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Woolies, Pick n Pay face strikes
More pressure for housing market
Judgment a blow to SARS
Derivatives trading halted
Paracon's R72m buyback
Ivory trade banned in Namibia
Uranium One looks on bright side
Boost for aviation industry
Buoyant market boosts Grindrod
Gilbertson eyes Russian diamonds
Merrill Lynch expects rate hike
Woolies workers amped to strike
Gold strikes 8-week low on USD
Gem Diamonds eyes Botswana mine
Hope for growth, interest rates
Oil prices slide beneath $116
High noon for De Beers in Botswana
Strike cost R200m in lost wages
Absa: Home loans a worry
Strike deals blow to SA's image
Nedbank to fall short of targets
'State adding to food crisis'
New Zim banknotes rolled out
MTN dumped on profit let-down
Aug 20 2008 05:07 PM
MTN's share price has fallen as much as 8% amid disappointment about its earnings growth.
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'MTN should look to Africa'
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MTN to wean itself from Telkom
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SA firms set to cash in on Zim
'Firms forced to change auditors'
Aug 20 2008 04:10 PM
One of the JSE's new listing requirements will have listed companies even more out of pocket when it comes to their audit fees.
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JSE reins in auditors
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JSE auditors' list within weeks
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Truworths delivers in tough times
Aug 20 2008 04:02 PM
Clothing retailer Truworths expects high interest rates and high levels of consumer debt to continue their impact on the South African retail environment for the year ahead.
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Truworths can handle bad debt
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Truworths shoppers still spending
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Retailers to mirror tough times
Govt imports Indian auditors
Aug 20 2008 02:41 PM
The auditor general's office is importing auditors from India due to the skills shortage in SA.
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SA pilots' grading scrutinised
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Replace SA's ageing workforce
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'Scrap Setas, give tax rebates'
Distell: No spending hangover
Aug 20 2008 03:05 PM
Strong volumes in ciders and ready-to-drink beverages add some fizz to liquor producer Distell's numbers.
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Distell goes 'green'
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Spirited performance at Distell
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Distell: '08 vintage a winner
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Aug 19 2008 11:55
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Aug 20 2008 03:39 PM
The petrol price looks set for the biggest cut in more than a decade, with diesel to drop by R1.45 a litre, an economist predicts.
Where's your money going?
Aug 20 2008 02:20 PM
Funds worth $132bn have left equity funds since the start 2008, but where is that money landing up?
Woolies, Pick n Pay face strikes
Aug 20 2008 05:00 PM
Woolworths and Pick n Pay are facing imminent strikes due to the "Walmartisation" of the retail sector, says Saccawu.
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Stuff you
Aug 21 2008 12:00
ABSA has emerged as South Africa's most expensive bank in the 2008 Finweek Bank Charges Report.
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G7 offers econ aid to Georgia
Aug 20 2008 04:32
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Casinos being cleaned out?
Aug 20 2008 11:49
The odds are not looking good for casinos on either side of the Pacific.
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Aug 20 2008 01:02
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Judgment a blow to SARS
Aug 20 2008 01:35
A tax-avoidance decision which went in favour of the taxpayer could be seen as a major blow to the reve...
Boost for aviation industry
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A R600m aerospace village, designed to unlock the growth potential of the aerospace and aviation industri...
Pharmacists dispute fraud claim
Aug 19 2008 05:31
Contrary to a recent report, there is no epidemic of medical scheme fraud, says the organisation United S...
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Paracon's R72m buyback
Aug 20 2008 02:00
ICT staffing company Paracon has found no better acquisition than its own shares.
Buoyant market boosts Grindrod
Aug 20 2008 01:23
The continued buoyant shipping market and substantial demand for commodities has given Grindrod's res...
Uranium One looks on bright side
Aug 20 2008 07:54
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More pressure for housing market
Aug 20 2008 03:03
Economists say that the housing market is likely to endure further pressure into 2009, after Stats SA dat...
Ivory trade banned in Namibia
Aug 20 2008 02:50
Namibia will impose a ban on all trade with "worked ivory" from September, in a bid to assert i...
Households to spend even less
Aug 19 2008 08:09
Households, under pressure from high prices, interest rates and debt burdens, will have to curb their spe...
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Industrial 25
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Financial 15
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