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Business
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Electronic Cigarette Companies Are Sponsoring Sports Stadiums Now
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Merthyr Town, in Wales, home of The Martyrs football team and their stadium, Penydarren Park will undergo a name-change to appease their latest sponsors, a electronic cigarette company. By September, the stadium will officially be called…wait for it….The Cigg-e Stadium.
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Gupta-TV Launch Was A Balls-Up #awkies
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Africa News Network 7, or ANN7 for short, launched last night complete with Zulu dancers, a Zahara solo and complete confusion on Twitter. ANN7 is the brand new 24-hour news channel on DStv, funded by the Gupta family.
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Are You A “Strictler For Facts”? Gupta-TV Wants You #sobaditsgood
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This runaway-train-on-fire is reaching such exquisite levels of ineptitude that we are now wholly convinced that the entire enterprise is a subversive satirical comedy channel to rival the best in the world. Take this ANN7 job ad, for example.
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Tech Report – South Africa’s Data Crunching Smart Phone Will Blow You Away [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two local 20-something entrepreneurs have developed a bona-fide smart phone ideally suited to our local context where smartphones are expensive to buy, and data isn’t cheap. Dream Mobile tackles both of those problems.
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Rupert Murdoch Just Bought A 5% Stake In Vice Media For R710 Million
21 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The man who lost $550 million when he bought and sold MySpace is chasing the younger, edgier crowd again. This time, Rupert Murdoch has purchased a 5% stake in Vice Media for $70 million. And this time, we think he’s got a winner!
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Beyonce Dropped 23 Grand On Nando’s Last Weekend [PIC]
21 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
What does Beyonce do after headlining V Festival? Go to Nando’s obviously. Go to Nando’s and order 48 chickens – of course. It wasn’t all for her if you were wondering, no, this was not an epic case of the munchies, although that would have been terrific.
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Mamphela Ramphele Has A Net Worth Of R55 Million
21 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Agang party leader, Dr Mamphela Ramphele has released a statement outline her financial net worth and annual income in what the party is calling a bid to promote transparency and accountability in South African politics. The official Agang twitter account tweeted the following on Wednesday morning:
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Carte Blanche Presenter Becomes Face Of Gupta’s 24 Hour News Channel
21 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Chantal Rutter Dros, famous for her work on eNews and Carte Blanche, will be the face of the primetime news on ANN7, the new 24-hour news channel on DStv. ANN7 is backed by the powerful and politically connected Gupta family, and has Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane, as an investor.
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This Is How Koos Bekker Became A Billionaire
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Jacobus Petrus “Koos” Bekker, the man responsible for taking over De Nasionale Pers (the publishing company that brought us Die Burger, now known as Naspers Ltd.) in 1997 hit a landmark this year – he has become a billionaire. Kate Turner-Smith, BPI Africa Capital analyst said that when Bekker took control of the group he immediately began […]
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The World’s Highest Paid Models Of 2013
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gisele Bündchen is currently enjoying pole position on the anual earning’s list for models for the seventh year in a row. Bündchen earned $42 million this year, seven times as much as second-place Miranda Kerr. That’s a hefty sum, but it’s also $3 million less than last year for the Brazilian, which is exactly the same figure by which Kerr’s earnings improved from last year.
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Global Workplaces – These Offices Are Better Than Your Offices [GALLERY]
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you looking for a new work environment to stimulate your senses? Maybe you should work for one of these companies, they have awesome offices. Apparently slides are a pre-requisite in most of these places.
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The 16 Most Insanely Expensive iPhone Apps [INFOGRAPHIC]
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What’s the most you’ve ever spent on an app? We’ve all dabbled in the purchase of $0,99 apps, sometimes even venturing to buy a newly released, $9,99 app on special occasions. Want to know what the 16 most expensive apps are? They will put your $9,99 purchase to shame.
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Road To Power: The Career Paths Of 100 World Famous CEOs [INFOGRAPHIC]
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This excellent infographic collates the career data of Fortune 100 CEOs. Amazingly, only 65% of the CEOs have post graduate university degrees. If your career path doesn’t look anything like the data on this infographic, don’t despair too much. Most of these people charted their own paths – you may well be doing the very same thing.
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Meet The Man Behind Silk Road: Fascinating Interview With The World’s Best Online Drug Dealer [VIDEO]
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Dread Pirate Roberts, creator and owner of the Silk Road online drug-buying portal has completed an anonymous interview with Forbes about his growing enterprise. The Silk Road is a website where one can acquire heroin, methamphetamine, crack, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and an insane number of marijuana varieties. Payment is possible via BitCoin.
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Obscenely Rich Mystery Buyer Picks Up R275 Million Classic Ferrari, Casually Sets World Record
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Some rich guy (or girl) just purchased a super rare 1967 Ferrari for $27,5 million (R279,034,843.84) and set a world record! The Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S N.A.R.T. Spider was sold on Saturday night in Monterey, California, and makes it the most expensive road car ever sold at an auction.
