Shareholders say the favourite hoped to succeed News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch is an "operational counterweight" who will stabilise the company.
Rupert Murdoch’s News Crop has dropped its bid for British Sky Broadcasting ahead of a House of Commons vote on whether to forbid the takeover.
It was the night when Hollywood royalty came to meet British royalty — and there was no question who were the more starstruck.
A senior leader of Libya’s rebels has rejected accusations that anti-Gaddafi forces have been responsible for looting, arson and abuse of civilians.
Standard Bank has again been named as Africa’s top bank in the <i>Banker</i> magazine’s 2011 rankings of the world’s top banks.
Banks in Zimbabwe have urged the public to deposit money in their accounts, so that dirty and torn dollar bills can be exchanged for clean, new notes.
Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, who is also Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Works, has hinted at a return to football administration.
A backlog in paupers’ burials has left bodies piling up at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital mortuary, with some left untended for months.
Thomas Mapfumo’s <em>African Classics</em> is a 14-track capsule of the history and journey of Chimurenga music
David Beckham says playing for Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho would be a "dream".