Davies maps route for free trade area

Cape Town – The first phase of setting up a free trade area across 26 countries in Africa is expected to come into effect in three years, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday. Briefing the media in Parliament, following Sunday’s meeting in Sandton to...

ResMed Completes Acquisition of BiancaMed

esMed (NYSE: RMD and ASX: RMD), a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of medical equipment for treating, diagnosing, and managing sleep-disordered breathing and other respiratory disorders, today announced the acquisition of BiancaMed Ltd...

R1.2bn Reserve Bank losses

Pretoria – The South African Reserve Bank reported a R1.2 billion after-tax loss in the year ended March 2011, it said in its Annual Report. According to the document, capital flows to many emerging markets in the final quarter of 2010 and early 2011 with a...

Gross domestic expenditure rises to 8.3%

Pretoria – Real gross domestic expenditure accelerated to 8.3 percent in the first quarter of 2011, says the South African Reserve Bank. “Growth in real gross domestic expenditure accelerated significantly from an annualised rate of 2.4 percent in the...

EU Can Help Irish Business

Research and innovation, involving collaboration between businesses and knowledge providers, and utilising EU funding, is one of the motors that will drive sustainable development in Ireland. This was the clear message given by a panel of industry practitioners,...

Irish Start-Ups Match Up with Europe

This week, Ireland joins other E.U. countries, such as Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium by offering an Enterprise Exchange Programme for new entrepreneurs.   Funded by the E.U. Commission, the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Programme enables...