Новости за 22.03.2018

INTERNATIONAL - Westpac Banking Corp’s vehicle-finance business approved applications that contained no expense information and relied heavily on the advice of car-yard managers when processing loans, an inquiry into Australia’s financial sector heard yesterday.

In Australia, 90 percent of car sales are arranged through finance organised by dealerships and lenders, with new finance commitments for vehicles last year totalling A$35.7 billion (R329billion).

MANCHESTER - Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli accepted on Thursday the two-time world champions' chances at the World Cup in Russia will depend far more on Lionel Messi than his own influence.

Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli has admitted that star forward Lionel Messi has a greater influence on the team than him.

CAPE TOWN - The highlights and lowlights from the first day of South Africa's pivotal third Test against Australia at Newlands.

Johannesburg - Three suspects, aged 34, 36 and 50, were arrested after they were found with dagga worth R36 million, Northern Cape police said on Thursday.

MELBOURNE - Sebastian Vettel says he is searching for the "ultimate satisfaction" of winning his fifth Formula One world title driving for Ferrari ahead of this weekend's season opener in Australia.

PAARL – A wonky stadium clock overshadowed the final leg of the Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series in Paarl on Thursday evening, as finding reliable times became a guessing game.

INTERNATIONAL - Zambia's  tax agency plans to conduct audits on mining companies running back six years after uncovering 76.5billion kwacha (R94.8bn) of underpayment by a “prominent” miner. The Zambia Revenue Authority may extend the period of the audit if it finds a pattern of “consistent, systematic, premeditated” tax evasion.

“We announce the preliminary assessment of 76.5 billion kwacha issued to a mining company for misclassifying consumables and spare parts at importation for the last five years,” the tax authority said... Читать дальше...

MANCHESTER - Jose Mourinho has launched a defiant defence of his Manchester United reign, insisting "people with a brain" should understand his team are going through a rebuilding period.

Five people were arrested in connection with alleged fraud, and money laundering in Upington, Northern Cape, said the Hawks.

Feya Faku will be entertaining audiences at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival this weekend.

For a while there, it looked like the ANC was going to split and the Opposition might coalesce into a Coalition of the Wounded to replace the ruling party in 2019.  Especially if the SACP does decide to contest the elections in its own right.  Blade Nzimande’s return to the Cabinet does not mean that the SACP won’t do so, because the SACP is also split internally.

LONDON - England goalkeeper Joe Hart insists having to fight to retain his place as Gareth Southgate's number one for the World Cup is nothing new.

Washington - The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $1.3 trillion spending bill to avert a government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September 30, despite a revolt by fiscal conservatives worried about what they called runaway spending.

JOHANNESBURG - The global investment cycle is slowly but surely entering the “fade-risk” stage as signs that the “risk-on” stage in the global investment cycle is slowly grinding to an end are more evident by the day.

Although the US is effectively already in full employment, job openings rose to a record in January - an indication that the US, and in fact most developed economies, are rapidly approaching the late cycle stage in the global economic expansion.

CAPE TOWN - Pat Cummins proved the catalyst for an huge change in fortunes for Australia as he halted a South African charge and left the hosts reeling at the close on the opening day of the third test on Thursday.

MANCHESTER - - Zlatan Ibrahimovic is leaving Manchester United after the Premier League club terminated the Swedish striker's contract on Thursday.

'Love Yourself' hitmaker Justin Bieber crashed the stage as Craig David was performing in California earlier this week.

MANCHESTER - - Zlatan Ibrahimovic is leaving Manchester United after the Premier League club terminated the Swedish striker's contract on Thursday.

Johannesburg - The South African Society of Psychiatry (SASOP) on Thursday said it has noted instances of abuse of patients’ rights and failure to execute duty care at the Tower Hospital in the Eastern Cape.

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DUSSELDORF, Germany - Joachim Loew is keeping his World Cup cards up his sleeve, but the Germany coach is set play a strong hand in Friday's mouth-watering friendly against Spain.

CAPE TOWN – Australian paceman Pat Cummins giggled nervously when he was questioned about standing on the ball during day one of the third Test against the Proteas at Newlands on Thursday.

Thanks to good storytelling and original content, ‘Five Fingers for Marseilles’ has received rave reviews at festivals around the world.

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