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Entries are now open for the Webber Wentzel Legal Journalist of the Year award, which recognises outstanding work in the field of legal journalism. Read more >>South African new vehicle sales in July were down 27.4% year-on-year compared with a fall of 23.7% y/y in June, figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa on Tuesday showed. Read more >>Banking & Finance
Financial services group Old Mutual on Wednesday reported adjusted operating earnings per share on an IFRS basis of 5.4 pence for the six months ended June 2009 from 7.7 pence a year ago. Read more >>Brand news
[Thabang Mokopanele] Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded struggling transport and logistics group Super Group's long- term rating to a negative on expectations that the group's leverage would remain at elevated levels in the medium term. Read more >> Advertisement:  Simonsig winemaker Johan Malan has two of his red wines appearing on the 2009 Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction hot list - a Pinotage and a Shiraz. Read more >> A two-month in-store promotion of a ‘chill test' to establish sensitive teeth is claimed to have proved a successful campaign for Sensodyne, with high consumer reach and conversion to sale recorded during the campaign. Read more >>US media company News Corporation will begin charging readers of online versions of its newspapers in the coming year in a move that chairman Rupert Murdoch says could spur a shift away from free news content on the Internet. Read more >>Google has shed its disappointing radio ad business and announced a US$106.5-million stock deal to buy a firm that specialises in compressing video for the Internet. The move came about yesterday, Wednesday 5 August 2009. Read more >> Bilton Wines has just released the 2006 vintage of its Merlot, which has already made its mark as the top-scoring Merlot with a tally of 16.5 points at a recent tasting at Winesense in Cape Town. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: Microsoft has been taking shots at its competitors through its advertising and now Google has decided that if Gates and Co can do it, so can they, reports ChannelWeb. Read more >> The second annual 702 Small Business Awards launched yesterday, Monday 3 August 2009, and from 10 August, listeners can nominate small businesses that have offered outstanding service. Read more >>Corporate Social Investment
The educational booklet, Money Skills for Learners is once again available free to schools throughout South Africa, thanks to a collaboration between MasterCard Worldwide, City Press Business, SakeRapport and Dynamic Wealth. Read more >>A project that uses Ndebele art to explain Pythagoras's Theorem to schoolchildren has recently benefited from the assistance of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA), Plascon and the “Africa Meets Africa” project. Read more >>Hospitality
 The South African Chefs' Association (SACA) has announced its new board. As of 1 August 2009, Stephen Billingham will take the reigns as president of the 35-year-old association; Billingham will take over from Martin Kobald, who is stepping down after six years of service. Read more >>[Lauren Cohen] Debt-ridden Irish celebrity chef Conrad Gallagher, who has left a bitter taste in the mouths of his South African creditors, is planning to set up shop in Ireland. Read more >> Logistics
 JSE-listed transportation and logistics service provider Cargo Carriers has improved its rating from a Level Seven Contributor to Broad-Based Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) and also achieved the status of a Value-Adding Supplier in this year's audit. Read more >>Manufacturing
[Linda Sparg] SA's only pineapple-processing plant — the largest in the southern hemisphere — has turned its business around by switching to production of pineapple concentrate. The new direction is as a result of the use of fertiliser from China on the SA pineapple crop. Read more >>  Kimberly-Clark is the name behind well-known global brands - Kleenex, Huggies, Kotex and Depend - used daily by over 1.3 billion people in more than 150 countries. The 137-year-old company, however, has set itself “ambitious goals” in terms of sustainability. Read more >>Analysis: Q3 manufacturing outlook worsens... The PMI declined to 37.3 points in July from 37.9 points in June, coinciding with the 31.4% hike in electricity tariffs in that month. Read more >>Packaging
 What if a box could be more? This question drove the Aldo designers to produce a shoebox that will not only reduce the company's plastic bag consumption by 40% in 2009 and 70% by the end of next year but also is made from recycled materials and eco-friendly soy-based dyes and finishes. By adding the handle to the box, the need for a packet was eliminated. Read more >>Regulatory
[Brian Hayward] Transnet faces being hit with at least two costly lawsuits over the controversial Port Elizabeth harbour manganese ore dump and tank farm which have been fingered as major polluters and health hazards in the area. Read more >> Research
Results of the SME Survey 2009 have now been disclosed and one of the preliminary findings is that ADSL has become the connection of choice for the SME, due to its reliability and relative low pricing. Read more >>The results of the latest MasterCard Worldwide Index of Women's Advancement saw South Africa's Index score decline by five points from 90.6 to 85.7 between 2008 and 2009. The Index was released yesterday, Tuesday, 4 August 2009. Read more >>The fifth Female Nation Survey, which is conducted annually by Women24.com, has revealed that few save, are “cautiously optimistic” about the government and are happiest when they take “me” time. Read more >>Retail marketing
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] When it comes to home languages and mobile marketing, are we matchmakers or moving towards a head-on collusion? Read more >> Retail services
iLevel, a category management and channel marketing company has been formed to provide local FMCG suppliers and manufacturers with services aimed at enhancing the channel marketing process. Read more >>The private, by-invitation-only shopping portal, www.luxury4less.co.za, has been available on Internet-enabled phones as www.luxury4less.mobi from 1 August, 2009. Read more >>Retailers
[Derick Spies] Gonubie's newest shopping mall has been dealt a severe blow after the owners of the R120 million development were placed under provisional liquidation. Read more >> Security
[Yolandé Stander] Warnings have been issued to the public on cyber criminals who are using the latest information technology - especially popular social networking platforms - to gain access to personal information and commit fraud. Read more >> Technology
Cyber attacks hammered Twitter, Facebook, and Google late last week, disrupting the hip micro-blogging service and causing stumbles at the hot social-networking site while Google fended off assaults. Read more >>Japan's Sanyo Electric Co said on Friday that it would boost its solar panel production capacity by 30% within the next two years to meet surging demand fuelled by government subsidies. Read more >> With large amounts of data from disparate sources, one of South Africa's leading rewards programmes, eBucks, turned to Qinfo to create a framework for its SAS data warehouse, which centrally stores and manage its business information. Read more >>Aware that recent Eskom price hikes have resulted in pressure on consumers, Teljoy Solar has introduced its Green Credit to help South Africans to lower their electricity bills. Read more >>The main focus of the Health Technology Exhibition to be hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre on 18, 19 & 20 February 2010, will be emerging technology and its role in health care, not only in South Africa, but globally. Endorsed by CEASA, it will underline the importance of technological developments in the health-care industry. Read more >>The phone that sparked a revolution in mobile technology has been upgraded and re-released in South Africa. Read more >>Brand news
 Cadbury South Africa and P.S. have given the local youth market something to talk about with the launch of a brand-new television commercial set to the sound of a song written specifically for the brand by DJ Bionic. Read more >> Mexican food manufacturer, Old El Paso, has added wholegrain tortillas to their range that offer not only a tasty treat but a healthier meal option. The new wholegrain tortillas contain 40% wholegrain and twice the amount of fibre than regular tortillas. Read more >>
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