Entrepreneurs who seek to pitch their business plans to would-be backers should stick to facts and avoid over-optimistic forecasts, say experts.

Businesses can avoid workplace disputes and CCMA hearings by taking a number of precautions, labour experts say.

The Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office now requires certified copies of identity documents for all applications and transactions.

A local web developer has set the cat among the pigeons after taking unusual steps to extract payment from a client.

Cases where a listed company's tax position is unclear because of a dispute with the taxman or legal uncertainty have been in the spotlight.

Sars' online system has made tax submissions simpler, but business owners need to take care when filing returns online.

Land ownership, nationalisation and press regulation could have a negative effect on business in the next 10 years, says a scenario strategist.

Small- and medium-sized firms have until the end of October to comply with the first biannual PAYE tax reconciliation process.

There has been a notable increase in the number of black entrepreneurs seeking to re-enter the corporate world, say recruitment agencies.

The City of Cape Town has partnered with Barcelona to set up an "entrepreneurship ecosystem".

A new concession means there's a more flexible way of transferring a residence from your company, trust and CC.

This financial acronym has become the key line in company income statements.

Riding out the market bumps.

2010 could be the ‘year of investing dangerously’.

Market capitalisation: Rankings can be very telling.

Internal rate of return: remember that candidates must be sifted through the funnies sieve first.

Hedge funds: Better long-term returns at less risk.

A perceived lack of liquidity can make creditors uneasy.

The return on Equity/Cost of Equity : This year’s table ranks 150 listed companies as creating shareholder value in 2009.

See how your favourite companies ranked on the Top 200.

The Sustainable Growth table offers it a most intriguing set of rankings to mull.

Critical investors are able to determine company’s cash earnings.

The inventory table, unfortunately, can only be applied selectively.

Despite the general declining trend, some companies have managed to reduce their interest bill significantly in relation to their earnings.

This year our Extraordinary Items table shows some 43 of the top 200 rankings earned more than half of their reported bottom line from an extraordinary item.

Many happy returns - on equity and assets.

The terminology of our main ratio and performance measurements.

The table shows 100 companies finished 2009 on dividend yields in excess of 5%.

An exception is the gold industry. South African gold miners are struggling to maintain production levels.

The beauty of the EPS table is that you can spot the ‘sleepers’ – the companies that deserve wider recognition due to superior performance over five years.

There are so many surprise rankings on this year's p:e table, you're bound to go back into old Sens announcements.

Nearly half of all Mzansi accounts, created in 2004 as a means of having more people bank, are dormant but SA’s top banks won’t abandon the system.

Should a life policy also include an investment component? A financial planner gives his take.

More and more South Africans are using home loans, personal loans and credit cards to pay off their creditors. So what are the options if you want to consolidate debt?

Experts have condemned new taxation proposals on interest income.

SA is part of a new group of exciting emerging economies, the so-called Civets, says HSBC.

Economists and market experts may be trumpeting an economic and stock market recovery, but private investors and business owners are less convinced, a survey shows.

Investec's Value Fund has for the first time since 2000 ditched any exposure to big four banking stocks and major retail groups.

They may incur multiple levels of investment costs and performance dilution, but multi-managers still have a part to play, says an expert.

Growth in the number of JSE-listed ETFs must be limited, mustn’t it?

But adding some active management is probably best.

Just as there’s magic value in compounding interest there’s mass destruction in compounding costs.

How to overcome enhanced index ETF data.

What sort of investment product should investors be looking at: a passively managed index tracker, such as an ETF, or an actively managed unit trust fund?

ETFs can serve many purposes.

ETFs invite controversy because the products are cheaper.

Initial talks between the International Monetary Fund and Lebanon’s government on its financial rescue plan have been productive, the IMF’s managing director said Monday.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Telecommunications has been authorized by the Cabinet to temporarily operate the country’s two cellular networks until a new tender is launched, Minister of Telecommunications Talal Hawat said Tuesday.

Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni said Tuesday that Lebanon needs around $28 billion financial injection over the next four years.