Gold Fields says all South African mines back in production after strikes

Gold Fields says all South African mines back in production after strikes


Gold Fields says all South African mines back in production after strikes

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:12 PM PST

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Gold Fields, the world's fourth largest bullion producer, said on Tuesday that all three of its operating mines in South Africa were back in production after the end of a 23-day strike at its KDC East mine. The mine dismissed 8,100 employees on Oct 23 for their involvement in an illegal strike. "After a deal with the National Union of Mineworkers, the vast majority of them were reinstated to their previous positions," the company said. (Reporting by Sherilee Lakmidas)


How GAAP Accounting Rules May Be Damaging To Investors

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 05:17 PM PST

Guest post written by Michael Kwatinetz Michael Kwatinetz is a managing partner with Azure Capital Partners, an early stage venture capital firm. Kwatinetz has a Ph.D. in mathematical modeling and an MBA in accounting; he is also a certified public accountant. Michael Kwatinetz I always assumed that the most important issue for those setting [...]


The Rise of Social Salespeople

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 02:20 PM PST

Co-Authored by Social Sales Expert Jim Keenan Sydney, the CEO of a mid-size advertising company was sitting in her office, when she got a call from one of her vendors. Her sales rep, Mike wanted to talk about his new offering. Sydney was busy and didn't have time to talk right [...]


Cameron holds talks with Gulf leaders

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:33 PM PST

Visit by UK PM comes amid strained ties with region over criticism at home of Gulf states' human-rights record.


U.S. clears sale of Lockheed missile defense system to UAE, Qatar

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:30 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have requested the sale of up to $7.6 billion in Lockheed Martin Corp missile-defense systems to counter perceived threats and lower their dependence on U.S. forces, the Pentagon announced on Monday.


NZealand beaching proves rarest of whales exists

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:16 PM PST

The spade-toothed beaked whale is so rare that nobody has seen one alive, but scientists are sure the species exists.


Gold Fields says all South African mines back in production after strikes

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:12 PM PST

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Gold Fields, the world's fourth largest bullion producer, said on Tuesday that all three of its operating mines in South Africa were back in production after the end of a 23-day strike at its KDC East mine.


A Belief in the American People

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:47 PM PST

A Belief in the American People As Election Day dawns tomorrow, the American people will be faced with one of the biggest choices they will have ever had to make in their lifetimes. This is not just any election. This is an election to decide not just [...]


Greek unions target austerity skeptics

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 09:05 PM PST

Greece's unions are holding their third general strike in six weeks in the hope of persuading politicians not to back a major new austerity program that will commit the country to further hardship.


Countdown To Election 2012: The Homestretch

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:20 PM PST

Scenes from the final days of the campaign trail.


The Technological Foundations Of Today's Election Are Shaky, Especially In Ohio

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:20 PM PST

Whether you believe any or none of these assertions of electoral fraud, the doubts raised by them show how shaky the technological foundations of our democracy are. No consumer would engage with e-commerce on the web if those systems were as hackable and open to abuse as those that count our votes.


Solving The Other Jobs Crisis: Creating An Innovation Culture

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 03:57 PM PST

Guest post written by Francisco D'Souza Francisco D'Souza is CEO of Cognizant. Francisco D'Souza The economy. Education. Healthcare. Gridlock. It's Election Day again in the U.S., and the headlines have expectedly taken to highlighting some of the country's most pressing concerns. For the second cycle in a row, election news points the spotlight on the [...]


Briton Killed in China Had Spy Links

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 07:50 PM PST

Neil Heywood had been knowingly providing information about the Bo family to Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6, for more than a year when he was murdered in China last November.


Hyundai, Kia May Find Mileage Fiasco Hurts Brands in U.S.

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 03:18 PM PST

Over the last three years, the three hottest brands in the U.S. market have been Ford, Hyundai and Audi. Only Audi remains on an upward arc. Ford has stumbled on its MyFordTouch problems. And now Hyundai may find that its false-mileage mistakes will create more of a quagmire than it [...]


Sandy: What's in a Name?

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 03:05 PM PST

New York City after Hurricane Sandy (photo: david_shankbone) Hurricane Sandy was a sucker punch, all right. The storm's devastation reminded us all—even those of us who feel invincible, because we live in this capital of industry and commerce—of how vulnerable we are. A week after she struck, I'm still in [...]


US soldier in court over Afghan massacre

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 07:25 PM PST

Prosecutors say they will seek death penalty for Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 civilians in a drunken rampage.


30 Days Of Freelancing: Day 5

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 02:23 PM PST

How to get ahead -- if you're a woman.


