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 | Discovering what happened during the final seconds leading to the crash of a homemade aircraft at a Pretoria airport will be crucial to the accident investigation. Read more >>
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 | Allan Seccombe Anglo American Platinum (Amplats‚) reported a strong rebound in operating profit for the 2013 financial year‚ but its restructuring costs and asset write downs pushed the world's largest platinum producer into an overall loss and it withheld its annual dividend. Read more >>
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 | Alcohol abuse costs South Africans an estimated R245bn a year, and policies are needed to mitigate its harm in the same way that smoking is tackled. Read more >>
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 | Maarten Mittner Trading conditions in the manufacturing sector remain challenging‚ with the seasonally adjusted Kagiso purchasing managers index (PMI) starting the year unchanged at 49.9 points. Read more >>
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 | Brendan Ryan Battle lines are being drawn over who will install additional coal export capacity at the Richards Bay port‚ with the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) and challenger RBTGrindrod both looking to bring in Transnet as a partner. Read more >>
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 | Thanks to measures taken by the motor industry, there is a growing trend of job seekers, especially among the youth, in serious careers in the motor industry, says Henry Gerber, national service and training manager at Hyundai Automotive SA. Read more >>
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 | Helmo Preuss There was an 8.8% year-on-year (y/y) rise in cement sales volume in the third quarter of last year along with 23.3% y/y increase in steel production indicating that the constructions sector might be improving. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley New vehicle prices are the latest casualty of the weakening rand, prompting motor industry companies to predict a double-digit inflation rate for this year. Read more >>
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 | Shares of the world's largest platinum producer‚ Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) were up more than 6% on Wednesday (29 January)‚ following the release of its quarterly production update. Read more >>
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 | LUANDA, ANGOLA: Angola has over seven billion barrels of oil potential in onshore blocks and production rights will soon go on sale, state-owned company Sonangol said. Read more >>
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 | Zeenat Moorad Ocean Basket, the seafood restaurant famous for serving meals in frying pans, has aggressive plans to expand globally over the next three years. Read more >>
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 | Industry body the Manufacturing Circle says it is too early to assess the effect the rapid decline in the rand is having on South African industry. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON - All the pieces of the most powerful space telescope ever made are ready for assembly at NASA, the US space agency said on Monday (3 February). Read more >>
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 | BEIJING, CHINA: In 1984, with only US$25,000 in Chinese government funding and a dusty 20-square-metre bungalow as their headquarters, a small group of scientists in Beijing founded a firm called New Technology Developer Inc. Read more >>
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 | MILAN, ITALY: Italian car company Fiat announced on Wednesday (29 January) it was changing its name to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) after completing the purchase of US car manufacturer in a move that Fiat chairman John Elkann said "heralded a new chapter". Read more >>
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Japan's Canon said that it missed its full-year profit target because of a slump in demand for its digital cameras as consumers increasingly turn to smartphones to take pictures. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: The Google Android system was used on 78.9% of smartphones sold globally in 2013, a survey released on Wednesday, 29 January, showed. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON - Global sales of tablet computers rose by 50.6% last year, with Apple clinging to the top vendor spot amid strong gains by rivals, a survey released on Wednesday, 29 January, showed. Read more >>
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 | THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS: Electrical appliance and household goods group Philips switched back into profit in for 2013, the company said. Read more >>
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: SK Telecom, South Korea's biggest wireless operator, said its net profit for 2013 jumped 44.3% on increased value of its stock investment and expansion of lucrative 4G services. Read more >>
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