Over the past couple of weeks, I've had the opportunity to digest the thought-provoking, inspiring conversations that occurred at this year's Search Insider Summit. It's clear to me that we as an industry are beginning to view search more holistically. 10 Jun 2008
Backsberg Wine Estate was awarded the Mail & Guardian Greening the Future prize for energy efficiency and carbon management at this year's ceremony held in Johannesburg on 5 June 2008, which coincided with World Environment Week. 10 Jun 2008
Pep Stores has launched the Student Prince Academy to provide after-school core competence training in literacy, numeracy and life skills to hundreds of Grade 4 children in Gauteng and the Western Cape. 10 Jun 2008
Canderel has announced that it is sponsoring actress Shelley Meskin's first theatre production, ‘Does My Bum Wobble?' which she co-wrote with award-winning writer, Thomas Hall. 10 Jun 2008
A new malware variant is making its way around that encrypts nearly every type of file on a victim's hard drive. The malware contains a ransom note offering a decryption key to the user for a price. A US-based company, Kaspersky Lab, which discovered the malware, is working on cracking the 1,024-bit RSA encryption code. 10 Jun 2008
NEW DELHI, India, 6 June - There is one more reason why your grocery bill may shoot up in the next few days. Packaging costs are expected to rise substantially, which could push up the prices of branded consumer products. 10 Jun 2008
High cost of food blamed on climate change. 9 Jun 2008
An energy exhibition was held at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg, from 6-8 June 2008 to create awareness around energy efficiency and renewable energy while mobilising all households and business to participate in reducing energy consumption. 9 Jun 2008
Take-Two Interactive's blockbuster second quarter - powered by strong early sales of 'Grand Theft Auto IV' - may have implications for the ongoing efforts of Electronic Arts to acquire its main competitor. 9 Jun 2008
When I started as an Internet marketing strategist back in 1993, people usually asked me, "Jim, can we really make money online?" 9 Jun 2008
Auctions on eBay aren't going the way of the dinosaur, but they're being overshadowed by fixed-price sales, and eBay sellers who use the traditional auction structure are facing higher fees. These changes are forcing eBay sellers to rethink their approach to their online businesses. 9 Jun 2008
There is a level of excitement in the call centre space I haven't witnessed since VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) began transforming the call centre into the contact centre. Over the years, we have seen technology after technology change the way contact centres work, and we are at the point today where IP communications affords us the opportunity to distribute call centres and agents at will. 9 Jun 2008
Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad will attend a two-day session of the South Africa/Malawi Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) this week to strengthen bilateral programmes of cooperation with Malawi. 9 Jun 2008
SABMiller putting up a brave front as sharks circle. 9 Jun 2008
Sales growth for Mr Price's apparel division better than its competitors. 9 Jun 2008
I recently attended my college reunion and had the experience of reconnecting with 50 or more people with whom I haven't spoken in a decade. 9 Jun 2008
Rainbow FoodSolutions has launched its new Flavourburst Meal Cut Portion (MCP) range and says feedback from the trade has been positive. 9 Jun 2008
The US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division has closed its investigation of the joint venture between SABMiller Plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company. 9 Jun 2008
An alarming concentration of wholesalers in SA markets was revealed on Thursday, 5 June 2008. The worst case is fuel, where six oil giants account for 82% of all petrol and diesel sales. They have the widest profit margin of nearly 6% against SA's average 3.6% wholesale margin. 6 Jun 2008
The regulatory framework, which will enforce the Energy Conservation Programme (ECP) and penalise consumers who use electricity excessively, is being finalised. 6 Jun 2008
