by sundelbolong | May 9, 2020 | Business & Finance News
In line with their international counterparts, more South African asset owners, investment managers and service providers are becoming signatories of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Signatories publicly acknowledge that they have...
by sundelbolong | May 9, 2020 | Business & Finance News
It’s been a nerve-wracking few years for the traditional auto industry, given the surge of ride-hailing startups and the expansion of Tesla. Some investors, however, hedged their bets the easy way, by writing a cheque to Autotech Ventures LLC, a Silicon Valley venture...
by sundelbolong | May 9, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Once the coronavirus pandemic is over, the international tourism industry may initially find its saving grace in an unexpected place: the younger market segment. Older, more affluent travellers have traditionally proved lucrative for the sector. But in the...
by sundelbolong | May 9, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Canada shed three million jobs in the last two months due to the coronavirus lockdown, causing the unemployment rate to shoot up to 13% in April, the government reported Friday. That rate more than doubled, following a relatively small increase the previous month when...
by sundelbolong | May 9, 2020 | Business & Finance News
South Africa faces its gravest test since the end of World War II almost 75 years ago, to rebuild an economy that was already in a protracted slump after the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic that has seen activity ground to a halt since the end of March. Yet, one...
