receives from domestic suppliers, which might affect the operations of its coal-fired plants.
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)
Striking South African state workers will vote on Tuesday on an increased wage offer made by the government to try to end a nearly three-week-old strike, the COSATU union federation said.
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010
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