Cyber attacks hammered Twitter, Facebook, and Google late last week, disrupting the hip micro-blogging service and causing stumbles at the hot social-networking site while Google fended off assaults. 7 Aug 2009
Japan's Sanyo Electric Co said on Friday that it would boost its solar panel production capacity by 30% within the next two years to meet surging demand fuelled by government subsidies. 7 Aug 2009
The educational booklet, Money Skills for Learners is once again available free to schools throughout South Africa, thanks to a collaboration between MasterCard Worldwide, City Press Business, SakeRapport and Dynamic Wealth. 7 Aug 2009
Kimberly-Clark is the name behind well-known global brands - Kleenex, Huggies, Kotex and Depend - used daily by over 1.3 billion people in more than 150 countries. The 137-year-old company, however, has set itself “ambitious goals” in terms of sustainability. 7 Aug 2009
Results of the SME Survey 2009 have now been disclosed and one of the preliminary findings is that ADSL has become the connection of choice for the SME, due to its reliability and relative low pricing. 7 Aug 2009
With large amounts of data from disparate sources, one of South Africa's leading rewards programmes, eBucks, turned to Qinfo to create a framework for its SAS data warehouse, which centrally stores and manage its business information. 6 Aug 2009
Aware that recent Eskom price hikes have resulted in pressure on consumers, Teljoy Solar has introduced its Green Credit to help South Africans to lower their electricity bills. 6 Aug 2009
The private, by-invitation-only shopping portal, www.luxury4less.co.za, has been available on Internet-enabled phones as www.luxury4less.mobi from 1 August, 2009. 6 Aug 2009
Transnet faces being hit with at least two costly lawsuits over the controversial Port Elizabeth harbour manganese ore dump and tank farm which have been fingered as major polluters and health hazards in the area. 5 Aug 2009
Gonubie's newest shopping mall has been dealt a severe blow after the owners of the R120 million development were placed under provisional liquidation. 5 Aug 2009
South African new vehicle sales in July were down 27.4% year-on-year compared with a fall of 23.7% y/y in June, figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa on Tuesday showed. 5 Aug 2009
Financial services group Old Mutual on Wednesday reported adjusted operating earnings per share on an IFRS basis of 5.4 pence for the six months ended June 2009 from 7.7 pence a year ago. 5 Aug 2009
The main focus of the Health Technology Exhibition to be hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre on 18, 19 & 20 February 2010, will be emerging technology and its role in health care, not only in South Africa, but globally. Endorsed by CEASA, it will underline the importance of technological developments in the health-care industry. 5 Aug 2009
The phone that sparked a revolution in mobile technology has been upgraded and re-released in South Africa. 4 Aug 2009
A project that uses Ndebele art to explain Pythagoras's Theorem to schoolchildren has recently benefited from the assistance of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA), Plascon and the “Africa Meets Africa” project. 4 Aug 2009
Bilton Wines has just released the 2006 vintage of its Merlot, which has already made its mark as the top-scoring Merlot with a tally of 16.5 points at a recent tasting at Winesense in Cape Town. 4 Aug 2009
Analysis: Q3 manufacturing outlook worsens... The PMI declined to 37.3 points in July from 37.9 points in June, coinciding with the 31.4% hike in electricity tariffs in that month. 4 Aug 2009
The fifth Female Nation Survey, which is conducted annually by Women24.com, has revealed that few save, are “cautiously optimistic” about the government and are happiest when they take “me” time. 4 Aug 2009
A factory that produces jeans for US clothing retailers Gap and Levi Strauss is allegedly illegally dumping chemical waste in Lesotho, posing a major hazard to children, London's Sunday Times reported yesterday. 3 Aug 2009
US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) plans initial public offerings (IPOs) worth billions of dollars for up to six of its companies, including Toys R Us, the Financial Times said on Saturday, 1 August 2009. 3 Aug 2009
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