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Gold trades steady as investors await widely expected Federal Reserve rate cut

Market on tenterhooks over risk of military action after attacks on crude oil facilities

Oil trims gains but threat of MIddle East military action keep stocks on the back foot

The JSE pushed to a seven-week high on Monday despite a surging oil price, but must contend with market tension over the Middle East

Market data including bonds, unit trusts and fuel prices

Sasol jumped 9.85% to R306, benefiting from a surge in oil prices following the drone attacks in Saudi Arabia

Brent crude jumped almost 20% when trade started on Monday after a strike on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia

It will square up the books, but the long-term solution is job creation

Analysts predict the Reserve Bank will err on the side of caution

The minister said growth in private-sector credit extension increased year-on-year in July from June, but much of this borrowing is going to SOEs

The government realises core industries are buckling under Eskom's tariff hikes and is looking for a way to ease the burden

eZAR is a digital coin pegged to the rand. In other words, one eZAR coin (or token) will always be worth R1

The group attributed increases to higher volumes, a favourable shift in mix towards higher value-add products and the 9.7% depreciation of the rand.

LG Display Co Ltd on Tuesday announced a voluntary redundancy program for its domestic production line employees amid mounting financial losses.

Industries such as transport, accommodation, print media, TV and dining, have seen disruptions that were not expected to take off two decades ago.

We take a look at the latest business news this morning and top stories from our newsrooms across SA, Africa, and the world.

According to a 2018 World Bank report, 66 percent of sub-Saharan Africans are unbanked … writes Kizito Okechukwu.

Oil dropped on Tuesday although the market remains on tenterhooks over the threat of a military response to attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.

The European Union’s order for Apple to pay 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in back taxes to Ireland “defies reality and common sense,” the US company said on Tuesday, as it launched a legal challenge against the 2016 ruling. The post Apple says $14 billion EU tax order ‘defies reality and common sense’ appeared first […]

Johannesburg's Metrobus management has decided to halt all bus services as the strike enters the second day. The post Metrobus halts all bus services due to intimidation of staff appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell 0.96% to $68.39 per barrel on Tuesday. On Monday, it surged 14.6% for its biggest one-day percentage gain since at least 1988. The post Oil trims gains, but Middle East risks keep stocks on back foot appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport […]

Metrobus in Johannesburg has apologised to it's commuters for service disruptions as a result of an industrial action by its workers. The post Metrobus apologises to commuters for service disruptions appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader..

Labour union Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union (Demawusa) has vowed to forge ahead with its strike action until Johannesburg Metrobus management succumbs to its demands. The post Demawusa vows to continue with Metrobus strike appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. […]

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd has entered into an agreement with B2Gold at its Gramalote project in Colombia that will see its Canadian joint venture partner raise its stake and assume management of the project. The post AngloGold Ashanti, B2Gold in deal over Colombia project appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, […]

Bill Gates, who knows a thing or two about antitrust investigations, doesn’t think it’s a good idea to break up the biggest US technology companies as some politicians have suggested.

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In IBM’s vision of cloud computing, Amazon.com and Microsoft will be allies rather than rivals.

South Africa’s Rica legislation, which governs the ability of the state to spy on the electronic communications of citizens, is unlawful, the high court in Johannesburg has ruled.

A senior software developer is out of pocket to the tune of R2 000 after his card details were compromised in a malware attack on Garmin South Africa's website.

A plan to establish the world’s largest green energy financing initiative is being threshed out in South Africa.

National Wills Week, which takes place between 16 and 20 September, is the perfect opportunity to review your will, or get a will drafted for free.

Naspers, the world’s sixth largest internet company by market capitalisation, will list its foreign internet assets separately via Prosus NV, a newly created...

We have always described ourselves as “contrarian” investors. While many of our best investment decisions on behalf of clients in the past have been at odds...

The year is flying by, but don’t let it pass without taking stock of your financial decisions, writes Lettie Mzwinila.

Everybody has biases. We make judgements about people, places, and of course, the markets. It is almost impossible not to allow the filters which are created...

Poker is known as a wicked environment: a setting that is dynamic and uncertain; where things are hidden, and you don’t always have all the information on...

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