Archive for June 8th, 2010

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Investing around the World Cup is going to be a difficult business, with cold logic and fundamental decision- making likely to take a back seat during the course of the event.
The World Cup kicks off on Friday and so investors should start preparing for a bumpy rise - researchers have… »

The World Cup is turning out to be a sold-out affair with South Africans snapping up the majority of tickets, but the global event is bound to pose serious challenges with regards to productivity in the workplace.
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The second quarter Rand Merchant Bank/Bureau for Economic Research (RBM/BER) Business Confidence Index (BCI) could be evidence that economic growth in the second quarter of this year was weaker than that seen in the first three months of 2010.
The BCI fell seven points to a level of 36 in the… »

The Rand Merchant Bank/Bureau for Economic Research (RMB/BER) Business Confidence Index (BCI) slowed in the second quarter of this year after surging by 20 index points over the courseof just two quarters.
The index eased by seven points to a level of 36, far from the key 50index point level.
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The JSE opened cautiously firmer on Tuesday, following the lead of Asian markets which were also slightly firmer despite Wall Street closing 1% lower on Monday.
A local trader said firmer commodities prices were helping the local market.
By 09:20 the JSE all share index had added 0.93%,… »