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/ 22 December 2008
Cosatu has vowed to fight an anticipated flurry of retrenchments in the new year as companies come to blows with the global economic recession.
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/ 28 November 2008
Massive discounts are on the cards this festive season as South African retailers brace themselves for the bleakest Christmas in nearly two decades.
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/ 11 November 2008
SA cement manufacturer PPC on Monday reported an 8% rise to 283 cents in its headline earnings per share for the year ended September 2008.
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/ 10 November 2008
South African ICT firm Allied Technologies (Altech) has been granted leave to participate in merger proceedings between MTN Group and Verizon SA.
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/ 3 November 2008
The JSE remained higher on Monday in line with overseas markets which were being buoyed by hopes that central banks would cut interest rates.
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/ 15 October 2008
South African stocks plummeted nearly 7% on Wednesday following severe drops in overseas markets amid renewed fears of a global economic slowdown.
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/ 15 October 2008
The JSE extended losses at noon on Wednesday, retreating nearly 3% as investors fretted about the health of the global economy.
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/ 19 September 2008
South African stocks remained at elevated levels at noon on Friday, following similar gains in overseas markets.
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/ 12 September 2008
Retailer Woolworths said on Friday that the effects of the day’s industrial action at its Cape Town stores had been minimal.
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/ 12 September 2008
SA stocks extended gains on Friday, sending the all-share index 1,6% higher as investors snapped up shares in the badly beaten mining sector.