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Business confidence is moving towards positive territory but businesses and consumers remain uncertain and hesitant, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry reports.
The SACCI Business Confidence Index increased by 1.3 index points to 83.1 in June 2009.
Last week's Government announcement that consumers are to get their own 'champion' in the form of a consumer advocate and benefit from a raft of measures to help them better manage their debts is to be applauded says Payment Protection Insurance lobbyist Sara-Ann Burgess from specialist firm Burgesses, but time will tell whether the theory works well in practice.
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Companies struggling to survive, mass redundancies and increased stress. We're all seeing the symptoms of recession, but few have the cash during tough economic times to pay out for insurance that would protect from loss of income.
Hooked on your proton pump inhibitors? You may not be alone.
(ARA) - Nearly 19 million Americans currently live with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), commonly known as acid reflux disease, and suffer from painful and uncomfortable symptoms such as frequent and persistent heartburn.
(ARA) - At some point in their lives, almost everyone has heartburn -- that burning, uncomfortable feeling in the chest that often follows a big meal. For many people, heartburn only happens once in a while.
We can provide the services that a bank can provide, but we do it in some ways like the banks used to do so says Rod Ashley, head of the West of Scotland's 20,000-member credit union ScotWest, which has this year attracted a wave of money from disillusioned customers of the traditional banks, with assets up 14% since the beginning of 2009.
Never before has there been so much choice for those looking to buy “rainy day” insurance, which provides a financial safety net for life’s unfortunate events, such as death, disability or unemployment.
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