Two years of negotiations have resulted in the adoption of new international guidelines to limit the impact of fishing on fragile deep sea fish species and habitats. 4 Sep 2008
Consumer brands group AVI has reported a 5.7% increase in diluted headline earnings per share (HEPS) to 154.2 cents for the year ended June 2008 from 145.9 cents a year ago. 4 Sep 2008
The Nederburg Auction has a superb selection venerable vintages amongst its line-up, due to go under Stephan Welz's hammer from 19 - 20 September 2008. 4 Sep 2008
The Times and Sowetan daily newspapers are inviting advertisers, marketing managers and media planners to put money back in their pockets through its Clever Shopper weekly pages and competition. 4 Sep 2008
South Africa and Italy are to advance North-South relations on Saturday when Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma meets her Italian counterpart at Lake Como this week. 4 Sep 2008
The digital video recorder (DVR) has become a must-have appliance, according to a survey released by NDS, a digital pay TV technology solution provider. More than 70% of consumers who currently own a DVR told surveyors that they could not live without it. 4 Sep 2008
Most consumers probably associate eBay more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi. 4 Sep 2008
The franchising industry would be thrown into disarray by the Consumer Protection Bill that would make franchisors liable for the products and services supplied by franchisees, Parliament's trade and industry committee heard this week. 4 Sep 2008
The Fore Good Investment Group has recently acquired a majority share in the “The Snack Factory” brand adding it to its fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) portfolio. The other subsidiaries under the Fore Good stable include MeriBrands (the exclusive distributor for Canderel and Equal in southern Africa), Stirrr and the Harding Group. 3 Sep 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says the Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA) should begin exploiting his country's oil reserves, which are the largest in the world. 3 Sep 2008
The downturn in economic conditions is forcing numerous businesses to close, claiming insolvency. However, there are various implications to the Insolvency Act of which owners trying to sell their businesses are unaware, including the fact that failure to adhere to section clauses may render the sale invalid. Simphiwe Maphumulo of the law firm Garlicke & Bousfield Inc explains. 3 Sep 2008
Strange things have been happening in oil markets of late, leading to massive hikes in fuel prices in countries around the world, including South Africa. And even though our fuel price has just dropped, the future still looks ‘interesting'. 3 Sep 2008
Food and furniture retailer Shoprite has vowed to push ahead with its expansion into Africa. 3 Sep 2008
TOKYO: Japan's Onward Holdings Corp. has agreed to buy German luxury fashion label Jil Sander for €167 million ($243 million) in a bid to expand globally, a company spokesman said Tuesday. 3 Sep 2008
USA: New Payment Card Industry (PCI) regulations are just around the corner, and retailers dealing with credit cards will need to tighten up their standards in order to comply. For instance, your firewall performance will be reviewed more often, and you'll have to use anti-virus protection even on non-Windows platforms. Also, if you're still using WEP encryption, better get ready to chuck that and move to something better ASAP. 3 Sep 2008
So far, no mobile phone company has been able to make subscribers dance to its tune with a wildly popular, downloadable-to-handset music service. Yet Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, still wants in on the action, so it's announcing that the first handset preloaded with its Comes with Music service will be sold in the United Kingdom in October. 3 Sep 2008
Sony is attempting to gain some ground on the Nintendo DS with a PSP upgrade that includes a built-in microphone that can be used, among other things, to make phone calls. Whether that new functionality - as well as a better display and more storage - will be enough is questionable. If any audience is likely to be receptive, though, tech-savvy Japanese gamers would likely top the list. 3 Sep 2008
Anisa Ami Mpungwe is South Africa's newest designer to watch, having walked away with top honours at the Elle New Talent Awards recently. 2 Sep 2008
South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni will complete his current term of office which ends in August next year and will stay on if the new government asks him to continue in his position. 2 Sep 2008
South African supermarket group Shoprite Holdings on Tuesday reported a 54.1% increase in diluted headline earnings per share to 298.6 cents for the year ended June 2008 from 193.8 cents a year ago. 2 Sep 2008
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