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Manufacturers move to the cloud
Manufacturers have one thing in common - they need to make themselves hassle free from a supply chain, distribution and services point of view. Many manufacturers are looking to cloud computing to improve their process, supply chain management, R&D as well as front and back office functions. Read more >>


Manufacturing
Productivity SA endorses inaugural Manufacturing Indaba

Issued by Siyenza

Productivity SA has announced its endorsement of the inaugural Manufacturing Indaba. The event, which is being held at Emperor's Palace, Johannesburg, on 19 and 20 May, will bring together public and private sector players from the manufacturing sector to debate, network and promote the growth of South Africa's manufacturing industries. Read more >>




Three-wheeler market gaining momentum, research finds
Three-wheelers are increasingly gaining acceptance as an effective means of transportation, especially in developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The global three-wheeler market is primarily concentrated in the Asia-Pacific, which accounted for a market share of 65% of global three-wheeler market, in volume terms, in 2013. Read more >>

Oracle Innovation Day in South Africa

Issued by 4 Dimensions Advertising

Don't miss the opportunity to be one of the executives at Oracle Innovation Day - sponsored by: Intel, Adapt IT, Axizworkgroup, Ristec and Falcorp. Read more >>

Construction of Durban's Northern Aqueduct begins
Construction of Durban's Northern Aqueduct Augmentation (NAA), which will begin to put in place urgently needed bulk water infrastructure for the rapidly developing northern areas of the city, is expected to begin this month Read more >>

Manufacturing
China's Huawei vows security after alleged US hacks
SHANGHAI, CHINA: Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei pledged to protect cyber security, following reports this month that a US government agency had been secretly tapping the company's networks. Read more >>

Clover Industries deals coming through
Despite trying times for food producers and retailers, the dairy sector is doing fairly well, and heading the sector is Clover Industries' according to Vunani Securities analyst Anthony Clark. Read more >>

Grindrod moots 'much cheaper' trains

Razina Munshi

Grindrod's diesel-electric locomotive‚ which the company said was the cheapest in the world‚ could pit the logistics group as a competitor against state rail utility Transnet and global rolling stock manufacturers such as General Electric and Electro-Motive Diesel. Read more >>

Seems Burger King IS SA's best burger
Forget the national elections, the vote for South Africa's best burger is in - and Burger King is, well, king. Read more >>

SAB competition case: 'no remedy likely to have great impact'

Amanda Visser

The Competition Commission's 10-year-old case against South African Breweries' (SAB's) distribution system has been dismissed by the Competition Tribunal. Read more >>

A selection of business news briefs
A selection of business briefs from around the industrial and retail sectors that have occurred in the past few days. Read more >>

Grindrod to raise R4bn for project funding

International

Russia's Avtovaz reports net loss
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Russia's leading car manufacturer, Avtovaz reversed into a net loss last year because of a sales slump on the Russian market, the company reported last week. Read more >>

Computers lose more ground to tablets
WASHINGTON, USA: - Sales of traditional computers will lose more ground in 2014 to tablets and other mobile devices, a market tracker said. Read more >>

Honda will cut UK jobs on weak European car demand
LONDON, UK: Honda will axe 340 jobs by cutting shifts at its factory in western England in response to weak European demand for its cars, the Japanese car manufacturer said. Read more >>

Google partners with Luxottica for Internet eyewear
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google is joining forces with the spectacle frame company behind Ray-Ban and other brands to create and sell Glass Internet-linked eyewear in the US. Read more >>


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                    GreenBiz
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                      HR & Recruitment
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                        The Fresh Group hosts dialogue on future of businesses
                        Entrepreneurship an answer for SA's unemployment crisis

                        Legal
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                          Deduction of audit fees considered by SCA - Graeme Palmer
                          Africa should have its own court: Motlanthe

                          Property
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                              Tourism
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                                  Logistics
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