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With her extensive property experience and reputation for industry leadership, Marna van der Walt has been appointed president of the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC). Read more >> | South African Airways (SAA) Voyager is partnering with Total South Africa to offer SAA Voyager Miles at participating Total retail service stations nationwide. [video] Read more >> | Linda Ensor Cellphone and timeshare firms are under the spotlight of the consumer authorities for their alleged abuse of consumer rights. Read more >> |
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 | Intu Properties has tripled its profit in the six months to June‚ boosted by high valuations and some exceptional items. Read more >>
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 | Mike Saunders Andy Haldane, Executive Director for Financial Stability at the Bank of England in tackling regulation uses the analogy of a dog catching a Frisbee... Essentially, a simple approach is effective... Read more >>
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Activity in the manufacturing sector fell for the fourth consecutive month in July as a strike by metals and engineering industry workers limited production. Read more >>
|  | Statistics SA figures show that the producer price index (PPI) for final manufactured goods - considered headline PPI - came in at 8.1% year on year (y/y) in June after increasing by 8.7% y/y in May. Read more >>
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 | The Consumer Protection Act (CPA) of 2008 contains several provisions dealing with various marketing strategies, including bait marketing, trade coupons, promotional competitions, and loyalty programmes. Read more >>
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 | Integrated online ticketing service, Webtickets recently introduced NFC's 'Tap-n-Go' technology as an effective event management solution. Read more >>
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|  | WASHINGTON, USA: The surge in Internet-connected devices, like TVs, refrigerators, thermostats, door locks and more, has opened up huge opportunities for cyber-attacks because of weak security, researchers say. Read more >>
|  | TOKYO - The weak Yen helped Sony make profits of to $261m in the first-quarter thanks to brisk sales of its PlayStation 4 console. However, the company still expects to make an overall loss this year. Read more >>
|  | TOKYO, JAPAN: Japanese videogame manufacturer Nintendo posted a $97 million quarterly net loss, with higher costs tied to sales of its Wii U console hurting into its bottom line as worldwide sales weakened. Read more >>
|  | NEW DELHI, INDIA: India's top mobile phone firm, Bharti Airtel, reported almost 61% increase in profits - compared with last year - helped by less competition and a wider customer base. Read more >>
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|  | A South African court on granted two pensioners permission to launch a multi-billion-dollar legal action against state-owned logistics company Transnet, which they accuse of stripping their retirement funds. Read more >>
|  | PRETORIA: A large chunk of the Department of Justice and Correctional Services budget has been allocated to court services, says department Minister Michael Masutha. Read more >>
|  | The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has processed almost 5,000 applications from claimants since President Jacob Zuma assented to a law that re-opened the lodgement of land claims. Read more >>
|  | A statement issued by the Right2Know Campaign and Section 16 seeks to intervene urgently in a secrecy application brought by SANRAL and Protea Parkways Consortium (PPC). Read more >>
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