South Africa mines minister reassures foreign investors

South Africa mines minister reassures foreign investors


South Africa mines minister reassures foreign investors

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:58 PM PDT

PERTH (Reuters) - South Africa's institutions provide protection for foreign investors in the resources sector, its mining minister said on Wednesday, seeking to reassure about the stability of the sector after a recent wave of labor unrest and deadly violence.


VIDEO: Hurricane Isaac sweeps into Louisiana

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:52 PM PDT

Hurricane Isaac has made landfall in the US state of Louisiana, and is heading towards New Orleans, exactly seven years after Hurricane Katrina caused devastation in the city.


VIDEO: Ann Romney pays tribute to Mitt

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:27 PM PDT

Ann Romney has paid tribute to her husband at the Republican Party Convention in Florida


VIDEO: Ann Romney pays tribute to Mitt

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:27 PM PDT

Ann Romney has paid tribute to her husband at the Republican Party Convention in Florida


Study links teen marijuana use to IQ decline

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:16 PM PDT

Users who became dependent on the drug before 18 saw later decline, study of 1,000 New Zealand residents claims.


Got IRS Penalties? Try Reliance on Adviser Defense

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:05 PM PDT

Reasonable Doubt (1936 film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) No one wants trouble with the IRS, especially not penalties. But they are a part of audits and can be downright Draconian. Getting out of penalties can be a big accomplishment. One area of frequent flubs is IRS Form 3520. People know about FBARs these days and [...]


Merkel to Press Fair Trade in China

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:55 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to travel to Beijing this week for her second trip to China this year, as she seeks to build relations between Europe's largest economy and the world's most populous nation.


Clinton set to take U.S. Asia push to South Pacific

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will venture to the South Pacific this week as she takes Washington's bid to reassert itself against China to a remote corner of the world where the power rivalry is increasingly apparent.


The Right Way to Speak to Yourself

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:02 PM PDT

"Who can tell me what holiday is coming up next week?" Dorit* looked around the room at the circle of six year olds, almost all of whom raised, or rather waved, their hands eagerly. I was with my daughter in her first grade classroom at her Jewish day school and I [...]


NASA Finds Multiple Planets Circling Binary Star System

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Astronomers with NASA's Kepler mission have discovered a star system with multiple planets orbiting two stars.


Yes, You Can Play 'Guild Wars 2' in an Overflow Server with Your Friends

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:14 PM PDT

Guild Wars 2 (GW2) started off with a bang, with more than one million gamers playing over the three-day Headstart, and over 400,000 of us online at once. That's quite a success. Almost too much of one. Gamers found themselves in the overflow server, rather than the servers of their choice--and the choice of their buddies. This left many believing that they would have to game on their own, as the overflow server would prevent them from being able to slay fiends with friends.


Argentines sweep world tango competition

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:49 PM PDT

Argentina's Cristian Sosa, right, and Maria Noel Sciuto celebrate after winning the 2012 Tango Dance World Cup stage finals in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Couples from around the world competed in the finals Argentina's annual tango competition, the highlight of a two-week festival which this year honored Astor Piazzolla, the legendary composer and bandoneonista who revived the genre and infuriated purists by blending tango with rock music in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Argentine couples recovered their dominance of the world's top tango dancing competition, sweeping both the Salon Tango and Stage Tango categories as the annual festival drew to a close.



VIDEO: Hurricane Isaac comes ashore

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:46 PM PDT

Hurricane Isaac has come ashore in south-eastern Louisiana and is heading towards New Orleans. Danny Bourque filmed this footage of a stormy Lake Pontchartrain as the hurricane approached.


Back To School Tax Tips

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:06 PM PDT


Do They Learn Enough Latin At Groton To Understand Quid Pro Quo ?

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:06 PM PDT

Groton School (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Given all the problems that there are in the world, I have not been very concerned about private schools not charging enough, but it is good to know there is somebody paying attention. Not too long ago, the lead op-ed in the New York Times was titled [...]


Profit Plunges At Chinese Billionaire Li Shuirong's Rongsheng Petro Chemical

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:05 PM PDT

First-half profit plunged 77% from a year earlier at Rongsheng Petro Chemical, one of China's largest non-government petrochemical makers, amid a decline in demand for its products such as PTA, the company said in a statement this morning. Shenzhen-listed Rongsheng said revenue in first six months rose by 6.5% to 11.45 [...]


Oh, So That's Why College is So Expensive.

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:00 PM PDT

Paul Partridge is a friend and the co-founder of ComepleteCollegePlanningSolutions.com.  He is the person I send families to when they want to save on how much they actually pay for college.  Some colleges cost over $55,000 per year.  This post is Paul's quest to find out why.   When I attended college [...]


In Syria, a Small, but Powerful Force

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:20 PM PDT

The country's Alawite minority group appears to hold the key as a last line of defense to the Assad regime.


Germany Split Over Child-Subsidy Proposal

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:29 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is pushing an expensive proposal to subsidize parents who stay out of the workforce to care for their young children.


Doctor Who Producer: 'Doctor Who Is Bigger Than Carrie Bradshaw'

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:40 PM PDT

Caroline Skinner, producer of Doctor Who, knows everything there is to know about the upcoming season of the BBC TV show. She was either gracious enough to share some details with me or sadistic enough to torment me by not revealing all. Either way, I know that the next few episodes are what she considers "five big blockbuster movies every week," and they sound exciting and dramatic (and not here soon enough).


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