Economic downturn raises questions in SA

While global growth’s current sluggishness is not ideal for South African economic prospects, there are more concerning local factors to consider. This is according to Old Mutual Investment Group chief economist, Rian le Roux, who says that issues such as electricity...

China drags Asia Pacific PC market down

IDC’s preliminary results show that the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market declined 8% sequentially and 13% year-on-year in 2013 Q1 to reach 26,4-million units, coming in lower than IDC’s initial forecasts. China dragged the entire region down, as...

Global TV market won’t recover until 2015

Stung by plunging sales in Japan and declining demand in North America and Western Europe, global television shipments in 2012 fell, marking a major inflection point that will have a lasting impact on the market, according to an IHS iSuppli Worldwide Television Market...

IT spend shrugs off 2012 woes

IT spending remained broadly strong throughout a difficult end to 2012, as business confidence waned in the shadow of the “fiscal cliff”, economic growth declined in much of Europe, and economies in Asia struggled to cope with reduced exports.  This is...