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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor While August and year-to-date local sales of new vehicles continued their negative trend, exports picked up speed to record a gain 18.5% compared to the same month last year. read more>> |
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 | Business lays the blame for a lack of industrialisation squarely on government, saying SA's manufacturing is at a tipping point because of government's inability to reduce input costs and its reluctance to stand up to trade unions. read more>> |
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 | Allan Seccombe African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) paid an increased annual dividend after its platinum division performed strongly and the group's results were underpinned by a sound performance at its ferrous division. read more>> |
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 | Mr Price has reported a 16% sales rise for the 18 weeks to 2 August and seen its budget-friendly offerings continue to appeal to shoppers who are struggling in an ailing economy. read more>> |
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 | Mark Allix The scrap metals industry has a complex and often adversarial relationship with the foundries industry and many countries impose duties to prevent exports of scrap metals, while also heavily subsiding their metals industries, despite World Trade Organisation rules. read more>> |
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 | Panasonic Corporation announced that it will launch a range of audio products under the Technics brand name again, reviving its brand long synonymous with high-quality hi-fi sound to deliver rich, engaging sound. read more>> |
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 | Operating conditions improved in the local economy in August, the first improvement in five months, as production normalised after a strike-heavy first half of the year‚ the HSBC index indicated. read more>> |
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 | Vehicle exports bounced back last month as Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) finally got into the production swing with its new C-Class sedan. read more>> |
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 | Business organisations urged caution about the implementation of a national minimum wage, which they warned could result in widespread job losses as employers try to cut operational costs. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: It is a marketing strategy that few experts would recommend and even fewer companies can pull off. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON - Motorola has started launched its new smartwatch, in a series of product launches which could be the last before the Google-owned electronics firm is taken over by China's Lenovo. read more>> |
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 | NEW DELHI, INDIA: Smartphone manufacturers are in a race to capture the bottom of India's economic pyramid as they battle for customers in the fast-growing low-end market where analysts say opportunities are vast. read more>> |
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 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Commission has fined Infineon, Philips and Samsung a total of €138m for forming a smartcard chip cartel in Europe in its latest anti-trust case against technology firms. read more>> |
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 | BERLIN, GERMANY: South Korean company Samsung unveiled the next generation of its "phablet" and "smartwatch" gadgets at the IFA consumer electronics fair along with a virtual reality headset the Samsung VR. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Tablets won't eclipse personal computers as fast as once thought, according to studies by market tracker International Data Corporation (IDC). read more>> |
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 | Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country needs to break the shackles of economic exclusion so young people can get jobs. read more>> |
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 | The South African economy is set to benefit from the new Hyundai plant which has opened in Benoni, Ekurhuleni. read more>> |
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 | The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) has funded over 40,000 small and medium enterprises over the past year, says the organisation's Chief Executive, Thakhani Makhuva. read more>> |
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