HEADING FOR RECOVERY
By Matthew Hill
Much was said about uranium's atomic price rise to US$135/lb in June 2007, after having dwindled in the $20/lb range for decades. Sure, that was only the spot price, which makes up a minute part of the market, but the frenzy it created...
LIFE BEYOND THE STRIKE
By Sasha Planting
What an introduction to a country. For ABI MD John Ustas, the strike at the soft-drink company's five manufacturing plants has presented some new management challenges. But Ustas, who moved to ABI from Coca-Cola's Atlanta head office in July las...
BEST OF THE BUNCH
By Matebello Motloung
Though City Lodge's financial results are expected to be less than stellar, the market continues to give the hotel operator the thumbs up. The hotel chain, whose CEO is Clifford Ross, said in a trading update last week it expected ...
OUT OF THE WOODS?
By Andrew McNulty
Weak demand, lower volumes and sliding prices last year spoilt Sappi's chances of improving its profitability after a costly acquisition announced in 2008. Its results for the December quarter, the first for its 2010 financial year, of...
NIGERIAN CONNECTION?
By Larry Claasen
Telkom will not be drawn on whether it is thinking about buying out other mobile phone operators in Nigeria following its acquisition of a 75% holding in Multi-Links in a US$280m deal in 2007. Speculation on such a move continues af...
DROPPING THE PROFIT CALL
By Larry Claasen
At last Vodacom has something to smile about. After writing off R6,6bn from its takeover of pan-African satellite communications operator Gateway and having a public spat with a minority shareholder in its Democratic Republic of Congo ...
WAYS TO BOOST SAVINGS
By Evan Pickworth
It is unlikely that saving for your children's education will be a tax break you can expect from the budget on February 17. This does not mean government is doing nothing about it - there is talk of a move to free public schooling ...
QUIET BUT POSITIVE
By Razina Munshi
Government spending on infrastructure like roads and stadiums may have helped save the economy from the worst of the recession, but it hasn't been enough to replace demand in other sectors. Hudaco, an importer and distributor of eng...
POOLING RESOURCES
By Shannon Sherry
Protea Chemicals, a division of Omnia, has announced a joint venture with US-based Nalco to tap into a US$400m/year market for the treatment of industrial water in Africa. The joint venture, to be called Nalco Africa, will take adva...
CRISIS WATCH
By Andrew McNulty
A crisis can occur - and linger - in many forms. For some, it may mean continuing tough or weak economic conditions that curb demand and call for constraints on capital spending and stringent cost controls. That constrains activity...
THE UGLY DUCKLING
By Larry Claasen
ISA HOLDINGS 1. Cash positive 2. Revenue up
DIAMONDS & DOGS
Jamie Carr's picks of the week
Diamond - Harmony With the gold price swanking around in four figures looking more pleased with itself than a dog with two tails, it's a good time to be out with the pick and shovel, digging for the shiny yell...
INVESTOR'S NOTEBOOK
By Stephen Cranston
I might not have given up a Monday evening if I had realised that the guest of honour at a dinner that night wasn't the great pastor Ray McCauley. Instead it was someone called Paul McCulley, all the way from Virginia (the state, t...
RESOURCES STUMBLE
Resources shares have outperformed domestic financial and industrial shares over the past year, but the graph depicting the JSE Findi30 index relative to the JSE Resi20 index illustrates that the Findi30 has recently broken out convin...
