International
1 year ago | September 8, 2017
Lion farmers in SA threaten big cats worldwide
South African lion farmers are supplying large volumes of lion bone, teeth and claws as “tiger parts” to an insatiable ...
1 year ago | August 25, 2017
What Sadc needs to do
Business Day The community’s trade and investment flows have grown considerably over the past 15 years, but integration ...
South Africa’s maize estimate up
South Africa will harvest 15,969 million tonnes of maize this season, the biggest crop on record after improved weather ...
Junk ratings across Africa
Every African nation that’s sold dollar debt now has at least one junk rating, but it would be hard to tell by looking ...
EU, US want to change bond market rules
European officials think voters are more important than the institutions that buy their bonds, but that’s a costly ...
2 years ago | August 18, 2017
Africa could soon be largest free-trade area
Africa could soon be the largest free-trade area in the world. This is if the African Union’s Continental Free Trade ...
2 years ago | July 28, 2017
US policy tightening to increase cost of external financing: IMF
The decision by the United States’ Federal Reserve Bank to raise the benchmark interest rate for three consecutive ...
2 years ago | July 24, 2017
Banks may face Kodak-style obsolescence
LONDON. — Banks could face a “Kodak moment” where they approach obsolescence in five to 15 years at the hands of new ...
‘DRC should hit brakes on Inga 3 dam scheme’
JOHANNESBURG. — The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should hit the brakes on the Inga 3 ...
Rand takes top spot in emerging markets
JOHANNESBURG. — South Africa’s rand is the best-performing currency in emerging markets since Janet Yellen last week ...
More US-China trade tensions expected after disappointing talks
WASHINGTON. — Little action was expected at Wednesday’s US-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, but despite the low ...
2 years ago | July 17, 2017
Dirty tobacco wars waged in Africa
British American Tobacco (BAT) and other multinational tobacco firms have threatened governments in at least eight ...
Judges keep HSBC report secret
NEW YORK — A US appeals court on Wednesday blocked the release of a report discussing HSBC Holdings Plc’s progress in ...
2 years ago | July 11, 2017
Oil futures down 18 percent
New York. – Even good news can do little to dispel the prevailing pessimism in the oil market. Hedge funds paused a ...
2 years ago | July 7, 2017
Things you can do to avoid a ransom attack
Last week, another wave of ransomware attacks affected quite a number of local businesses and organisations. The biggest ...
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