JOHANNESBURG, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Absa Group Ltd has appointed Maria Ramos, one of South Africa's most successful businesswomen, as chief executive, the company said on Friday. Ramos, named among the world's 50 most powerful business women by Fortune ...

State loans to improve shipping of products - The Columbus Dispatch

Ohio plans to jumpstart economic development and improve transportation networks for business by handing out $100 million in forgivable loans, state officials announced yesterday. The loans, which top out at $10 million, will be available to ...

Strike group’s ships home for holiday — except 1 - Navy Times

SAN DIEGO — The nuclear carrier Ronald Reagan and most of its strike group are heading home to San Diego on the tail end of a six-month deployment, just in time for Thanksgiving. But one ship will miss the holiday. More than 5,500 sailors with the ...

Duke named CEO of Wal-Mart Lee Scott to retire; Castro-Wright named ... - NW Arkansas Times

BENTONVILLE - As the thousands of employees who work at the Wal-Mart Home Office sat down to their desks Friday morning, they were hit with big news - an e-mail from Rob Walton, chairman of the board of directors, explaining Mike Duke, 58, will ...

Another milestone achieved - Las Vegas Sun

Not many barriers were tougher than the one Barack Obama shattered this month when he became the first black to be elected president of the United States. But Ann Dunwoody obliterated another substantial barrier last week. On Nov. 14, Dunwoody, 55 ...