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 | Africa's share of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has risen in the past year as global and African companies alike seek access to customers and natural resources, reveals a new survey by global law firm Baker & McKenzie. read more>> |
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 | The biannual African Development Forum will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, from 12-16 October 2014 under the theme 'Innovative financing for Africa's transformation'. read more>> |
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 | The appointment of Lesetja Kganyago as new governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has been welcomed by Old Mutual Weath. read more>> |
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 | Evan Pickworth African Bank's (ABL) acting Chief Executive Nithia Nalliah has received approval from the board of the embattled unsecured lender‚ which is currently under curatorship‚ to retire early. read more>> |
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 | In a far-reaching judgment, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) held on 1 October 2014 that Mark Shuttleworth could have repatriated his funds out of South Africa without the imposition of a 10% exit levy that was imposed by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) at that stage. read more>> |
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 | A "Heating Kettle Bottle" - a battery-powered kettle and water bottle - has taken the winning title in the third annual Junior Innovators competition hosted at Investec in Sandown earlier this week. read more>> |
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 | Nick Hedley Atlantic Leaf Properties intends to raise more funds over the next few months as it looks to build on its fledgling property portfolio. read more>> |
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 | Alistair Anderson The plan by Growthpoint‚ the JSE's largest property group by market value‚ to buy Acucap Properties‚ is on track‚ with the companies announcing that takeover talks were at an advanced stage. read more>> |
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 | Claire Bisseker Dismal data‚ showing that both mining and manufacturing output contracted on an annual basis in August‚ highlight the continued vulnerability of SA's productive sectors. read more>> |
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 | Alex Funk It comes as no surprise to learn that the majority of investors tend to be focused on the performance of funds when choosing to invest. read more>> |
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 | The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) this week listed three new currency futures contracts which track the exchange rate between the rand and the Zambian kwacha, Kenyan shilling and Nigerian naira. read more>> |
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 | Fleet management company Super Group says it has bought the UK's second-largest Ford motor dealer‚ Allen Ford‚ for R606m. read more>> |
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 | The Gauteng Provincial Government will commission a baseline study on the township economy to understand its size, spread and strength as well as innovative ways of measuring its social and economic importance. read more>> |
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 | STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: Three Japanese-born researchers won the Nobel Prize for Physics for inventing the LED lamp, a boon in fighting global warming and aiding people in poverty. read more>> |
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 | David Warneke In the 2013 budget speech the Minister of Finance proposed the introduction of tax free savings accounts. read more>> |
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 | New analysis from Frost & Sullivan has found that companies across various industries will apply for exemption from the first round of emission control, coming into effect in 2015. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A supplier enlisted to make sapphire screens for Apple mobile devices has asked a bankruptcy court to free it from contracts that it branded "oppressive and burdensome." read more>> |
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 | BERLIN, GERMANY: Google boss Eric Schmidt said his company's biggest competition as a search engine came from e-commerce company Amazon, and not from other search engines. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella's gaffe over women, pay raises comes as the US technology sector is facing up to questions over diversity and gender equality. read more>> |
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: The US Apple and Google brands which have become household names around the world are worth more than $100bn each, and top a ranking of the world's biggest brands, consultancy Interbrand said. read more>> |
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 | The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has embarked on Operation Khusela to clamp down on illegal verification agents who issue fraudulent BEE and company registration certificates. read more>> |
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 | President Jacob Zuma will release the results of work done to explore the potential of the country's ocean economy at the first Operation Phakisa open day in Durban this week. read more>> |
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 | More Matshediso The Liberian Ambassador to South Africa, Lois Brutus, says various non-governmental organisations and governments from all over the world have been supporting efforts to fight the diseases since Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) broke out in West Africa. read more>> |
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