JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand softened against the dollar on Tuesday but was off session lows after data showed the labour market improving slightly after massive job losses brought on by the financial crisis. News that Greece was ...

In an interview, the senator says his father needs "a breakthrough" in his campaign for the GOP nomination. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday there is still a path to the Republican nomination for his father, Rep. Ron Paul, but "he's got to start ...

The rand advanced, heading for its best start to a year since 2006, as stocks and commodities climbed after most countries in Europe agreed to tighter budget controls and Greece made progress on debt talks. South Africa’s currency appreciated ...

Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The rand rose to a three-month high after a measure of manufacturing in Africa’s biggest economy beat analysts’ estimates and debt sales in Germany and Portugal bolstered confidence. South Africa’s currency gained as ...

Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The most accurate forecasters expect the rand to extend last year’s worst major currency slump, even as options traders are at their most bullish in five months. Commerzbank AG, the nearest to predicting rand-dollar ...

Rand Paul isn't a libertarian, he just plays one on TV. The spat Kentucky's junior U.S. senator had with the TSA last week ignited a flurry of news coverage on his supposed refusal of a full pat-down and subsequent confrontation with law enforcement.

Part two of the big-screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's political novel "Atlas Shrugged" will begin production in April and hit theaters in October, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Audiences were the ones who shrugged when part one was released ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The South African rand traded slightly firmer against the dollar on Tuesday, drawing strength from hopes of a successful conclusion to debt swap negotiations in Greece which boosted risk appetite in emerging markets.

We were skimming the FoxNews.com website looking for some of those “free Medicare scooter” ads, but got distracted by the important news of terrible writer/awful person Ayn Rand’s 107th birthday. She doesn’t look a day over 106 … objectively.