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Marcia Klein is editor of Business Times.

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Facebook listing hype turns out to be damp squib

It is shocking that one of the biggest listings ever, which took place under so much scrutiny, could have been such a fiasco.

For some, Facebook is their fortune

I was eavesdropping on teenagers talking about how two of their friends had started going out with each other. "But is it FBO?" one asked. ("Facebook official" to all of you who are old.)

Sick way to earn few extra holidays

From 2009 to last year, a quarter of all working South Africans took their maximum allowable sick days, according to the Adcorp employment index.

Appelbaum complaint breaks all the records

The National Consumer Commission gets 28000 calls a month, 8000 of which are dealt with.

High flying minister on a flight of fantasy

Tina Joemat-Pettersson, the high flying agriculture minister, told an Agri SA meeting that the last three or four months had been exhausting. Everyone wanted to know where she sleeps, and with whom, according to reports.

SAA boss was too busy holding out her hand

SAA CEO Siza Mzimela was meant to be part of a delegation that included Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba, Transnet CEO Brian Molefe and Eskom CEO Brian Dames when it paid a visit to the Free State provincial government on Friday.

Gung-ho Gidon Novick made an indelible mark

Brian Joffe, CEO of Bidvest, was apparently unhappy with Gidon Novick, who resigned suddenly as joint CEO of Comair this week.

A king who could easily bail out his kingdom

Countries are turning to each other to be saved from financial collapse.

Experienced hand could offer relief

With the arrival of every new public enterprises minister, the leadership of state-owned enterprises undergoes a major upheaval. In fact, it sometimes happens more frequently than that.