Billions In State Tax Hikes, And Breaks, On Nov. 6 Ballot

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 02:20 PM PST

State income tax, sales tax, property tax and estate tax measures are vying for voters' attention on November 6.


Top 20 R&D Spenders - Not Good Investments

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:08 PM PST

R&D spending does not correlate with high returns and investment success. Innovation does. And innovation does not rely on enormous R&D budgets


Deadly Blasts Escalate Strife in Bahrain

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:15 PM PST

Five bombs exploded in districts of Bahrain's capital popular with tourists and Westerners on Monday, killing two expatriates and escalating tensions between the government and its opponents in the Persian Gulf monarchy.


Iran slams anti-nuclear weapons treaty as discriminatory

Iran slams anti-nuclear weapons treaty as discriminatory


Iran slams anti-nuclear weapons treaty as discriminatory

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:25 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Discriminatory implementation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has left many countries feeling that being a party to the anti-atom bomb pact hinders cooperation in the field atomic energy, Iran's U.N. ambassador said on Monday.


Syrian guns 'hit Israeli patrol'

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:28 PM PST

An Israeli patrol vehicle is reportedly hit by Syrian gunfire in the Golan Heights, two days after three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarised zone.


Haqqani network hit with U.N. sanctions: U.S. envoy

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:21 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council's Taliban sanctions committee on Monday added the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, accused of high-profile attacks in Afghanistan, and its chief of suicide operations to a U.N. blacklist, the United States said.


Spain says rescue not needed for now

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:18 PM PST

Economy Minister says the country is well financed and does not need a European rescue for now.


China Retaliates in Trade Dispute With Europe

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:48 PM PST

The Chinese government said it had begun a trade case at the World Trade Organization, apparently striking back over European accusations it has been dumping solar energy equipment in the European Union.


Lithuania center-left seeks president approval for government

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:11 PM PST

VILNIUS (Reuters) - The center-left winners of Lithuania's election will try again to win the president's backing for their planned government and end a constitutional stalemate, the parties said on Monday.


City Room: Storm Aftermath: Live Updates

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:03 PM PST

Increments of progress after Hurricane Sandy are being overshadowed by new estimates of the storm's financial cost, struggles to restore power and the discovery of more bodies in flooded communities.


Letter From Paris: A Historic Street Is Left With a Hole

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:57 PM PST

When a fish market on the Rue des Martyrs closed, the burden of history intensified the neighborhood's suffering.


UPDATE: Where in the world ... ?

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 01:01 PM PST

Do you know where this photo was taken?


VIDEO: Nazi memorabilia on sale in Austria

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:44 PM PST

Memorabilia from the Nazi era is still being sold in flea markets in Austria, even though it is forbidden by Austrian law.


Kuwait takes hard line on unauthorized protests

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:46 PM PST

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's government has made clear it is willing and able to suppress unauthorized street protests, saying it must protect public safety, but it risks provoking worse popular unrest by taking a hard line.


Police probe into shut care home

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 09:57 AM PST

Police are investigating an elderly care home in Nottingham which has closed after having its council contract suspended.


Rights groups want inquiry into Sri Lanka wartime crimes

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:32 PM PST

GENEVA (Reuters) - Leading human rights groups called on Monday for an independent international inquiry to investigate massacres of civilians and aid workers during Sri Lanka's three-decade civil war after accusing the government of having failed to do so.


Five wounded as rival militias battle in Libya

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Rival militias aligned with the Libyan government fought a gun battle on Monday in a western city, wounding five people, a day after a similar battle brought a central Tripoli neighborhood to a halt, the head of a rights group said.


Merkel urges German churches to agree on Luther fest

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:10 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germany's Protestant and Roman Catholic churches on Monday to stress their common beliefs at ceremonies marking the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation.


Thai man pleads guilty to South African rhino smuggling

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 11:59 AM PST

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A Thai man pleaded guilty on Monday to smuggling rhino horn from South Africa, in a case in which prostitutes posing as big game hunters were used to conceal an international trafficking ring.


Students Earn Credit Working on Campaigns

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PST

Occidental College students who are allowed to spend a semester working on a political campaign get hands-on experience that no classroom can match.


S Lanka demo over impeachment bid

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 11:31 AM PST

Sri Lankans in the capital, Colombo, protest at the government's bid to impeach the chief justice, a move seen as stifling the courts' autonomy.


Saudi Arabia names new interior minister

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 11:39 AM PST

King appoints Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, son of the late interior minister and crown prince, to head key ministry.


Murky Laws Give Fake Artworks a Future as Real Ones

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:13 PM PST

What happens to paintings that are deemed forgeries? Some end up in the government's hands, but others return to the walls of unsuspecting buyers.