U.S.-China trade concerns push Wall Street lower; Fed meeting eyed
U.S. stocks slid on Tuesday after a fresh warning from President Donald Trump to China pressured technology shares, while investors speculated the scale of an...
South Africa’s Eskom sees $1.4 bln loss in 2019/20
South Africa’s struggling power utility Eskom said on Tuesday it expects to post a loss of $1.4 billion in the 2019/20 financial year. Matthew Larotonda...
Racial diversity dispute spurs shakeup at House Democratic campaign arm
The congresswoman who heads the campaign arm for U.S. House of Representatives Democrats has acknowledged mistakes after lawmakers complained about a lack of racial diversity...
Major retailers targeted by University of California in lawsuits
Five major retailers, including Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc, were targeted in lawsuits filed on Tuesday by the University of California over what it called...
2019 Fantasy Football sleepers
So many people play fantasy football that everyone seems to know about the most popular sleeper targets....
Ethiopia plants millions of trees in climate change battle
More than 350 million trees were planted in parts of Ethiopia on Monday as part of government plans to mitigate against the effect of climate...
A cash cow? App sells investors shares in cattle
A South African app is selling shares in individual cows and promising impressive returns. Sam Holder reports....
Body of young French man, missing after police clash, found in river
The body of a young French man, whose disappearance after a clash with police sparked anger over what critics said were rough police tactics, has...
Air France-KLM buys smallest Airbus, retires largest
Air France-KLM agreed to order 60 of Airbus’s new A220 jets on Tuesday while announcing the retirement of the plane maker’s A380 superjumbo from its...
Moderate U.S. consumer spending, inflation back Fed rate cut
U.S. consumer spending and prices rose moderately in June, pointing to slower economic growth and benign inflation that could see the Federal Reserve cutting interest...
