Remember BlackBerry?

Way back in 2007, there was a smartphone manufacturer whose share price tripled in a 12-month period. No, it wasn’t Apple. It wasn’t Samsung. It wasn’t Huawei. It was BlackBerry. We all had them. It meant you could speak to your mates and significant other for a fraction of the cost. Teens and students left Mxit and joined BBM. Companies …

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PBT: Big data, bigger accounting adjustments

The word “trading statement” is typically the intro line to a horror movie on the JSE at the moment. Companies need to release a trading statement when they have reasonable certainty that the results for the upcoming reporting period will differ by at least 20% (up or down) from the prior period. Think of it as either an early celebration …

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