Dhlomo, through Ndalo Luxury Venture, received the loan to establish a luxury fashion shop in Johannesburg. The cash-strapped fund has defended its decision to fund Dhlomo's Luminance luxury brands store. The fund's CEO, Philisiwe Buthelezi-Mthethwa, …

Boston, MA — (SBWIRE) — 07/30/2013 — With good overall economic performance and rising income levels amongst Thai consumers, luxury goods recorded good growth in 2012. Designer apparel and luxury accessories are the largest areas within luxury …

African Barrick Gold responded to lower gold prices by shortening the expected lifespan of a Tanzanian mine and revealing $185m of cost cuts. The measures by the mid-cap UK-listed miner are designed to address a gold price that is hovering at or below …

If he asked for a couple days to revel in the CONCACAF Gold Cup title he helped the U.S. win Sunday, that would be reasonable as well. The 31-year-old midfielder hasn't always had the benefit of the doubt when it comes to his international career and …

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures closed lower on Tuesday, notching their fourth decline in six sessions, as investors weighed expectations for various economic data and events, such as the Federal Reserve's monetary-policy statement, due …

Ann Arbor, often perceived as a cosmopolitan, if quixotic, oasis of affluent, progressive, highly-educated residents, has been dubbed by some as "six square miles surrounded by reality" that reality being the remainder of the metropolitan region. The …

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In South Africa, similar testing found evidence of water buffalo, donkey and goat meat in food products that included beef burgers, sausages and deli meats. Tesco used full-page ads in national newspapers to apologise for selling burgers found to …

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