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Black market for cigarettes still thriving – led by Zim’s Gold Leaf
WEBApr 19, 2021 · It found: Cigarettes are retailing for as little as R6 for a pack of 20 – a fraction of the legal Minimum Collectible Tax (MCT) of R21.61. The number of brands owned by the Zimbabwean-owned Gold Leaf Tobacco Corporation (GLTC) found being sold under MCT soared by 13 percentage points in a month; 85% of their brands purchased were illegal.
Five key lessons from Tylenol Crisis from the "Tylenol Man" himself
WEBNov 15, 2013 · 1. Values based brands outperform non-values based brands on trust, credibility and listenability. In other words, great companies and great brands stand on a platform of great values. In a crises I’d rather defend the values than the facts. 2. Crisis management is not about public relations driven ‘damage control’.
Advice from a self-made, apartheid-era, black business icon
WEBJan 8, 2020 · Judging by its lack of response to these beacon-finding words by the apartheid-era black business icon, Dr Richard Maponya, 99, who died at the weekend, government wasn’t listening when he uttered them six years ago. We can only hope it takes note today, because they are all the more pertinent as our economic crisis grows and unemployment soars beyond record levels.
Wall Street hedge fund pioneers AI-driven investment success
WEBOct 4, 2023 · Wall Street hedge fund pioneers AI-driven investment success. Voleon Group, a hedge fund with $5 billion in assets under management, is at the forefront of the AI-driven revolution in finance. Co-founded by a former nuclear physicist, the firm is strategically located near a machine-learning hub in Berkeley, California.
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WEB6 days ago · BizNews speaks to Deputy Minister of Energy and Electricity, Samantha Graham-Maré. Political dominoes falling: Tshwane mayor ousted, Ekurhuleni next? – De Beer. 26th September 2024. Mayor of Tshwane, Cilliers Brink, was today toppled in a Vote of No Confidence.
Zimbabwe's latest shot at a stable currency: The gold-backed ZiG
WEBAug 12, 2024 · All about Zimbabwe’s latest shot at a stable currency: The gold-backed ZiG. Zimbabwe’s introduction of the ZiG, a gold-backed currency, aims to stabilize its economy after years of hyperinflation. Launched in April, the ZiG replaces the Zimbabwean dollar, which depreciated rapidly since its 2019 revival. Backed by $100 million in cash and ...
From rags to riches: How Elizabeth Arden built a beauty empire
WEBDec 7, 2021 · When Elizabeth Arden died in 1966, she was still running her empire which by then included over 100 Elizabeth Arden salons around the world and a line of approximately 300 products. She left $4 million to her loyal employees. Today the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Revlon, Inc. and is estimated to have annual gross sales of $3 billion.
Life Healthcare pivots from hospital chain to ... - BizNews
WEBJun 19, 2024 · By Janice Kew. Peter Wharton-Hood, the chief executive officer of Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd., is pivoting the biggest South African hospital chain by market value to diagnostics and health-care services as clinical admissions plateau. The company is expanding its capacity to check for early signs of …
Top 2022 conspiracy theories that turned out to be true - BizNews
WEBJan 4, 2023 · Mainstream Media Spun These News Stories as Conspiracy Theories — But They Turned Out to Be True. Political commentator Kim Iversen reviewed the top news stories in 2022 that she said the mainstream media spun as conspiracy theories “simply for saying something that went against the establishment liberal …