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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:03:55 SAST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pick 'n Pay named world's best retailer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:03:55 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pick 'n Pay has been voted the world's best retailer by international retail organisation, the National Retail Federation (NRF).<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Petrol prices to drop again...]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:55:23 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg - South African petrol pump prices will fall by between R1.34 and R1.37a litre, or 18 percent, and diesel prices will drop by about 20 percent from January 7, the government said on Friday.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why the cost of smsing is the biggest ripoff ever...]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/why-the-cost-of-smsing-is-the-biggest-ripoff-ever-/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/why-the-cost-of-smsing-is-the-biggest-ripoff-ever-/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:12:00 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[TEXT messaging is a wonderful business to be in: about 2.5 trillion messages will have been sent from cellphones worldwide this year. The public assumes that the wireless carriers' costs are far higher than they actually are, and profit margins are concealed by a heavy curtain.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[eBay Launches in SA]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/ebay-launches-in-sa/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:44:30 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The greatest defunct Web sites and dotcom disasters]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/the-greatest-defunct-web-sites-and-dotcom-disasters/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/the-greatest-defunct-web-sites-and-dotcom-disasters/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:55:40 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Collected here are history's most important failed dotcom businesses, and Web sites that were massive in their day, but now lie dormant in the graveyard of binary has-beens.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Motorists get fuel price relieve]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/motorists-get-fuel-price-relieve/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/motorists-get-fuel-price-relieve/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:21:02 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg - The price of petrol is expected to drop by about 35 cents per litre when the Central Energy Fund releases the latest petrol and diesel prices on Friday.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google this: CEO Eric Schmidt wants to join the Obama cabinet]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/google-this-ceo-eric-schmidt-wants-to-join-the-obama-cabinet/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/google-this-ceo-eric-schmidt-wants-to-join-the-obama-cabinet/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:24:07 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Journal, citing unnamed tech and media executives, speculated that Schmidt &quot;might desire a role in an Obama administration, possibly the chief technology officer post Sen. Obama has said he would create.&quot;<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oil Prices Slip Below $70 a Barrel]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/oil-prices-slip-below-70-a-barrel/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/oil-prices-slip-below-70-a-barrel/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:24:03 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Oil prices have tumbled by nearly $40 a barrel in just three weeks as indications grow that demand for energy will slow along with weakening economies around the world. As recently as July, oil was trading at a record of $145 a barrel.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft unveils $40bn buy-back]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/microsoft-unveils-40bn-buy-back/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/microsoft-unveils-40bn-buy-back/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:42:53 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has unveiled plans to spend $40bn (£22bn) buying back its shares from investors, the biggest single buy-back plan in history.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Embattled Yahoo board wins re-election]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/embattled-yahoo-board-wins-re-election/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/embattled-yahoo-board-wins-re-election/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:05:50 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[San Jose - Yahoo's embattled board members won re-election by resounding margins on Friday.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Buying a house in Zimbabwe... (pic)]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/buying-a-house-in-zimbabwe-pic/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:18:30 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe introduces $100 billion banknotes]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/zimbabwe-introduces-100-billion-banknotes/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/zimbabwe-introduces-100-billion-banknotes/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:45:08 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Banks best at corporate governance, says study]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/banks-best-at-corporate-governance-says-study/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/banks-best-at-corporate-governance-says-study/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:36:05 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg - Banks are tops in corporate governance among JSE companies, says Board Barometer, a business that analyses listed firms' board composition and attitude to good governance.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sexwale has eyes for Telkom]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/sexwale-has-eyes-for-telkom/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/sexwale-has-eyes-for-telkom/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:55:09 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg - Businessman Tokyo Sexwale's Mvelaphanda Holdings has made a R90 billion bid for Telkom, Business Day newspaper reported on Monday.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eight reasons higher petrol prices will do us a world of good]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/eight-reasons-higher-petrol-prices-will-do-us-a-world-of-good/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/eight-reasons-higher-petrol-prices-will-do-us-a-world-of-good/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 19:49:16 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Further price rise would be a catalyst for economic, political and social change of profound national and global impact. We could face an economic squeeze, but it would be the pain before the gain.