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 | Mpho Sibanyoni A study has found that family businesses are finding it difficult to implement proper succession planning and that most of the future generation of owners have failed to beef-up their academic qualifications. Read more >>
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 | New vehicle sales in South Africa took a hefty knock in May‚ the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) has reported. Read more >>
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 | A new labour strike is looming at a time when South Africa can least afford it. As many as 200,000 workers in the metal and engineering sector could down tools as wage talks deadlock. Read more >>
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 | Volkswagen Group South Africa's 500,000th EA111 engine rolled off the engine plant production line on Friday, 30 May 2014 marking the 2 millionth engine produced. Read more >>
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 | SAIC, who took over iconic British marque MG and also manufacture the popular light commercial vehicle range of Maxus, named Chen Hong as its new chairman. He was previously the company's president and vice chairman. Read more >>
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 | Paul Vecchiatto Thousands of jobs were saved last week when the European Union (EU), SA's most lucrative market for its multibillion fruit exporting industry, decided against banning its oranges. Read more >>
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 | Evan Pickworth The highest earners on the JSE are dominated by CEOs of multinational companies‚ with seven CEOs receiving total compensation of more than R60m each during 2013‚ a report by boutique asset managers Mergence showed. Read more >>
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 | Marc Hasenfuss It was a case of swings and roundabouts for Verimark in the year to February‚ with the specialist retailer's gain in new operating efficiencies offset by the weaker rand dragging down sales. Read more >>
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 | Charlotte Mathews Pharmaceutical and healthcare products group Adcock Ingram Holdings would be reorganised into a decentralised structure from 1 July‚ Kevin Wakeford‚ the recently appointed Chief Executive of the group said. Read more >>
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 | Alistair Anderson Listed and unlisted property contributed R191.4bn to the economy in 2012‚ according to a report released by the Property Sector Charter Council. Read more >>
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 | Mpho Sibanyoni Transnet has pleaded with Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries to invest more on railway infrastructure to improve intra-regional trade. Read more >>
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 | South African retailer Mr Price has reported strong earnings growth‚ helped by its customers responding well to the group's fashion value offers. Read more >>
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 | Mark Allix Nampak's interim results for the six months to March saw the rest of Africa markets markedly contributing as the group as it grew overall trading income by 10%. Read more >>
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 | Continental Tyre and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME) at the University of Münster in Germany won the GreenTec Award 2014 for their co-development project 'RUBIN - Industrial Emergence of Natural Rubber from Dandelion'. Read more >>
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 | TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Leading Taiwanese technology firm Asus unveiled a hybrid device which combines a laptop, tablet and mobile phone in what is being hailed as a "world first". Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple has unveiled new operating software it hopes will create a seamless experience for users flitting between its coveted mobile devices and the popular Macintosh computers. Read more >>
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 | DOHA, QATAR: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said it expects airline companies to record combined net profit of US$18bn this year. Read more >>
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Samsung announced the launch of a new smartphone based on its own operating system, in a step towards independence from the Google Android platform that dominates its popular handsets. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Ford Motor Company has issued safety recalls for nearly 1.4m cars in North America, mostly in the US, to fix potential steering and other problems. Read more >>
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 | TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Taiwan's Acer has unveiled its cloud service centre as the struggling computer manufacturer seeks to revive its fortunes by diversifying away from the low-margin hardware business. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, US: LG Electronics went big in style with a flagship G3 smartphone aimed at turning heads away from market dominators Apple and Samsung. Read more >>
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Toyota has recalled about 520,000 vehicles, mostly in North America, over several issues including cable corrosion that could see unused spare tyres fall off. Read more >>
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 | The newly-appointed Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has outlined the Immigration Regulations, which came into effect on Monday, 26 May. Read more >>
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 | The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will continue to improve its incentive scheme for the country's film industry, which contributes R3.5bn to the gross domestic product (GDP). Read more >>
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