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Eskom's secret business deals come to light  
2010-03-10 08:09:01

ESKOM has secret deals with 138 big companies that pay dirt cheap prices for electricity, possibly as low as 9c per kilowatt hour. [Full Story...]  0 Comments
Pick n Pay's Raymond Ackerman says goodbye  
2010-03-10 09:51:01
Retail colossus Raymond Ackerman bid his team an official farewell today, after over 40 years at the helm of supermarket group Pick n Pay. [Full Story...]  0 Comments
Food firms face fixing blow  
2010-03-10 04:00:01
The country's big four consumer food groups - Tiger Brands, Pioneer Foods, Foodcorp and Premier Foods - will come before the Competition Tribunal again for a ruling on alleged price-fixing in their milling divisions since 2006. [Full Story...]  0 Comments
World Cup's main beneficiary is Fifa, and SA's slice slims  
2010-03-10 04:00:01
Early estimates of the economic benefits to South Africa from the World Cup seem to have been too optimistic. [Full Story...]  0 Comments


SMALL SLICE: Early estimates of the economic benefits to South Africa from the World Cup seem to have been too optimistic. Full story
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 OPINION/ ANALYSIS
 Business Watch
Business Watch: Cipro chief takes ill at a seemingly convenient time  Comment
Remarkably the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (Cipro) chief executive Keith Sendwe has taken "very ill" and has been on sick leave since December just as an investigation is under way into alleged fraud involving a multimillion-rand electronic content management tender.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
 Inside Business
Inside business: Bank bullies may freeze Iceland out after vote  Comment
Legally, it seems, nothing much stands on the outcome of the "Icesave" referendum held in Iceland last weekend. Although 93 percent of voters were against a proposed plan to repay €3.8 billion (R38bn) to Holland and Britain, the three governments are continuing negotiations in a bid to find some way out of the impasse.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
 Features
Football Scores: World Cup can bring diverse economic benefits  Comment
The much-hyped World Cup is nearly upon us. In June and July 32 national teams will be competing in 64 matches, including - and leading up to - the final.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
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 NEWS BY SECTOR
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Housing: Prices show recovery signs  Comment
The average price of houses in all categories was higher last month compared with a year ago, Absa said yesterday, and the improvement in the housing market was expected to gather further momentum this year on the back of recovery in the economy. [Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
 News by Sector
Labour: Fifa punishes Zakumi factory  Comment
A Chinese factory contracted to produce figurines of World Cup mascot Zakumi had been forced to stop work after accusations it was running a sweatshop, The Times reported yesterday. [Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
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US markets  Comment
Stocks opened slightly lower yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of the lows reached in the recess ion, with commodity-related shares down as the dollar strengthened.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
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Lower equities stop six-day winning streak for stocks  Comment
Shares took a tumble yesterday, taking the stock market off multi-week highs.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 
 Finance
Rogue debt collectors surface in tough times 
Many debt collection agencies and lawyers are abusing employer ignorance of garnishee orders to charge excessive fees and bend the law, a debt counselling firm claims.[Full Story...] 

 
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