South Africa 2010

    By Damanick Dantes

    | 5:30PM 6/15/2010
    As millions of barrels of oil gush into the Gulf of Mexico, and shares of BP plunge, business still goes on elsewhere. BP is quietly pulling its advertisements from the World Cup to silence any chatter among global viewers during the games. The award-winning ads that are commonly shared online...

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 8:00AM 6/12/2010
    South Africa has some lofty expectations about the boost the World Cup will bring to its economy. Economists are skeptical that the soccer tournament will live up to those expectations and history shows that it most likely will not.