Germany Lured into a Trap

The FT explains how European Central president Mario Draghi has lured Germany into a trap which makes it virtually impossible for that nation to stop financing the Eurozone no matter how profligate it continues to be. The “Club Med Bank” (as I dubbed it last year when...

Sainsburys New Jobs focus

Sainsbury’s To Create 6,000 New Jobs Sainsbury’s has confirmed it will create 6,000 new jobs over the forthcoming year The retailer currently recruits around 500 people every week for its network of over 1000 stores nationwide CEO Justin King to kick-start...

Transnet forging ahead with infrastructure programme

Johannesburg – Despite a softening of cargo categories, Transnet is going ahead with its infrastructure build programme. “In the earlier months of the current financial year, we have seen a softening particularly with the container volumes – imports...

SA, Switzerland boost trade ties

Pretoria – South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, has arrived in Zurich, Switzerland, on an official visit to deepen bilateral economic relations between the two countries. The main purpose of the SA-Switzerland Joint Economic Committee...

Intellectual Property Book

A new book entitled Intellectual Property: From Creation to Commercialisation has been launched at NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre, by author Dr John P. Mc Manus. The professional management of intellectual property (IP) is critically important...

Threat to pensions

In some countries – Argentina, Hungary, Portugal – governments have already expropriated private-sector pension funds as a means of dealing with serious financial problems. There are “warning tremors” that such policies of seizure could spread to developed...