FirstRand lifts headline earnings (Sunday Times)
Banking group FirstRand (FSR) lifted headline earnings by 21% from 6.723 billion rand to 8.115 billion rand for the year to the end of June.
Mike takes the micky once again (The Age)
Yahoo! News Search Results for aspire credit cardTHE big question in TV's 50th year: is Naomi Robson really Mike Moore (they both have a fine head of hair)? The proof is in the cauldron: Frontline series one, episode six Playing the Ego Card : "Mike is again suffering from a credibility crisis, feeling he is nothing more than a lightweight talking head.
FirstRand bubbly but bad debts hike (iafrica.com)
Banking group FirstRand lifted headline earnings by 21 percent, but a number of its businesses struggled with increasing bad debts. ยป Interest rates 'will hit consumers'
TRIBUTE: Patty Berg (The News-Press)
I had the pleasure of playing with Patty Berg a few times in my 1975 rookie year before she retired, and had the honor of attending a few of her funny, one-of-a-kind Patty Berg golf clinics.
China's Booming Online Sales (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
Shaun Rein of the China Market Research Group submits: B2C and C2C e-commerce has taken time to gain a foothold in China. However, the combination of new forms of payment systems like Alibaba's Alipay, an increase in credit card use, and an optimistic Chinese youth population willing to borrow against a [... ]