BEIJING: China has rejected a plan by Coca-Cola to acquire the nation's top juice maker Huiyuan over fears that it would damage competition, the commerce ministry said Wednesday, 18 March 2009. 20 Mar 2009
Two Eastern Cape business tycoons, who have been friends for over 26 years with joint business dealings, are at war over a shopping centre development in Grahamstown. 20 Mar 2009
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp. plans to halve recruitment of full-time workers in the next fiscal year starting in April to around 1,800 employees, the Nikkei business newspaper reported on Thursday, 19 March 2009. 19 Mar 2009
In comparison to the massive scale of music in Europe and the United States, the South African music industry, unmistakably crowded with talented musicians, has a poor reputation when it comes to guaranteeing the commercial success of local artists. SA online store, WantItAll, has a passion for music and aims to improve this perception. 19 Mar 2009
South African retailers are seeing a rapid growth in the number of Chip and PIN cardholders at pay points, and are already upgrading their systems to accept these cards. 19 Mar 2009
USA: Apple on Tuesday, 17 March 2009, unveiled next-generation iPhone software with copy-paste and multimedia messaging features but no sign of much-coveted Flash for digital video. 19 Mar 2009
Absa has started a countrywide pilot to introduce foreign languages on its ATMs to take advantage of international events, the listed commercial bank said on Monday, 16 March 2009. 19 Mar 2009
Solidarity has welcomed the SA Reserve Bank's decision to bring forward the date of its meeting for the adjustment of interest rates, the trade union said on Wednesday, 18 March 2009. 19 Mar 2009
South African retail trade sales at constant (2000) prices for January increased by 1.7% year-on-year (y/y) from a revised drop of 0.2% (-0.1%) in December, figures released on Wednesday, 18 March 2009, by Statistics South Africa show. 19 Mar 2009
Following eight months of successive declines, retail sales surprised on the upside in January, posting a 1.7% annual increase that was helped by lower interest rates, petrol prices and base effects. 19 Mar 2009
The Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to hold its regular meetings more often to allow for more effective planning and quicker reactions to changes in the economy. 19 Mar 2009
The Gauteng Liquor Board (GLB) has become one of the greatest barriers to entrepreneurship in the hospitality industry in Gauteng. It is also turning honest entrepreneurs into potential criminals. 18 Mar 2009
The National Credit Regulator (NCR) has urged consumers in the North West to avoid signing documents and contracts they have not read properly or do not understand. 18 Mar 2009
The Competition Tribunal said on Wednesday, 18 March 2009, that although it ruled that two summonses issued by the Competition Commission against Woodlands and Milkwood milk processors in the Clover milk price fixing case were void for being "vague and overbroad", it had imposed a novel remedy in the case. 18 Mar 2009
Nokia said Tuesday, 17 March 2009, it will lay off 1,700 people worldwide to cut costs, as the global economic downturn strikes deeper into the mobile phone sector. 18 Mar 2009
NEW YORK: US multimedia firm Discovery Communications filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday, 17 March 2009, over its popular electronic reader, the Kindle. 18 Mar 2009
More Americans bought digital music last year while the number purchasing compact discs declined sharply, the NPD Group market research firm reported on Tuesday, 17 March 2009. 18 Mar 2009
The R100m Thornhill Shopping Centre in Polokwane, Limpopo, will be opened next Thursday. 18 Mar 2009
Distell has launched its cream liqueur, Amarula, in two of India's most populous and affluent states, Maharashtra and Karnataka, where it is focusing on duty-free outlets and high-class hotels. 17 Mar 2009
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