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Air Products to launch 30 tonnes per day liquid hydrogen plants in China in 2022
New York-listed Air Products APD.N, the world's largest hydrogen producer, is expected to launch a 30 tonnes per day liquid hydrogen production plant in eastern China in 2022. The project, based in Haiyan county in Zhejiang province, would be the first large-sized commercial liquid hydrogen plant in China and the largest of its kind in
Multichoice sees 45% rise in half-year profit
Multichoice Group said on Monday its core headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the half year that ended Sept. 30 will be between 40-45 percent higher than the corresponding period last year. Africa's biggest pay-TV group said core HEPS, the main profit measure used by companies in South Africa, is likely to be between R1.75
Dollar dips, yen rises after vaccine progress news
The dollar edged down slightly on Tuesday and the Japanese yen recovered some of the previous session’s losses after news of progress towards a COVID-19 vaccine boosted risk appetite in global markets U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc PFE.N and German partner BioNTech SE BNTX.O said on Monday a large-scale clinical trial showed their vaccine was more
Huawei to sell $15 billion Honor unit to Shenzhen government, Digital China, others – sources
Huawei plans to sell budget-brand smartphone unit Honor in a 100 billion yuan ($15.2 billion) deal to a consortium led by handset distributor Digital China and the government of its home town of Shenzhen, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The plan comes as U.S. restrictions on supplying Huawei Technologies Co Ltd force
After Pfizer, Russia says its Covid vaccine Sputnik V over 90% effective
Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 is more than 90% effective, a representative of the health ministry said on Monday, citing data collated from vaccinations of the public rather than from an ongoing trial.The comments followed a statement earlier on Monday by vaccine developers Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, who said their experimental COVID-19 vaccine was
Newly-appointed SA airline ready to fly passengers this week!
Comair, the company which operates Kulula.com, has announced that it has begun taking bookings for Kulula flights ahead of its planned take-off on 1 December. “Anyone who travels with us will have a fully flexible ticket and will be able to change their flight as many times as they want to without fees. Our hypothesis
The Nokia 8 V 5G UW is HMD’s first high-end phone sold by Verizon
HMD’s Nokia is launching the $699 Nokia 8 V 5G UW, the company’s second 5G device. In a major shift for HMD, it’ll be sold through Verizon, making the Nokia 8 V HMD’s first high-end device that’ll be available through a US carrier. Despite the new branding, though, the Nokia 8 V is effectively a
What President Joe Biden brings to USA and the rest of the world
There was dancing in the streets. The man who polarised America like no other President in its history was on his way out of the White House door. Acting in churlish character, Donald Trump has refused to acknowledge Joe Biden’s victory. He continues to send fundraising emails to his supporters, asking them to contribute to
UNISA is well established in the higher education market – Enhance your knowledge by enrolling for UNISA’s Master’s Degrees in the College of Human Sciences
Some of the UNISA Master’s qualifications available at the College of Human Sciences are: Master of Arts in Afrikaans; African Languages; Ancient Near Eastern Studies; Anthropology; Arabic; Art History; Biblical Archaeology; History; International Politics; Islamic Studies; Linguistics; Nursing Science; Philosophy; Religious Studies; Sociology; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.; Theory of Literature; and Visual
In partnership with SA Homeloans, Capitec now offers interest rates from 6 percent
The biggest South African financial services group in customers, Capitec bank, has partnered up with SA Home Loans to launch its first full home loan offering. This will enable customers to initiate an application in under 5 minutes – alongside competitive linked interest rates from 6%. “We’ve continually received requests from both clients and the
#PowerToWomen: Professor Puleng Lenkabula appointed as the first woman vice-chancellor of Unisa
Put this down on history books: Unisa appoints its first woman vice-chancellor, Puleng Lenkabula The outstanding university announced the good news in a statement on Thursday night. Lenkabula will start her term in January, but will officially take over from outgoing vice-chancellor Professor Mandla Makhanya in April. Unisa’s council — the highest decision-making body at
Former BHS owner jailed for six years for tax evasion
Dominic Chappell, the former owner of BHS, has been sentenced to six years in jail for tax evasion. A Southwark Crown Court jury found him guilty of failing to pay tax of around £584,000 on £2.2m of income he received after buying the failed chain for £1. The court heard the 53-year-old spent the money
Deepfakes are getting cheaper, easier and way more convincing
There are many photos of Tom Hanks, but none like the images of the leading everyman shown at the Black Hat computer security conference Wednesday: They were made by machine-learning algorithms, not a camera. Philip Tully, a data scientist at security company FireEye, generated the hoax Hankses to test how easily open-source software from artificial
Premier Alan Winde says South Africa can’t afford to go back into lockdown
The global pandemic known as COVID-19 has had a very negative impact on the economy of South Africa. As such, the president of the country has had no choice but to impose restrictions to help curb the spread of the virus. It is vitally important that South Africa deals with Covid-19 hotspots as they appear
Facebook to announce presidential election result in Facebook and Instagram notifications
Facebook plans to put the name of the winner of the US presidential election at the top of Facebook and Instagram once it’s been projected by a majority of media outlets, the company says. The company also will label presidential candidates’ posts with a link to its voting information center, according to Facebook spokesperson Tom
“We are very tense, very concerned”: Herbert Diess on VW at a critical interval
Telling Bloomberg at VW headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, Herbert Diess raised his concerns about how Volkswagen (VW) is currently at a critical interval. It has weathered the pandemic relatively well but is fretting about cases going up again. It has electric cars rolling out but is well behind Tesla. During an almost hour-long virtual event
Wait, more iPhone 12s are coming? Get ready for iPhone 12 Pro Max
The world's largest iPhone goes on sale Friday for pre-order customers, and if you're thinking, wait a minute, didn't the new iPhones go on sale in October, you didn't read the fine print. Two of the four new iPhones, the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, were indeed released last month. But Apple may have kept
Boeing just sold the superyacht we didn't even know they owned
Boeing (NYSE:BA) has reportedly sold a corporate yacht it once used to entertain corporate customers, a fresh sign of the belt tightening going on at the struggling aerospace giant. The Daedalus, a 130-foot yacht usually moored on Seattle's Lake Union, was sold for $13 million to a California developer, according to a report in the Puget Sound Business
WhatsApp launches new disappearing messages option
WhatsApp is introducing a new disappearing messages option this month. The feature will allow WhatsApp users to enable disappearing messages on chat conversations between friends, to automatically delete messages after seven days. Anyone can enable the option in individual chats, and group admins will be able to enable disappearing messages in group chats. “We’re starting
Starbucks South Africa on a mission to expand its stores by 50% in just 4 weeks
Starbucks in South Africa plans to open eight new stores in the four weeks from mid-November to mid-December, despite Covid-19 economic turmoil, as it expands its footprint. The stores will be opened in Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Johannesburg and Pretoria. The Starbucks licence in South Africa is held by Rand Capital Coffee, which bought it from