2014年12月20日 星期六

2014-12-21 South Africa Business


South Africa's rand consolidates post Fed gains   
Reuters Africa
JOHANNESBURG Dec 19 (Reuters) - The rand consolidated recent gains against the dollar on Friday as positive sentiment towards emerging markets continued to favour local assets following indications by the U.S. Fed that it would hold interest rates until at ...


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Update: Barrick Gold Is Putting Pressure On The Zambian Government (ABX)   
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Kenya Succumb to Uganda At U-18 World Cup Qualifiers   
The Star
FIRST ever Africa under-18 (boys) baseball World Cup qualifiers ends today at the Meru University of Science and Technology, with Kenya out of the running for the gold medal contest. The Kenyan teens lost all their preliminary matches and were pushed to ...

Kenyan shares hit new four-month low, shilling stable   Reuters Africa
WEEKAHEAD-AFRICA-FX-Uganda shilling may suffer while Tanzania shilling ...   Reuters

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Wall Street Journal
   
US Virgin Islands legislators reject bill to sell Hovensa oil refinery   
Fox Business
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands – Legislators in the U.S. Virgin Islands have rejected a proposal to sell the former Hovensa oil refinery in St. Croix. Senators voted against an agreement that would have allowed a local company to buy the refinery ...

UPDATE 1-Hovensa refinery deal rejected over contract breach doubts   Reuters
Hovensa refinery deal rejected over contract breach doubts   Reuters Africa
St. Croix Refinery to Stay Closed After Vote   Wall Street Journal
Saint Croix Source   
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The Independent
   
Subsidies go to polluting plants to provide back-up for clean power   
The Independent
Green campaigners rounded on the Government yesterday after it gave fossil-fuel plants most of the subsidies in a £1bn scheme to promote low-carbon electricity. The subsidies, awarded after a bidding competition, are designed to keep the lights on when ...

Energy companies given £1bn to keep the lights on   The Times (subscription)
UPDATE 2-UK households to pay $1.6 bln for backup power plants   Reuters UK
UK's first power capacity auction procures less than planned   Reuters Africa
The Guardian   
FinancialAdvice.co.uk   
Business Green   
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IMF Staff Concludes 2014 Article IV Mission to Nigeria   
StarAfrica.com
WASHINGTON, 19 December 2014 / PRN Africa / — An International Monetary Fund mission led by Gene Leon visited Abuja and Lagos December 1−15 to hold discussions for the 2014 Article IV consultation. Discussions focused on policies to addressing ...

Nigeria's Growth to Slow to 5% in 2015 After Oil Drop, IMF Says   Businessweek
Nigerian growth to slow, inflation to rise in 2015   BusinessDay

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euronews
   
Brent oil spirals below $60 in volatile week   
DAWN.com
LONDON: Brent oil prices plummeted this week to five-year lows underneath $60 per barrel as markets were rocked by shrinking Chinese manufacturing output, economic turmoil in Russia and ample crude supplies. Oil has now halved in value since June, ...

How oil price fall will affect crude exporters – and the rest of us   The Guardian
Most pundits are wrong. The oil price fall is good news at last   The Independent
Oil impact: Who's hurt and happy   Saudi Gazette
Arab News   
Taipei Times   
Reuters   
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StarAfrica.com
   
S/Africa's power grid stable during festive season   
StarAfrica.com
Although constrained, South Africa's power system is expected to remain stable for this week and for the rest of the festive season, the power utility Eskom has assured South Africans.“The power system is expected to remain constrained but stable this ...

Eskom: Switch off electrical appliances before going on holiday   Eyewitness News

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News24
   
4 arrested for bank robbery   
News24
Johannesburg - A bank robbery in Lusikisiki was revealed to be an apparent inside job, when two bank clerks, along with two other accomplices, were arrested for the crime, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday. "The police received a call of a bank robbery ...

Four arrested for bank robbery   The New Age Online

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Yahoo News UK
   
UPDATE 1-Brazil to scrap support for development bank in 2015   
Reuters
(Recasts to detail decision on BNDES support; adds background from paragraph 4). By Luciana Otoni and Guillermo Parra-Bernal. BRASILIA/SAO PAULO Dec 19 (Reuters) - Brazil pledged on Friday to suspend financial support for state development bank ...

US VP to attend Brazilian president's second-term inauguration   Xinhua
Brazil Raising Long-Term Rate in Move to Reduce Credit Subsidies   Businessweek
Brazil Assisted US-Cuba Rapprochement, Rousseff Aide Says   Latin American Herald Tribune
Gulf Times   
Reuters Africa   
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