SouthAfrica

Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, can go ahead with its 17 billion rand ($2.2 billion) purchase of a controlling share of a South African chain, a South African regulatory appeals body said Friday. The Competition Appeal Court upheld a ruling last year by the Competition Tribunal, the government agency charged with promoting competition and protecting consumers.

We hate to toot our own horn -- so we borrowed one. The vuvuzela, the $2.50 plastic trumpet buzzing from the World Cup in South Africa to around the planet, might be the most powerful low-budget annoyance ever. Many fans, players and broadcasters hate it. But how does it play right here at home?...

These days, carpooling may be the fashionable and thrifty thing to do, but when in South Africa, folks may wish to give extra consideration to exactly who it is that wants a free ride. A South African couple received a startling surprise while driving this past Wednesday, when they discovered that...

I finished up a pile of work (hence my lack of WalletPop blog postings so far in 2009), I've got a pile of frequent-flier miles on American Airlines that's nearing their expiration date and with the daily doom-and-gloom headlines, I'm ready to blow this joint. What other excuses do I need to take a...