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 ...

New Logistics Center to be Unveiled in Huntington - Inside Indiana Business

The Huntington County United Economic Development Corp. will unveil plans on Monday for a new logistics/distribution center. The facility will provide 20 new jobs immediately and more next year. The announcement will be made during its first business ...

Analyst: New CEO Could Point Wal-Mart Toward Global Growth - Morning News

Mike Duke will take the reigns of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from CEO Lee Scott at the start of the new fiscal year, the retailer said Friday. Duke, the 58-year-old executive of Wal-Mart’s international division, will succeed Scott Feb. 1 to become the ...

Horizon Lines Makes $7.5 Million Voluntary Debt Payment - Biloxi Sun Herald

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE: HRZ), today announced that it has made another voluntary debt reduction payment of $7.5 million on its revolving credit facility. The payment is the third made by Horizon ...

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 ...