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 ...

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 - MSN MoneyCentral

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Horizon Lines, Inc. 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 Lines ...

State offers $100M in loans to improve transportation - The Columbus Dispatch

Companies that move goods across Ohio can apply for $100 million in forgivable loans as part of a state project to improve the transportation infrastructure and create jobs, state officials said today. Gov. Ted Strickland and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, who ...

Madagascar: South Korea corn deal not sealed yet - Reuters AlertNet

ANTANANARIVO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Madagascar has denied reaching agreement with South Korea's Daewoo Logistics to let it plant more than 1 million hectares of food crops on the Indian Ocean island. An official from the firm said in Seoul on Tuesday it ...