Eskom said on Wednesday that it is operating normally despite protests by workers outside four of its power plants following a breakdown in wage negotiations. Police surrounded five of the stations earlier when protesters
Author: Agency Staff
Elon Musk has finally been forced to rethink his vaulting ambitions for Tesla. The news on Tuesday that Musk will dismiss more than 3 000 employees, or about 9% of the company’s workforce, underscored what many
AT&T has been cleared by a judge to take over Time Warner in a $85-billion (R1.1-trillion) deal that will fuel the mobile phone giant’s evolution into a media powerhouse and could spark a wave of new mergers
Penalties meted out by the US on ZTE were meant to punish the company for breaking trade sanctions. They certainly hurt its shareholders. Stock in the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker plunged
Bitcoin tumbled to its lowest level since February as the meltdown in the world’s largest digital currency accelerated, renewing concern about the long-term viability of the much-hyped alternative to traditional
Hopes are running high for the next wave of innovation in blockchains – the decentralised computer-based distributed ledgers that are being touted as the solution for everything from routine financial transactions
Chinese serial entrepreneur Lei Jun has been compared with Steve Jobs. Now, analysts are saying the smartphone giant he built could be twice as expensive as Apple. Xiaomi deserves to trade at a premium
The US senate plans to advance legislation to restore penalties on ZTE after President Donald Trump drew sharp criticism for easing restrictions to get the Chinese company back in business. The senate is voting late
The Barack Obama-era network neutrality regulations that barred broadband providers from slowing or blocking Internet traffic expired Monday, a major milestone in a debate that continues in the courts and the
The 2018 selloff in cryptocurrencies deepened, wiping out $42bn (R547bn) of market value over the weekend and extending this year’s slump in bitcoin to more than 50%. Some observers pinned the retreat on an