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IDC plan to boost industrial expansion
by SVEN LUNSCHE
THE state-owned Industrial Development Corporation has detailed a
four-year expansion plan, including 10 mega-projects, at a capital
cost of about R35-billion.
To finance the programme, the IDC is examining offshore borrowings
which could total around R10-billion. It will also embark on a
multi-billion-rand sale of its extensive portfolio of listed and unlisted
investments.
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At last you can pool your cash with the
big fish
by LEIGH ROBERTS
A NEW breed of unit trust fund which offers investors the
opportunity to earn higher interest on their cash savings has been
born.
After repeated delays, the much-anticipated South African launch of
money market funds finally took place on Friday.
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BT TECHNOLOGY
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Our monthly BT Technology supplement takes a new look at the way satellite tracking devices are being used to recover stolen or hijacked vehicles.
We also examine the mining industry's search for new technology to allow mining 4000 metres below the surface, ways of repelling sharks and the technologies used to detect land mines
Regulars in the supplement include Bill Gates and The Internet Solutions' Ronnie Apteker.
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CYBERCARDS
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Stock IXCHANGE is Windows software that displays graphs of
shares, unit trusts and other financial instruments. Simply
click on the logo and the relevant graph will
appear. But first you'll need to download Stock IXCHANGE Lite to use this service
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