South Africa Tax Season Returns Stats

More than a million tax returns have been submitted since the start of tax season on July 1, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) said on Monday. It had received a record number of 1,001,162 income tax returns for the 2012 tax season by 7.30am on Monday,...

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Nokia distribution centres to close

Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) will close two of its four regional sales offices in China, as part of a restructuring plan the company announced last month to halt mounting losses from plunging smartphone sales. Nokia will shut offices in Chengdu and Shanghai and consolidate operations at a northern center in Beijing and a southern hub in Guangzhou, Anna Shipley, a Beijing-based Nokia spokeswoman, said in an...

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Calls fifth priority for smartphone users

It may not surprise you all that much, but new data from O2 indicates that people much prefer to use their mobile phones these days for anything other than talking to people.The UK mobile operator has revealed that making calls has become the fifth most frequent use for the newly-networked generation of smartphone users in terms of time spent. So what trumps talking? Let's take a look.It's (not) good...

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Fuel Price drops by 85 cents in SA

The latest fuel price decrease may not bring as much relief to consumers, an independent consumer activist said on Tuesday. The price of petrol dropped by 85 cents a litre at midnight; the biggest decrease of the year. Consumer activist Ina Wilken...

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