Therand'sweakness is something of a puzzle given recordworldmarketpricesforSouth Africa'stwolargestexports-platinum and gold-and, until recently, abnormallyhighlevelsofcapitalinflows.
Mr. Page's expected absence from the two events seems "highly unusual, " said Rick Devine, head of Devine Capital Partners LLC, a high-tech search boutique in Redwood City, Calif.