🔒 Elon Musk’s counsel being sought by Trump while Zuma relies on cronies
Donald Trump has applied another leadership secret of always trying to hire people smarter than yourself. Jacob Zuma is the obvious contrast.
Eric Schmidt
Davos Robot jostles for stardust. The rise of automation vs man.
Get ready for Davos Robot. The adult-sized automaton will be a star attraction at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum this week.
🔒 WEBINAR: Rand hedge paying dividends, as politics wins again
Alec Hogg takes us through the performance and current position of the Biznews.com Global Share Portfolio Webinar, which is proving to be highly successful.
Biznews cornerstone stock Google beats The Street, share price jumps 14%
Google Inc.’s earnings topped analysts’ estimates amid slower spending, sending the stock up as much as 14 percent in late trading on investor optimism that the Internet search giant can keep costs in check.
Lucy Kellaway: Billionaires like Elon Musk are “freaks and misfits”
Lucy Kellaway suggests SA-born Elon Musk is the outlier. He’s heading for his third divorce, unlike most billionaires who, mysteriously, marry for keeps.
Requirements for a brighter digital future: Reduce bandwidth costs, increase access, include women
Technology has enabled unequivocal social gains in recent years, technology leaders told participants in the 45th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from 21 to 24 January 2015.
Andrea Bocelli among Crystal Award recipients, opens WEF Annual Meeting in Davos
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Beninois-French singer Angélique Kidjo will be awarded at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting with a Crystal Award.
Davos Stars: Eric Schmidt – Master of change
He didn’t create Google, but he has played the lead role in ensuring it keeps growing and diversifying its product range since he joined the technology giant in 2001.
Apple, Google salary cap class action goes ahead
By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a request from Apple, Google and two other tech companies to avoid a trial in a class action lawsuit alleging a scheme to drive down wages. Tech workers sued the companies alleging they conspired to avoid competing for each other’s … Read more
Naspers is cheap at the price – analyst
Naspers has run really hard in rand terms over the last two years, as the chart below shows. For South African investors, the huge share price growth looks a little intimidating, but according to Old Mutual analyst Phillip Short (great name for an analyst!), from a certain perspective, the share actually looks pretty cheap. He … Read more