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 | Electronics group Ellies Holdings has reported a 40.9% decline in its interim headline earnings per share (HEPS)‚ which it ascribed to the end of an Eskom contract that had boosted its results in the previous periods. Read more >>
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 | Mariam Isa The hard-pressed manufacturing sector is set to shed more jobs this year in the face of labour unrest, rising costs, and a muted recovery in global and domestic demand. Official figures show that the sector, which accounts for 12% of employment in South Africa, shed 68,000 jobs in the third quarter of last year. Read more >>
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 | Freight and logistics company Grindrod's subsidiary‚ Grindrod Freight Services (GFS)‚ has teamed up with the Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund (PRIF) to form a leasing joint venture. Read more >>
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 | Natasha Marrian Hot on the heels of the African National Congress's (ANC's) election manifesto promising to create 6m jobs in the next five years‚ President Jacob Zuma has told business that relying only on the state to create employment was a "non-starter" and he urged the private sector to play its part. Read more >>
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 | Bobby Jordan Johnny Felix and his boat, Mary-Ann, have survived many storms at sea in one of the windiest places on earth, only to be sunk on land. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser Double-digit increases in non-executive fees‚ which had been the norm in over the last few years‚ did not continue into 2013‚ with the average increase being below inflation. Read more >>
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 | Adele Shevel Shoprite and Massmart lost R460m by shutting their doors for Nelson Mandela's funeral last month - a sacrifice all the more significant given grim retail sales figures for the festive season, which emerged last week. Read more >>
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 | Retail sales rose much more than expected in November‚ although economists warn this is unlikely to be the start of an upward trend given moderating household consumption expenditure growth and sluggish economic growth. Read more >>
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 | Allied Electronics Corporation's (Altron) subsidiary‚ Altech‚ is to dispose of its 8.6% stake in Liquid Telecommunications Holdings‚ the company said. Read more >>
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Businesses under pressure from increasing costs might soon start passing the increases on to consumers‚ resulting in consumers having to pay more for goods‚ South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (Sacci) chief executive Neren Rau said. Read more >>
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 | Andries Mahlangu Country Bird's share price fell 3.23% to R3 on Tuesday (14 January) as the market worried about the effect of record South African maize prices on poultry producers battling depressed selling prices. Read more >>
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 | Petrochemicals group Sasol has commissioned its new ethylene purification unit - the Ethylene Purification Unit 5 (EPU5) - in Sasolburg. Read more >>
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 | UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations said it was running out of food for a growing number of homeless people in the Central African Republic, with spreading unrest hobbling distribution efforts. Read more >>
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korea's LG Electronics said it would start selling its first curved-screen smartphone - seen as a first step to fully flexible products - in Europe next month. Read more >>
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 | HONG KONG: A bottle of malt whisky has gone under the hammer in Hong Kong for the record-breaking sum of HK$4.9m (US$628,205), an auction house says. Read more >>
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 | TOULOUSE, FRANCE: European aircraft manufacturer Airbus beat US rival Boeing with record sales and orders last year but came second in terms of finished airliners delivered, figures from the company showed. Read more >>
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 | DETROIT, USA: General Motors said that it sold 9.71m cars last year, beating rival car manufacturer Volkswagen but probably only holding onto second place behind world leader Toyota. Read more >>
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