Lewis reports that its revenue growth for the quarter ended 5 January 2008 increased by 8% with the cumulative revenue growth for the nine months ended 5 January increasing by 10%. 22 Jan 2008
As people are encouraged to live healthier and more active lifestyles well into their advanced years, many people are expected to retire from active employment prematurely - at a time when they still have much to offer society in terms of their skills, talents and experience. 22 Jan 2008
South African Airways' (SAA) aims to improve baggage handling services to its customers through its new partnership with Swissport International. 21 Jan 2008
2007's trading has been tough across the board. Interest rates are at an all time high, putting huge pressure on consumers. The National Credit Act has also restricted credit sales. 21 Jan 2008
Campaigners in Britain say the National Health Service (NHS) is responsible for 17,000 unnecessary deaths each year because of poor performance. 21 Jan 2008
While the country experiences intermittent power outages and Eskom attempts to deal with increased demand, businesses selling generators are reporting massive increases in sales. 21 Jan 2008
Tiger Brands raised its bread price on Monday, along with many an eyebrow, in an apparent effort to absorb the increased wheat and fuel costs. However, some industry experts don't consider these factors significant enough for the hike. 18 Jan 2008
A record 17 satellites are to be launched in 2008 in the largest-ever concerted global effort to monitor the impact of climate change over the next few decades, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which is leading the initiative. 18 Jan 2008
Healthy postmenopausal women who take calcium supplements have an increased risk of cardiac events. 18 Jan 2008
Comfort shoe manufacturer Green Cross has plans to expand its store count to 30. 18 Jan 2008
In a statement issued today, BUSA says the ongoing load-shedding in the country has negatively affected the business community in the country. It has cost business, especially SMME's, millions of rands with no “end in sight”, leading in despondency and pessimism. 18 Jan 2008
Audi will launch a new TTS sports car this year which will take over the top slot in its popular TT model line-up. The model range and the pricing will only be made known closer to the introduction of the new range. 17 Jan 2008
Mozambique's Maputo harbour has received a US$32 million boost from Global port operator, Dubai Ports World (DP World). 17 Jan 2008
Latest research indicates Vitamin D2 supplements may help prevent falls among high-risk older women. 17 Jan 2008
It has been claimed that the installation of a display kiosk in a Western Cape Spar shop caused sales of cigarette rival Camel to drop. 17 Jan 2008
This is the new Sahara Digital Camera, which the company says is a complete digital hand-held camera solution to allow the user to record and store material in both photo/still shot and motion video format. 16 Jan 2008
The most overlooked open source security vulnerabilities, according to Palamida researchers, occur in Apache Geronimo, JBoss Application Server, Libtiff, Net-SNMP and ZLIB. "The most popular projects appear in every test. This always surprises companies. There is from three to 10 times the use of open source code [in software enterprise uses] than companies realize," said Theresa Bui-Friday, cofounder of Palamida. 16 Jan 2008
By now, the case for SaaS is not only well established, but also growing stronger, as analysts incorporate intangible benefits into their ROI models. So, it is welcome to hear at least one blogger question whether the model is applicable to every situation. 16 Jan 2008
Just about every company has people development on their agenda for 2008. How are you going to implement it? Well I have termed it the 3 Ts of people development – Training, Talking and Teaching – which will assist you in obtaining this objective. 15 Jan 2008
Far from keeping the bread price at the present level, given the fact that they were recently fined R99 million for their role in colluding on the price of bread, Tiger Brands was expected yesterday to raise the price by about 40c a load, adding to the already heavy burden on the poor. And another price rise could be in the offing. 15 Jan 2008
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