USA: In the latest sign of retail trouble, Blockbuster said Tuesday, 3 March 2009, it has brought in an outside law firm to rescue the long-slumping video store chain from a financial bind. 5 Mar 2009
Intel is revealing the mysterious workings of its Atom processing chip to Taiwan Semiconductor in a bid to break into the smartphone, netbook and TV set-top box markets. 5 Mar 2009
Border police, government departments and a number of stakeholders are working hard to prevent illegal and dangerous goods being smuggled into the country via South Africa's border posts. 4 Mar 2009
Managers are having a hard time globally. While South Africa has not felt the brunt of the global recession as yet, its time for those in charge of projects to shift their approach to ensure their projects can deliver value even in the most trying times. 4 Mar 2009
Although the sale of tickets for the FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup is strong worldwide, the response from South Africans to purchase tickets is slow. 4 Mar 2009
The worldwide PC industry will experience its sharpest shipment decline in history this year as the global economy continues to deteriorate, said technology research group Gartner on Monday, 2 March 2009. 4 Mar 2009
This year promises to be one of the most challenging in recent memory for online retail. The strategies and tactics that online retailers have relied upon in the past will not work in this harsher, new consumer climate. 4 Mar 2009
Liberty Properties is going ahead with its expansion and refurbishment project at the Liberty Promenade. The investment, which is in excess of R300 million, aims to entrench the centre's status as the shopping mall of choice in the Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha area. 3 Mar 2009
Koo, a core brand in the Tiger Brands stable, is bringing innovation to the canned beans aisle with the launch of its homestyle canned samp range, a first of its kind. 3 Mar 2009
Steinhoff International Holdings held up sales in the global credit crunch and reported a net profit improvement in the six months to December. 3 Mar 2009
Mass discounter Massmart expects to create a fifth division by organic growth. 3 Mar 2009
The current lack of electricity infrastructure and the inefficient way it is being distributed is costing the country's economy R2 billion per annum. 3 Mar 2009
North West MEC for Agriculture, Conservation and Environment Jan Serfontein is satisfied with the progress made by emerging farmers in the province. 3 Mar 2009
USA: Getting a head start on the PMA '09 photography conference, which officially kicks off in Las Vegas Tuesday, 3 March 2009, Samsung has announced a new so-called hybrid digital camera. The new camera, the NX Series, is designed to provide the photo quality of large pro and prosumer DSLR (digital single lens reflex) cameras in the body of a small point-and-shoot. 3 Mar 2009
Sony CEO Howard Stringer has taken over the stumbling company's main consumer electronics business after removing Ryoji Chubachi from the helm. 2 Mar 2009
The financial world is looking for ways rebuild people's trust and confidence in markets, and Morrison Bonpasse sees a future for a single global currency. 2 Mar 2009
Car sales in February — to be released tomorrow by the National Association of Automotive Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) — are expected to have been no better than January's, which fell a record 32.3%. 2 Mar 2009
As the credit crunch creeps into the lives of consumers, advertising agencies have taken on the challenge of marketing products in the global recession. 2 Mar 2009
Hilary Prendini Toffoli talked to five exhibitors at the Design Indaba Expo this weekend, 27 February - 1 March 2009, where overseas buyers and the cream of SA's design talent were seen following the conference in the Cape Town International Convention Centre. 2 Mar 2009
Truworths is boringly predictable; Woolworths is in denial and Shoprite is riding a wave. Though the past six months have been a rough ride for the SA consumer, all these retailers managed to grow earnings. 2 Mar 2009
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