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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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 | Spur Corporation increased total restaurant sales by 11.5% to R2.8bn in the six months to December‚ with sales from existing restaurants increasing by 7.6%. Read more >>
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 | Global brewing company SABMiller's Nigerian subsidiary‚ Intafact Beverages‚ is to expand its brewery in Onitsha‚ south-eastern Nigeria. Read more >>
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 | Industrial group AVI has reported a 10.4% rise in revenue from R4,89bn a year ago to R5.40bn for the six months ended December. Read more >>
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 | The world's second-biggest platinum producer Impala Platinum will halt its operations to prevent violence during a planned mass strike, the company said. Read more >>
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 | Brendan Ryan The president of the Chamber of Mines‚ Mike Teke‚ has renewed his appeal to Transnet to collaborate with the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) on further expansion to cater for junior black coal miners wanting access to export markets. Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Telkom is reportedly in talks to sell its mobile tower infrastructure to a company based in south-east Asia‚ in a move analysts say would enable Telkom to focus on strengthening its services and cutting its costs. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser The Competition Commission's "dogged insistence" that the Glenryck canned pilchards brand be sold off with Foodcorp's allocated small pelagic fishing quota to gain approval for a transaction with Oceana was placing 1,000 jobs at stake. Read more >>
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 | LUANDA, ANGOLA: Angolan state oil firm Sonangol said search teams were scouring the Atlantic off the coast of Luanda for a lost Greek oil tanker feared hijacked by pirates. Read more >>
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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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 | 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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 | 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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 | Inspire Trade Expo aims to provide a platform for manufacturers to display premier furniture, décor and design in a trade expo for the retail industry. It is taking place 10-12 July 2014 at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand. Read more >>
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 | BANGKOK, THAILAND: A top executive of India's Tata Motors who plunged from the 22nd floor of an upscale Bangkok hotel left an apparent suicide note, Thai police confirmed. Read more >>
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 | STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer Ericsson said on Monday, 27 January, it had signed a deal with South Korean electronics company Samsung settling a global patent dispute. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Apple is planning to release two new versions of its iPhones with larger screens this year to meet competition from rival handset makers, the Wall Street Journal reported. Read more >>
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 | MADRID, SPAIN: Coca-Cola is likely to close four of its 11 bottling plants in Spain in a move that would affect 1,250 jobs, the company and the UGT union said. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: BlackBerry shares leapt more than nine percent after the troubled Canadian smartphone manufacturer was boosted by the news of a contract to supply the US military with 80,000 new handsets. Read more >>
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 | SEOUL SOUTH KOREA: South Korea, already one of the most wired countries on earth, Wednesday, 22 January, announced a 1.6trn won (US$1.5bn) plan to roll out a next-generation 5G wireless service that is so fast it can download a full-length film in a second. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: French car manufacturer Renault said on Tuesday (21 January) that its sales rose by 3.1% last year to 2.63m vehicles thanks to accelerating performance by its low-cost Dacia brand. Read more >>
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