14 May 2012, Monday

In this edition of Classic Business at 18h00, Glenn Lewington broadcast the business and economic news of the day followed by up-to-date financial indicators, and the Classic Business and News teams reported on the day’s news including one of the top JP Morgan Chase executives resigning. Glenn Lewington also conducted in-depth interviews with the people making the news: Neil Higgs, Senior Advisor and Head of Innovation at TNS South Africa on their Economic Confidence Index for April 2012; Mike Schüssler, Chief Economist at Economists.co.za on the Sake24 and BoE Private Clients' Gauteng Barometer; Chris Jacobs, Director of OIM International on the cost of repeated cycles of drawn-out strike action; and Richard Friedland, CEO of Netcare on their interim results. Market Analyst for the evening Bruce Main, Director of Ivy Asset Management provided commentary on various interest points that made the day's headlines. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, Glenn chaired a one-hour discussion on the weekly topic, namely "Name Changes in South Africa" with guests Mmusi Maimane, National Spokesman and Leader in the Johannesburg Caucus for the Democratic Alliance; Sibusiso Xaba, Director General of the Department of Arts and Culture; Wouter Wessels, Spokesman for the Freedom Front Plus; Percy Makgoba, President of the Polokwane Chamber of Business; and Willie Spies, Legal Representative from Afriforum.

PROGRAMME LINEUP

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Segment 1 - 8: FULL PROGRAMME

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Segment 1:

Business and Financial News

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Segment 2:

Report on One of the Top JP Morgan Chase Executives Resigning

Reporter:

Jonathan Adams 

Commentator:

Bruce Main
Director
Ivy Asset Management

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Segment 3:

TNS South Africa Economic Confidence Index

Guest:

Neil Higgs
Senior Advisor and Head of Innovation
TNS South Africa

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Segment 4:

Sake24 and BoE Private Clients' Gauteng Barometer

Guest:

Mike Schüssler
Chief Economist
Economists.co.za

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Segment 5:

The Cost of Repeated Cycles of Drawn-out Strike Action

Guest:

Chris Jacobs
Director
OIM International

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Segment 6:

Netcare Interim Results

Guest:

Richard Friedland
CEO
Netcare

Commentator:

Bruce Main
Director
Ivy Asset Management

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Segment 7:

Commentary on the Cost of Strikes and South Africa’s Inflation Expectations

Commentator:

Bruce Main
Director
Ivy Asset Management

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Segment 8:

Name Changes in South Africa

Guests (panel discussion):

Mmusi Maimane
National Spokesman and Leader in the Johannesburg Caucus
Democratic Alliance (DA)

Sibusiso Xaba
Director General
Department of Arts and Culture

Wouter Wessels
Spokesman
Freedom Front Plus

Percy Makgoba
President
Polokwane Chamber of Business

Willie Spies
Legal Representative
Afriforum

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