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Campus Ethernet switch revenues hit two-year low
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Consumer rights and the financial services market
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Independent group calls for sustainability pledge
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Binge drinkers upped consumption during lockdown
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Customers demand more from life insurers
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Companies will let customers go if they are not a good fit
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Improved business confidence could be shaken by geopolitics
After remaining unchanged at 43 points in the fourth quarter of 2021, the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) increased to 46 in the first quarter of 2022. Although this is just below the neutral-50 mark reached in the second half of last year, the latest reading...
Despite challenges, SA grows women business owners
Despite the gender gap and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, women in South Africa are making progress as entrepreneurs, indicating a strong will and determination to survive. This is according to the latest Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs Index (MIWE),...
Inappropriate remuneration is the coalface of corruption
The litany of serious governance failures laid bare in the published elements of the Zondo Report is a wake-up for South Africa, and remuneration issues are at the heart of the problem - and it's solution. This is according to Dr Mark Bussin, executive committee...
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Xerox PSG names new accounts manager
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New temperature controller from Schneider
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