Новости за 21.04.2016

Astrapak has seen its three-year-old turnaround strategy yield positive results by reporting a R20.6 million profit for the year to February.

Old Mutual’s emerging markets unit, with holdings that include Old Mutual South Africa and Mutual & Federal, may be listed on the JSE after the UK insurer breaks up its business.

The tyre-manufacturing sector has been thwarted in its new attempt to reduce the threat of cheap illegal tyre imports to the sustainability and survival of the industry.

Shoprite has become a retail powerhouse in Africa due to its close relationship with suppliers, writes Andile Ntingi.

Eskom aims to shape and transform the coal industry as a core part of its mandate, writes Matshela Koko.

Insurance holding company Clientele plunged to record lows on Wednesday after someone entered an order to sell the stock at any price.

Value Added Tax should not be charged on women’s sanitary products, writes Pierre Heistein.

The Contrapunctus Brass Trio will play a program ranging from baroque to contemporary music during a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at the Birkenfeld Theatre in the Clatskanie Cultural Center, 75 S. Nehalem St.

Anglin selected to attend Merchant Marine Academy

Chris Paul scored 25 points, J.J. Redick added 17 and the Clippers pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 102-81 Wednesday night in Los Angeles for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. Blake Griffin had 12 points and nine rebounds and DeAndre Jordan had 18 rebounds for the Clippers, who shot 46 percent and topped 100 points for the second straight game. The Clippers’ bench put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter, stretching a six-point lead to 16 before Redick... Читать дальше...

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 27 points, J.R. Smith made seven of Cleveland's NBA playoff record-tying 20 3-pointers, and the Cavaliers opened a 2-0 lead in their series with a 107-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.

MoMA has refused to confirm whether its redesigned galleries will include space for architecture and design collections.

KFC price cuts look unhealthy

AUSTIN, Texas - Travis County prosecutors say they plan to present evidence in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, naked 17-year-old by an Austin police officer to a grand jury for possible criminal charges.

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia set out a far-reaching cybersecurity strategy on Thursday, invoking the leaks of United States whistleblower Edward Snowden, terrorism and even the threat of war to push for a coordinated global approach to protection of online data.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who faces an election in July amid waning popularity, is trying to position himself as a leader who can transform Australia into a tech-savvy business hub as its economy deals with a commodities downturn. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton, the nearly unstoppable Democrat, and Republican front-runner Donald Trump accelerated Wednesday toward Northeast primaries on an increasingly direct path to presidential nominations after trouncing party challengers in New York. Trump is focused heavily on clinching the Republican nomination through voters' balloting in state primaries, thus avoiding a contested national convention in Cleveland in July. The side-by-side GOP efforts at this late stage — with Trump... Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities said Wednesday that they discovered a cross-border tunnel that ran a half-mile from a Tijuana house equipped with a large elevator to a lot in San Diego that was advertised as a wooden pallet business, resulting in seizures of more than a ton of cocaine and seven tons of marijuana. Tunnels are often built for marijuana because its bulk and odor make it more difficult to escape border inspectors' scrutiny than cocaine and other drugs. Authorities saw a trash bin... Читать дальше...

The love letters that reveal the brutal reality of World War One

SAN JOSE, California - Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski scored power-play goals in the second period and the San Jose Sharks again moved to the brink of eliminating the Los Angeles Kings from the playoffs with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night in Game 4 of their first-round series.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - In elf van de twaalf Nederlandse provincies was vorig jaar sprake van economische groei. Alleen in Groningen zorgde de afname van de gasproductie voor krimp. Dat meldde het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) donderdag.

SAN DIEGO - Drew Pomeranz struck out a career-high 10 and held Pittsburgh to four singles and Matt Kemp homered to lead the San Diego Padres to an 8-2 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday night.

Gemeenten en provincies achten de kans groot dat er ook dit jaar weer vluchtelingen in sporthallen moeten slapen. Probleem is dat bij de huisvesting de doorstroming stokt. Van de tienduizend asielzoekers die versneld aan een woning zouden worden geholpen, zijn er pas vijftig gehuisvest.

Milwaukee hit three home runs and took advantage of some sloppy fielding by Oswaldo Arcia.

SAN FRANCISCO - Zack Greinke and Madison Bumgarner both pitched well in a showdown of NL West aces, but Welington Castillo hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Wednesday night.

In yet another step towards ending gender disparity, the Trimbakeshwar temple trust on Thursday allowed women to enter and pray inside inner sanctum of the famous Lord Shiva temple here.