15 August 2011, Monday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, John Fraser broadcasted the business and economic news of the day followed by the latest financial indicators, and the Classic Business and News team reported on current business news matters. John also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Graham Briggs, CEO of Harmony on the company's quarter four results; John Cairns, Currency Strategist at Rand Merchant Bank on where to invest in Africa; Loane Sharp, Labour Market Analyst at Adcorp Holdings on unemployment; and Mike Upton, CEO of Group Five on the company's full-year results. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, John chaired a thirty-minute discussion on the weekly topic namely Rating the Ratings Agencies with guests Mike Haworth, MD of Applied Capital Insights; Marc Ashton, Editor of FinWeek; Mark Ingham, Director of Ingham Analytics; and Loane Sharp, Labour Market Analyst at Adcorp Holdings.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 6: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business News Update

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Segment 2:

Harmony Quarter Four Results

Guest:

Graham Briggs
CEO
Harmony

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Segment 3:

Where to invest in Africa

Guest:

John Cairns
Currency Strategist
Rand Merchant Bank

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Segment 4:

Unemployment

Guest:

Loane Sharp
Labour Market Analyst
Adcorp Holdings

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Segment 5:

Group Five Full-year Results

Guest:

Mike Upton
CEO
Group Five

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Segment 6:

Rating the Ratings Agencies

Guests (panel discussion):

Mike Haworth
MD
Applied Capital Insights

Marc Ashton
Editor
FinWeek

Mark Ingham
Director
Ingham Analytics

Loane Sharp
Labour Market Analyst
Adcorp Holdings

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15 August 2011, Monday

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