World briefs: Magnitude 6.1 quake rattles Italy: South Africa’s Zuma wants more control JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — President Jacob Zuma is trying to reassert his authority by bidding to wield greater control over state-owned companies after his governing African National Congress’s worst-ever …
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Inclusion of China A-Shares in MSCI EM index to come at the cost of India: Such stocks are known as ‘H’ shares. South Korea’s weight on MSCI EM index is 14.61%, while weightages of Taiwan, India and South Africa are 12.07%, 8.37% and 7.31% respectively.
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Sugary drinks tax a bitter pill for beverage association: But this week the Beverage Association of South Africa (BevSA) came out strongly against the tax. BevSA represents a number of major soft drink companies including Coca Cola, Pepsico and Red Bull, and has condemned the tax as “misguided”. Speaking at a …
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