30 August 2011, Tuesday

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: Ettienne Le Roux, Chief Economist at Rand Merchant Bank (RMB); and Raymond Parsons, Acting CEO of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) on the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Figures from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA); Peter Swatton, CFO of Italtile on their annual results; Emile Myburgh of Emile Myburgh Attoneys on problems he encountered with the Gautrain; and Chris Gilmour, Analyst at ABSA Investments for an update on Spur. In the second half of the programme at 18h30, John chaired a thirty-minute discussion on the weekly topic namely The Global Economic Crisis with guests Ettienne Le Roux, Chief Economist at Rand Merchant Bank (RMB); Raymond Parsons, Acting CEO of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA); Chris Gilmour, Analyst at ABSA Investments; and Ian Cruickshanks, Head of Treasury Strategic Research at Nedbank Capital.

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:

Latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Figures from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

Guests:

Ettienne Le Roux
Chief Economist
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

Raymond Parsons
Acting CEO
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA)

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Segment 3:

Italtile Year-end Results

Guest:

Peter Swatton
CFO
Italtile

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Segment 4:

Technical Fault on the Gautrain

Guest:

Emile Myburgh
Lawyer
Emile Myburgh Attorneys

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Segment 5:

Update on Spur

Guest:

Chris Gilmour
Analyst
ABSA Investments

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Segment 6:

The Global Economic Crisis

Guests (panel discussion):

Ettienne Le Roux
Chief Economist
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

Raymond Parsons
Acting CEO
Business Unity SA (BUSA)

Chris Gilmour
Analyst
ABSA Investments

Ian Cruickshanks
Head of Treasury Strategic Research
Nedbank Capital

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