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 | Mark Allix Mondi reported a record financial performance in the year to December‚ with underlying operating profit rising 22% and underlying earnings rising by 37% in the period. Read more >>
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 | South Africa has come second after Mauritius on the African Transformation Index released on Monday (3 March 2014)‚ indicating its economic transformation is better than most other African countries. Read more >>
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 | South African vehicle sales declined 3.1% to 51‚814 units in February from the similar period a year earlier‚ according to the latest figures from the National Automobile Association of SA (Naamsa)‚ which warned of tough times for the domestic market this year. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley Astral Foods said on Monday (3 March) it expects a 215% jump in earnings for its six months ending March‚ though the poultry producer stressed that this comes off a low base. Read more >>
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 | Activity in the manufacturing sector picked up in February‚ according to the latest Kagiso purchasing managers index (PMI). Activity was boosted mainly by an improvement in the new sales orders index. Read more >>
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 | Marc Hasenfuss Cigarette brands conglomerate British American Tobacco (BAT) showed its pricing power prowess‚ managing a 4% hike in revenue to £15.3bn (around R273bn) in the year to end December despite a decline in volumes. Read more >>
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 | Mark Allix Grindrod continued to make "meaningful progress" last year in improving and expanding its integrated logistics supply chains along key commodity corridors. Read more >>
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 | David Furlonger The South African motor industry's vision of building 1.2m vehicles a year by 2020 is almost certainly unachievable‚ Rick Hanna‚ the head of global consultancy PwC's automotive division‚ said. Read more >>
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BARCELONA, SPAIN: Firefox OS, an new smartphone operating system aimed at challenging Apple and Google, will power a new category of US$25 smartphones for developing countries, the California-based non-profit Mozilla Foundation said. Read more >>
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sony will sell properties at a prestigious Tokyo site where it had its headquarters for six decades, as the once-world beating firm struggles to improve its bottom line. Read more >>
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 | BARCELONA, SPAIN: Precisely how many steps have you taken today? Exactly how fast is your heart beating? How clean are your teeth? Read more >>
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 | CHICAGO, USA: Brutal winter weather chilled US car sales in February, with General Motors and Ford reporting losses even as rival Chrysler extended a winning streak. Read more >>
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 | With South Africa celebrating 20 years of freedom this year, more has to be done to ensure the entry of black people into big business, says President Jacob Zuma. Read more >>
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 | Despite the sluggish local economic growth brought about by the 2008 global recession, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has not gone back on his 2013 growth projections. Read more >>
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 | Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced a large expenditure plan that will be anchored around the National Development Plan (NDP). Read more >>
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 | Plans to use private and public sector funds to create black industrialists gained momentum with the launch last week of an initiative to support small enterprises in the manufacturing sector. Read more >>
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