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook may work with Google]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/facebook-may-work-with-google/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/facebook-may-work-with-google/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:11:37 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Carlsbad - Social networking wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, said on Wednesday he envisions one day working with search leader Google Inc in some way.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Car Advert in Zimbabwe (pic)]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/car-advert-in-zimbabwe-pic/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/car-advert-in-zimbabwe-pic/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:43:56 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As title says<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is this the end of Nationwide?]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/is-this-the-end-of-nationwide/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/is-this-the-end-of-nationwide/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:57:08 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg - Nationwide Airline has ceased operations until further notice, the airline announced on Tuesday.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft deadline looms for Yahoo]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/microsoft-deadline-looms-for-yahoo/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/microsoft-deadline-looms-for-yahoo/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:02:09 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[San Francisco - Microsoft's unwanted courtship of Yahoo hits a critical point as a deadline arrives for the struggling Internet pioneer to accept the software giant's $44.6 billion takeover offer.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forbes: In Pictures: World's Youngest Billionaires]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/forbes-in-pictures-worlds-youngest-billionaires/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/forbes-in-pictures-worlds-youngest-billionaires/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:39:33 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nothing beats being young and rich. Here are the world's 10 youngest billionaires. They include a former Enron oil trader, a German prince and China's richest woman. The youngest of all is 23-year-old Facebook founder<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo executives face hostile battle]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/yahoo-executives-face-hostile-battle/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/yahoo-executives-face-hostile-battle/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:17:08 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Washington - Microsoft on Saturday issued a three-week ultimatum for Yahoo to accept its $44.6-billion takeover offer or face a hostile battle for the support of the Internet giant's shareholders.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe: Reserve Bank Introduces New Z$50 Million Note]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/zimbabwe-reserve-bank-introduces-new-z50-million-note/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/zimbabwe-reserve-bank-introduces-new-z50-million-note/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:30:15 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) today introduced a new Z$50 million note to deal with rampant shortages of cash in an economy that is also grappling with the world's highest inflation rate now standing at 165 000 pe<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook Becoming a Hub for Personal Brands]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/facebook-becoming-a-hub-for-personal-brands/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/facebook-becoming-a-hub-for-personal-brands/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:26:09 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Social networks are becoming the very mechanisms for connecting with people, ideas, brands, news and information. But thinking of social networks as a personal playground will only come back to haunt you and any company<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building a Life on $25 and a Gym Bag]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/building-a-life-on-25-and-a-gym-bag/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/building-a-life-on-25-and-a-gym-bag/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:50:49 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[College Graduate Leaves Comfortable Life for Poverty Experiment - His goal: to have a furnished apartment, a car, and $2,500 in savings within a year.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tough times for Yahoo]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/tough-times-for-yahoo/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/tough-times-for-yahoo/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:22:58 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[California - Yahoo is facing seven shareholder lawsuits alleging the slumping internet pioneer bungled its response to Microsoft's unsolicited takeover bid.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget brings tax and poverty relief, hope for Eskom]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/budget-brings-tax-and-poverty-relief-hope-for-eskom/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/budget-brings-tax-and-poverty-relief-hope-for-eskom/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:01:41 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax relief, reduced corporate taxes, government support for Eskom's power station building programme, a new electricity levy, more social spending, and a boost for job creation were announced by Finance Minister Trevor <br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SA mining boss makes Fortune's power list]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/sa-mining-boss-makes-fortunes-power-list/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/sa-mining-boss-makes-fortunes-power-list/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:38:46 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[South Africa's Marius Kloppers has been ranked in 18th place in Fortune's 25 Most Powerful People in Business list among business giants such as Google pioneers Larry Page and Sergei Brin (4), Jeff Immelt of General Ele<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Moneyweb - Economic trends - Eskom’s request to raise tariffs by 18,7% denied]]></title>
<link>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/moneyweb-economic-trends-eskomrsquos-request-to-raise-tariffs-by-187-denied/</link>
<comments>http://tiviti.co.za/news/business-finance/moneyweb-economic-trends-eskomrsquos-request-to-raise-tariffs-by-187-denied/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:45:47 SAST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[How do you get away with a 14.2% price hike for an essential service while the Reserve Bank is raising interest rates to curb inflation?<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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