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 | Issued by King Price Short-term insurance newcomer King Price has continued on its path of toppling industry incumbents by claiming top spot in two categories in the 2013 South African Service Awards. Read more >>
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 | Carol Paton The Government Employees Pension Fund - shaken in recent months by internal feuding‚ a succession of disciplinary procedures and the suspension of its principal executive officer - is finally getting a new board six months after the term of the last board ended. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Bizcommunity.com According to ongoing research by UK-based CMO institute, confidence in the effectiveness of content marketing is spurring 60% of marketers to devote increased budgets to this form of promotion year-on-year. Here's why content marketing should be an integral part of a communications campaign strategy. Read more >>
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 | Absa is epitomising the words of former State President Nelson Mandela when he said, "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." Read more >>
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 | Steven van Schanke has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Institute of Retirement Funds Africa (IRFA). Van Schanke, a qualified chartered accountant, spent five years in the United Kingdom where he gained experience in a number of finance-related ventures, before returning to South Africa in 2006 to set up his own business. Read more >>
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 | Phakamisa Ndzamela Stellenbosch-based PSG Group said it had about R500m available for investments and would use the bulk of the funds to subscribe for a rights issue in its investment Curro‚ a fast-growing company that provides private education. Read more >>
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 | Motor trade sales (measured in nominal terms and current prices) increased by 3.3% year-on-year in February‚ Statistics SA reported last week Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley SABMiller's (SAB) fourth-quarter revenue growth fell short of analysts' expectations‚ sending the global brewing company's share price down by 2.21% on the JSE on Tuesday (15 April). Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley The soft drinks division of South African Breweries (SAB) plans to cut more than 10% of its workforce in a restructuring programme aimed at reducing costs‚ SAB confirmed on Monday, 14 April 2014. Read more >>
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 | In a R4,66-billion transaction, Growthpoint has acquired a 34.9% stake in Acucap Properties and a 31.5% stake in Sycom Property Fund, which will give Growthpoint around 38% of the merged entity. Read more >>
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 | Retailer Pick 'n Pay reported an increase in headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the year ended March of 24.4% to 138.51c up from 111.30c for the previously reported 368-day period in 2013. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser Fishing company Oceana has been ordered to sell Foodcorp's fishing rights along with its Glenryck brand‚ as a condition for approval of a transaction allowing Oceana to take over the fishing business of Foodcorp. Read more >>
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 | Global brewing company SABMiller (SAB) reported a 3% rise in group net producer revenue for the 12 months ended March 2014. Read more >>
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 | The Competition Tribunal has explained its decision to include an agreement reached between government departments and merging groups Afgri and AgriGroupe as part of its condition to approve the transaction. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: IBM reported a 21% slump in first quarter earnings, as the computer company saw weaker hardware sales and focused more on services and the Internet cloud. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO - Social games company Zynga released a version of the hit "FarmVille" game tailored for smartphones and tablets in the hope of reaping a bumper crop of new players. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: General Motors (GM) plans to ask a bankruptcy court to rule that it is protected from lawsuits arising from faulty ignitions tied to 13 deaths and numerous crashes. Read more >>
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 | MADRID, SPAIN: Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica and US investment company Blackstone launched a mobile telephone advertising venture, challenging Google and Facebook in the multi-billion-dollar market. Read more >>
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN - Failed Bitcoin exchange MtGox was has been placed in administration by a Japanese court, with an order for bankruptcy expected to be issued soon, its administrator and chief executive said. Read more >>
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 | THE NETHERLANDS - Dutch computer chip manufacturer and global high technology bellwether ASML slashed its forecasts for the next six months despite almost doubling profits in the first quarter. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Yahoo reported a stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit with the results showing growth in the Web company's "core" business according to Chief Executive Marissa Mayer Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: French car company Peugeot Citroen, fighting to recover from its financialcrisis with a new Chinese shareholder, presented a recovery strategy, but its shares still slumped. Read more >>
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