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Emerging-market stocks have been under pressure on rising worries about the economic effect of the virus, with the all share closing 0.28% lower

Palladium jumped 1.1%, silver fell 0.7% while platinum rose 0.1%

One analyst says improvements will only be seen when the numbers of new cases from the virus starts to slow

Japan also warns of economic risks from the China virus but Opec says it can help curb losses, despite Libyan outage

Markets recover after the previous day’s losses that were prompted by concern about economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak in China

Between 2002 and 2018, more than 45-million people were lifted out of poverty in the former war-torn country

The number of businesses that had to wind up their operations in 2019 rose 10.7% from the year before

Focus needs to fall on micro and macro  interventions to help raise growth rate

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PwC Africa CEO Dion Shango talks to Business Day TV about an annual PwC survey

Lending to households and corporates is expected to have slowed, reducing headline credit growth

FNB is hosting the 8th Franchise Leadership Summit on the 3rd of March 2020 at Montecasino, Johannesburg.

The country's union federations yesterday rejected the government's 5 percent increase in the national minimum wage.

Google launched its first Google Developers Space, a hub for African developers, entrepreneurs and startups, in Lagos, Nigeria.

MiPlan, a small “boutique” asset management company based in Newlands, Cape Town, has outperformed the major players in South Africa’s investment industry.

Businesses have a better chance of making it through the tough first years if they can forecast things like cash flow and expenses.

Renault’s board is set to meet later to approve the nomination of Luca de Meo, the former head of Volkswagen’s Seat brand, as its next chief executive.

South African Airways (SAA) has advised passengers, travel agencies and airline partners to continue booking flights on the airline after receiving R3.5 billion emergency funding from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). The post SAA on a high following DBSA cash injection appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, […]

The Automobile Association says motorists can expect a decline in the price of fuel next month. The post Fuel price drop on the horizon: AA appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

SAA is fighting for its survival after it entered into a form of bankruptcy protection in December. The post SAA to get R3.5 bln emergency funding from Development Bank appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

Autopax employees will receive the rest of their salaries from Tuesday. The post Autopax employees to receive salaries from Tuesday appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

 Power utility Eskom has appointed one of its former senior project managers, Avin Maharaj to head up their Kusile power station construction project in Mpumalanga. The post Eskom appoints project manager for Kusile power station construction appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current […]

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has signed a three-year settlement agreement in the Motor Industries Bargaining Council (MIBCO). The post Numsa signs three-year wage agreement with Mibco appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

Cell C has defaulted on the payment of interest on a $184-million loan, which was due in December 2019, along with interest and capital repayments related to bilateral loan facilities with various lenders.

Britain will let Huawei Technologies play a limited role in building the country’s next-generation mobile phone networks, denying a long-running attempt by the US to have the Chinese tech giant barred.

South African mining companies plan to build 609MW of electricity generating capacity, if they can get official approval for the projects.

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The iPad is a gadget success because many people could not imagine a world without it, industry experts have said as the device marks its 10th anniversary.

Apple has asked suppliers to make as many as 80 million iPhones in the first half of this year, an increase of more than 10% from the previous year’s output, the Nikkei newspaper reported.

The South African equity market returned 12% in 2019, after being saved at the death by December’s 3.3% return. However, this pales in comparison to the 28%...

A braai over the weekend inevitably reminds us of the significant challenges our country faces – there is lots of negative news to talk about.

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As parents, we all want the best for our children, and this often includes being able to give them the best education that we can afford. In the journey to...

Over the past year, global economic growth has slowed. International trade volumes have contracted. This slowdown has many causes but has been significantly...

With the latest GDP growth figures showing that the economy contracted 0.6% in the third quarter, SAA heading into business rescue, and the problems at Eskom...

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