A group of informal traders have received their certificates for completing the Grow Your Business course run by Wits University in partnership with the City of Johannesburg. 23 Jul 2008
Apple did everything right in its third quarter and posted robust earnings and revenue figures that bore that out. Like many other companies, however, Apple cautioned investors that the next quarter won't be as good as previously expected - and that bit of sobering news caused stock prices to plummet. 23 Jul 2008
USA - The company that pioneered the concept of skipping past television commercials is now introducing a new kind of TV-based advertising. TiVo has joined forces with Amazon to create an interactive system that will let viewers buy products featured on TV shows - right from their remotes. TiVo Product Purchase will present options on the screen and give users the opportunity to order without interrupting the program. 23 Jul 2008
The Renault-Nissan Alliance is to invest R1 billion to upgrade Nissan's manufacturing plant in Rosslyn, outside Pretoria. 23 Jul 2008
A recent report from US company, Integrated Media Measurement, Inc. (IMMI), based on data from 3,000 panellists in six major markets, finds that though multi-platform advertising increases reach over individual platform advertising, the effect is not simply additive. 23 Jul 2008
Biscuit producer Bakers, which for over 150 years has brought the Bakersman into South African homes, has relaunched the brand with a complete packaging makeover. 22 Jul 2008
India, South Africa and Argentina, key members of NAMA-11 alliance at World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva on Monday, 21 July 2008, rejected a move by developed countries to limit the flexibility on tariffs and imports of developing countries to protect their domestic industry and farm sector. 22 Jul 2008
South African consumers are set to become some of the best protected in the world with the new consumer protection legislation in the pipeline; companies, however, will have to change the way they do business. 22 Jul 2008
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday? When is the right time to send an email? That may be the right question, but is the answer what you are really looking for? This is probably the most widely asked question that email marketers will face. 22 Jul 2008
Enterprises using certain kinds of open source software may be exposing themselves to serious security risks, according to a study from Fortify Software. The study, which focused primarily on non-commercially supported OSS, found many packages have no ground rules for reporting bugs and do not adequately inform users about how to use the applications safely. 22 Jul 2008
Turned away by traditional banks, more people are flocking to online peer lending sites, including Prosper.com and Zopa.com. Meanwhile, the market for these sites is in the middle of growth spurt, which is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. 22 Jul 2008
Small businesses differentiate themselves through specialisation and customer service, and in tough economic times, they can't afford to sacrifice either. In fact, small-business owners should focus their resources on those areas. 22 Jul 2008
Two people were arrested for selling counterfeit tickets outside Newlands Stadium before the opening of the Vodacom Challenge soccer match in Cape Town with a further seven arrested for being in possession of such tickets inside the stadium. 22 Jul 2008
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, in partnership with the FTSE Group, has launched the FTSE/JSE Shariah Top 40 Index, which will open up many opportunities for those interested in Shariah compliant investment. 22 Jul 2008
Tiens Group, a Chinese group specialising in retail, tourism, finance, international trade and e-business in more than 190 countries, opened a Banner Store in Randburg in Johannesburg on Friday, its first retail store on the continent. 21 Jul 2008
The corrosive effects of spiralling inflation and food prices were confirmed on Friday when retail giant Woolworths confirmed middle-income earners had been pushed to the wall by the rising cost of living. 21 Jul 2008
Will artificial DNA be the future of computers and ‘green IT' after a team in Japan creates artificial DNA, furthering hopes in DNA computing? 21 Jul 2008
Does a lack of transparency exist in UK current account market, as that country's Office of Fair Trading claims? 21 Jul 2008
It is gratifying to see the increasing popularity of marketing measurement. You can barely get through an article on marketing these days without seeing "ROI" or "metrics" in the copy. Google search on "Marketing ROI" and you will get 16.5 million hits. 21 Jul 2008
Customer service is as important in the B2B space as it is in the consumer sector. It can be a differentiator for debt collection firms, which often are among several firms a customer deals with. 21 Jul 2008
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