The different ways in which “buy now pay later” (BNPL) is being applied in SA’s retail landscape is the focus of this edition of Business Day Spotlight.
If ever there were an occasion to create a state-owned enterprise, Tiger Brands has to be the candidate. Talk is that the Langeberg fruit canning factory near Ceres will be closed since, due to load-shedding and constipation in SA’s ports, it is no longer profitable. Thousands of...
There’s a $60bn reason SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son might feel a little down. His company has shed more market value in the past year than during any 12-month period over the past two decades, while his portfolio of private and public companies faces continued turmoil. And yet,...
Oslo — A Norwegian court on Monday identified the suspect in a deadly rampage at a gay bar in Oslo as a Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin, as police advised organisers of a demonstration of solidarity in honour of its victims to cancel the event.
Schloss Elmau, Germany — Group of Seven leaders pledged on Sunday to raise $600bn (R9.5-trillion) in private and public funds over five years to finance needed infrastructure in developing countries and counter China’s older, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road project.
The UK has agreed to guarantee $2bn of the debt the African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended to governments on the continent, allowing the lender to free up finance for climate-related projects.
