Warner Bros. is reaching into its film vaults so it can sell old movies on made-to-order DVDs, in a move it hopes will goose sales of a vital product in a downturn. 25 Mar 2009
Sony colours Mall Cop green; DVD launches new packaging initiative for studio. 25 Mar 2009
South Africans, hard-hit by the increasing cost of living under the current economic climate, have been granted reprieve by the Reserve Bank which announced a 100 basis points cut in the repo rate on Tuesday, 24 March 2009. 24 Mar 2009
Coca-Cola, which has more than 3000 products in its stable, on Monday, 23 March 2009, launched its latest offering in SA — an energy drink — making SA the sixth country in the world and the first on the continent to taste the new product. 24 Mar 2009
The Bureau for Economic Research's (BER's) latest first quarter 2009 manufacturing business conditions survey reveals "extreme and broad-based weakness" in the South African manufacturing sector. 24 Mar 2009
SA's quarterly financial statistics released on Tuesday, 24 March 2009, show that non-farm, non government turnover accelerated to a 14.2% year-on-year (y/y) rise in the fourth quarter, but dipped 2.8% between the third and fourth quarters of 2008. 24 Mar 2009
Furniture group JD Group announced on Tuesday, 24 March 2009, that it has purchased a further 15% stake in Blake & Associates from the founding members, thereby increasing its controlling shareholding from 55% to 70%. 24 Mar 2009
The recent announcement by ArcelorMittal of its intention to increase the price of tin plate by approximately 70% from April 2009 will pose a severe threat to the future of the South African canning industry. 24 Mar 2009
CARACAS: Venezuela has begun an investigation into two paper companies, including US giant Kimberly-Clark, for allegedly skirting government price controls on products, officials said Monday, 23 March 2009. 24 Mar 2009
Big-wigs from the videogame industry began gathering in San Francisco, USA on Monday, 23 March 2009, to share tips and make connections in a sector proving resistant to the economic meltdown. 24 Mar 2009
It is better to keep embattled customers in their houses through a debt remedy programme than have them lose their homes, FNB said on Monday, 23 March 2009. 24 Mar 2009
Just over 10 years ago, South African Breweries (SAB), as it was then, listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a move that was bold, ambitious and risky. The company was one of six prominent South African companies that did so to escape exchange controls, improve their access to capital and have a stab at internationalising their businesses. 24 Mar 2009
Economists have predicted that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will announce a 100 basis point cut at the least in the repo rate on Tuesday, 24 March 2009, after their two-day meeting. 24 Mar 2009
Successfully leveraging an organisation's collective knowledge has been an aspirational goal for decades, but many companies have deemed the effort as a "mission impossible" after investing time and money into these projects. 24 Mar 2009
Motor retail industry stalwart Brand Pretorius has painted a bleak picture of the state of the franchising industry and called for constructive partnerships with car manufacturers to keep it alive. 24 Mar 2009
The first Durban-India business summit will take place this week to encourage trade and investment. 23 Mar 2009
India's leading clothing and textile manufacturers will show their latest designer collections at the Clothing and Textile Mega Trade Show at the Sandton Convention Centre from 23 - 24 March 2009. 23 Mar 2009
The recession is causing a massive consumer shift in Japan: No longer do its famously finicky and brand-conscious consumers assume imported and no-name electronics are as cheap in quality as they are in price. 23 Mar 2009
The economic wolf is at your door, but acid-spewing aliens are threatening you and your squad-mates on some desolate planet. Or it's the ninth frame and you are one strike down against an opponent whose bowling prowess is considerably better than President Obama's. So those worries about jobs and the banking industry will just have to wait, OK? 23 Mar 2009
CCL Industries, a leader in label solutions for the consumer packaging and healthcare markets, recently acquired Ferroprint Western Cape, a wholly owned subsidiary (with separate facilities in Stellenbosch near Cape Town) of Ferroprint (Pty) Ltd., based in Durban, South Africa. 23 Mar 2009
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