The festive season is upon us and many people will fall into a debt trap once again by succumbing to the urge of spending money they don't have. 5 Dec 2007
eLearning is being pitched as a means of addressing problems with service delivery in education. 5 Dec 2007
You know the irritating drill. You are in the supermarket and the person with the cart in front of you is on the cell phone loudly consulting with someone at home about what to buy. 5 Dec 2007
According to the group MD and CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Elumelu, the Nigerian bank's ambition is to become the 6th largest bank in Africa by 2010, with long term plans to mature as the leading African bank. 5 Dec 2007
According to the BIGresearch American Pulse Survey of 4,069 respondents in the US, 52.1% of consumers say they would rather receive a gift card or cash for Christmas. 5 Dec 2007
As South African motorists braced themselves for a 43 cents per litre petrol price hike on Wednesday, 5 December 2007, oil producing states may ease international prices by increasing their output. 5 Dec 2007
The BMF said that companies should be prepared to have transformation issues scrutinised in public. 5 Dec 2007
Manufacturing activity dipped again last month will battle to rebound from a contraction seen over much of this year. 5 Dec 2007
Aspen, a longstanding client of Unlimited subsidiary TLC, turned to its trusted washroom advertising partner to ensure maximum exposure for the latest Safyr Bleu eye drops campaign. 5 Dec 2007
Hot on the heels of the acquisition of the Boschendal winery, DGB has claimed another stake in the Franschhoek valley with the purchase of Franschhoek Vineyards Ltd. 5 Dec 2007
Douglasdale Dairy has introduced low-fat milk in a 1 litre bottle after many requests for a 1 litre packaging option. 4 Dec 2007
Toyota South Africa has joined forces with Barloworld Automotive and Soweto entrepreneur Richard Maponya to establish the first Toyota dealership in the country's largest township. 4 Dec 2007
Atterbury Property and its partners have joined the fight against crime by contributing towards a unique mode of security personnel transportation at 10 of the most prominent shopping centres in the country. 4 Dec 2007
A few years ago, two young technicians involved with Woolworths' IT had a vision of doing things differently for corporates. The retailer decided the concept was worth supporting, and the rest, as they say, is history… 4 Dec 2007
It wasn't a great first day for fast-moving consumer goods company CIC Holdings on Friday, when it became the first foreign company to have a primary listing on the JSE's AltX. The company has plans to expand operations into southern Africa in the next couple of years. 4 Dec 2007
South African Breweries is confident the country will not run out of beer over the festive season. 4 Dec 2007
Electronics Web site Etronics.com has launched a feature that pops up a "live chat" window after a consumer hesitates for more than a minute during checkout, says Mayer Balser, a founder and vice president of marketing. 4 Dec 2007
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology has taken the lion's share of the awards in the CN Business Furniture “Changing the Design of Tomorrow's Workspace” competition. 4 Dec 2007
George Santayana's adage "those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it" is particularly appropriate in the market for consumer video formats and players. Consistently, manufacturers have been unwilling or unable to develop formats compatible over a broad range of CE devices, and consumers have suffered as a result. 3 Dec 2007
Having achieved record festive season sales in 2005 and 2006, retailers are bracing themselves for a more challenging holiday period in 2007. Results from the latest Bureau for Economic Research (BER)/Ernst & Young Festive Season Retail Trends survey reveal that retailer confidence is down significantly amid expectations for slower sales growth over the festive season. 3 Dec 2007
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