BEIJING - South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday urged China to invest more in infrastructure and manufacturing in his country, as his government seeks to broaden South Africa's economic appeal beyond mines and resources.

Nashua Mobile, the independent telecommunications service provider in the Reunert Group, is moving ahead aggressively with new partnership agreements and the development of new products to prepare for reductions in mobile interconnect rates over the next three years.

SOUTH African retail trade sales at constant (2008) prices for June are expected to increase to 7.4% year- on-year from 4.6% in May, according to a survey of leading economists.

By installing the iBlue Vault an immediate increase in tobacco profits is realized

Convenience stores can now materially increase their profits without necessarily having to add new services. And the numbers are dramatic, as tobacco category gross profits can be increased in excess of 20%, significantly improving store margins.

The IBM survey reports that innovation in retail technology is being driven in large part by Generation Y shoppers, states Base Line.

WITH a string of recently released economic data portraying mixed signs of the extent of South Africa’s economic recovery, markets will this week focus on retail sales to see how the demand side of the economy is performing.

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Swiss investors unveiled Algeria's first Western-style shopping mall on Wednesday, a 70-million-euro project that marks the first major foray by foreigners into the energy exporters' untapped retail market.