Strikes are quite common in South Africa but the violence at Marikana has rattled many in the industry.

ECONOMIST: South Africa��s strikes

Conversely, the ransoms mean higher insurance premiums for the rattled shipping industry, delays for customers as more ships choose the longer passage around the Cape of Good Hope, lower revenues for the Suez Canal, and for the oil markets yet another variable to work into already volatile prices.

ECONOMIST: Somalia

The car industry, at any rate, seems rattled by the ruling.

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