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Hosting An Event But Don’t Have Furniture? Try Attica – We Use Them All The Time
19 Aug 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The cool thing about Attica is they have a nice, neat and tidy website which showcases all of their awesome gear. Including lounging ‘island,’ sofas, chairs, ottomans, cubes and cocktail tables. And it’s larny stuff for massively competitive prices. Better than the rubbish you find on gumtree. Check it out.
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Imagine Finding Out You’re Getting A Portion Of A Long Lost Relative’s R3 Billion Fortune
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cha Ching! The distant family of Huguette Clark, are in talks to secure a portion of her R3 billion fortune. Huguette was the youngest daughter of former US Senator William Andrews Clark. He was one of the copper kings of Montana, a railroad builder and – get this – the founder of Las Vegas! You can imagine how much money this man had…
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Law Student Gets R23,5 Million In Damages For Playground Accident 10 Years Ago
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
It’s 2003, and Grade 8 pupil Christian Rabie is playing with his friends. They’re flipping each other in the air in the cricket nets. He landed on the ground and fractured his skull. The North Gauteng High Court has ordered the MEC for education to pay him R23,5 million in damages
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This Ad Featuring Bruce Willis Has Been Banned In Britain [VIDEO]
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This Sky Broadband ad, featuring Bruce Willis has been banned in the UK. Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority said: We concluded that the ad did not make sufficiently clear the extent of the commitment consumers had to make in order to obtain the broadband service at the advertised price
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HTC Recruits Robert Downey Junior [VIDEO]
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Smartphone and tablet manufacturer HTC has a new $1 billion (R9,9 billion) advertising campaign which is aimed at positioning the company alongside Samsung and Apple. Haha.
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Coca-Cola Defends Sweetener Dangers Amid Declining Sales
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Coca-Cola has launched a new print advertising campaign which some have called a “propaganda campaign” in an attempt to reverse declining sales. The ads show the company defending the use of its sweetener, aspartame. The ad reads, “time and again, these low and no calorie sweeteners have shown to be safe, high-quality alternatives to sugar”.
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First Look Inside Facebook’s New York City Office Space [PICS]
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Social media giant, Facebook announced their plans earlier this year to move their offices to the Big Apple. Their headquarters relocation will be refreshing change for staff from their current location in Bank Of America Tower, especially as Frank Gehry will be designing the space.
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Obviously A Guy Built A Mountain Lair On Top Of An Apartment Building In Beijing [VIDEO + PICS]
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The rooftop of a 26-story apartment building in Beijing, China has been a construction site for six years while a respected doctor built a mountain side villa. Complete with real grass and trees and fake rocks.
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When “Activations” Go Wrong: 20 People Injured IN LG Promotional Stunt
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
LG decided to release 100 helium balloons in an outdoor park in Seoul, each containing a voucher for a free LG G2 smartphone, which sells at full retail for about R8,500. What they didn’t plan for though, was a surge of people (think World War Z) with BB guns and knives on sticks trying to pop the balloons to get their hands on a voucher.
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Radvertising: Local Man Puts His Half Of The Bed On Gumtree After Wife Cheats On Him [PIC]
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
This guy isn’t selling a bed, only his side of a bed. The other side still belongs to his “brand new ex-wife”. The ad states that the owner of the other side (the ex-wife) doesn’t mind sharing the bed with complete strangers, but there are other people out there who may be able to claim squatter’s rights on his side, as they spent more time there than he did.
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New York Calls Bitcoin A Wild West For Criminals – Pulls Biggest Players Into Court
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The state of New York will set the tone for the US government’s official relationship with virtual currency, Bitcoin when the New York State Department of Financial Services meets every major Bitcoin player in court. Shortly after a federal judge recently ruled that Bitcoin is real money, 22 digital-currency companies and investors have been subpoenaed by […]
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Mind Blowing: 20-Year-Old Construction Group Might Be South Africa’s Biggest Ever Fraud
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mail & Guardian has detailed their investigation into what could be this country’s largest fraud scheme. Jeff Wiggill and Andy Bertulis are reportedly the men behind the fraud at First Strut which has been going on for more than two decades.
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Radvertising: MINI Develops Car That Plays Videos On Its Body [VIDEOS]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Introducing ‘MINI Art Beat’ as part of MINI’s ‘Not Normal’ campaign. With over 40,000 LED lights attached to the body of the car, the Countryman has become the car that plays videos.
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Controversial E-Cigarette Ads Show Celebrities Smoking, Being Cool [PICS + VIDEO]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The well-documented harmful effects of cigarettes have resulted in higher taxes on tobacco and advertising bans. You might recall the tobacco advertising of old glamourised smoking through celebrity endorsements. And it worked. Remember when you tried your first cigarette? Cool factor, baby.
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The Massive R4 Billion Powerball Lottery Has Been Won
08 Aug 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
And it will be split three ways. Which means at least three people will be practicing their jetski back flips for the rest of their lives. Two of the three Powerball winners were from New Jersey, and one in Minnesota. Because three tickets matched all six numbers, Powerball officials said the three winners would split […]
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