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UPDATE: US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the joint economic committee in Washington DC on Wednesday. Picture: REUTERS

Bernanke offers no hint of pullback in Fed stimulus

US Federal Reserve needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke says

US tax official uses Fifth Amendment

21 hour(s) ago

Official at centre of tax scandal tells congressional hearing she asserts her constitutional right not to answer questions

Zuma discusses SA investment opportunities with Canada

President Jacob Zuma, right, welcomes Canadian governor-general David Johnston outside De Tuynhuys, the Cape Town office of the Presidency, on Monday.   Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
1 day(s) ago

South Africa offers good opportunities for Canadian investors, says President Jacob Zuma after talks with Canadian Governor-General David Johnston

Guatemala court overturns dictator’s genocide conviction

1 day(s) ago

Top court upends genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, ordering that trial be taken back to middle of proceedings

International companies

Apple CEO Cook defends tech giant’s tax compliance

LINE OF FIRE: Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies on Tuesday in Washington DC at a Senate subcommittee hearing on offshore profit shifting and the US tax code. Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook defends his company’s use of offshore tax shelters before US senators

NEWS ANALYSIS: Yahoo ‘buying firms like it is 1999’

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.  Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

‘It’s just not clear yet whether this is the best way for Yahoo to spend about $1bn’

Chinese firms look to escape US markets

1 day(s) ago

Blackstone leads bid for Nasdaq-listed Chinese computer company — latest in string of deals to delist mainland groups roundly abandoned by US investors

Goldman ‘selling $1.1bn stake in Chinese bank’

Picture: REUTERS
2 day(s) ago

Goldman Sachs seeking to end a seven-year investment in Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, says a person with knowledge of the matter

TOGETHER: Yahoo and Tumblr apps on an iPhone screen. Picture: REUTERS

School dropout’s $253m Tumblr pay day

Tumblr CEO says company will retain its distinctive and irreverent character under a new owner

Dimon keeps JPMorgan chairman title after bruising battle

Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

Shareholders let JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon keep his chairman title by even greater margin than last year

All Share 40855.89-2.34% down
Top 40 36312.44-2.67% down
Financial 15 11688.69-2.36% down
Industrial 25 46366.22-2.21% down
Resource 10 46042.72-3.29% down
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FTSE 100 6696.79-2.10% down
Dow Jones 15323.000.10% up
All Share 40855.89-2.34% down
ASX 5040.800.00% same
S&P 500 1649.840-0.33% down
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USD/ZAR 9.5462-0.22% down
GBP/ZAR 14.43620.39% up
EUR/ZAR 12.35480.56% up
JPY/ZAR 0.09371.07% up
AUD/ZAR 9.31380.63% up
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Gold 1385.68001.28% up
Platinum 1459.0000-0.41% down
Silver 22.43390.73% up
Palladium 742.50000.20% up
Brent Crude Oil 102.130-0.46% down
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  • All Share : 40855.89
    Change: -2.34%
    Top 40 : 36312.44
    Change: -2.67%
    Financial 15 : 11688.69
    Change: -2.36%
    Industrial 25 : 46366.22
    Change: -2.21%
    Resource 10 : 46042.72
    Change: -3.29%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
    Data supplied by I-Net Bridge
  • FTSE 100 : 6696.79
    Change: -2.10%
    Dow Jones : 15323.00
    Change: 0.10%
    Hang Seng : 22669.68
    Change: 0.00%
    ASX : 5040.80
    Change: 0.00%
    S&P 500 : 1649.840
    Change: -0.33%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
    Data supplied by I-Net Bridge
  • ZAR/USD : 9.5462
    Change: -0.22%
    ZAR/GBP : 14.4362
    Change: 0.39%
    ZAR/EUR : 12.3548
    Change: 0.56%
    ZAR/JPY : 0.0937
    Change: 1.07%
    ZAR/AUD : 9.3138
    Change: 0.63%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
    Data supplied by I-Net Bridge
  • Gold : 1385.6800
    Change: 1.28%
    Platinum : 1459.0000
    Change: -0.41%
    Silver : 22.4339
    Change: 0.73%
    Palladium : 742.5000
    Change: 0.20%
    Brent Crude Oil : 102.130
    Change: -0.46%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
    Data supplied by I-Net Bridge
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