When it comes to retirement savings, many Americans seem to be "winging it" -- or heading for retirement without a realistic plan of how to fund it.Or so suggests a recent survey by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.

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Mastercard Inc. (MA) on Monday announced a new partnership to distribute South African welfare grants through its cards and linked bank accounts, a system designed to curtail fraud and pull poor people into the formal banking sector.

Indonesia's biggest telecom firm by subscribers, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLKM.JK), or Telkom, said Monday that first-half net profit rose 8% to 6.43 trillion rupiah ($677 million) from IDR5.94 trillion a year earlier on the back of higher revenue and lower financing cost.

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OAO Norilsk Nickel (GMKN.RS), the world's largest nickel and palladium maker, said Monday its second-quarter nickel output fell 8% compared with the prior quarter, to 69,639 metric tons.

Air France-KLM (AF.FR) said Monday it had sunk deeper into the red in the three months to June, weighed down by higher fuel costs, provisions for restructuring and an accounting charge but the Franco-Dutch airline operator said it expects to feel the first positive effects of its latest cost

Northern India's worst power failure in 10 years created chaos Monday, hitting long-distance train services and choking roads as non-functioning traffic lights caused jams across the national capital and delayed thousands of office-goers.

BSKYB PLC (BSY.LN) said Monday taht on July 27 it purchased 300,000 shares for cancellation.