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Business Buzzwords: South African Labour Laws
1. The new law will do away with employers who have
abused the independent contractor provision in South
Africa's existing labour laws, but NMG-Levy labour
consultant Brian Allen says 'legislative ' could affect
genuine supplier relationships while wiping out this form of
evasion.

overdose
overkill
overload
overrun
2. The NYSE applies program trading whenever the
NYSE Composite Index moves 150 points higher or lower
than the previous day's closing price; this restriction stays
in place until the NYA returns to within 70 points of the
previous day's closing price or until the end of the trading
day.

blocks
brakes
checks
curbs
3. The Effect, which harkens to the Hebrew slave
who prophesied seven years of feast and famine, relates
to the market's tendency to have a long-term memory-for
example, a rise in stocks tends to be followed by
additional increases.

Ben Hur

Joseph
Moses
Spartacus
4. I am therefore pleased to report that the second half did
indeed show a solid improvement; we managed to more
than reverse the first half loss and remain on for the
trading performance to continue along this trend.

course
line
rise
stream
5. August was the cruelest month for Dell Inc, when it
recalled 4.1 million laptop batteries because of fears they
might ignite, announced a shockingly bad quarter and
disclosed that the SEC has launched an investigation of its
accounting; 'Dell is in the box' admits founder
Michael Dell.

black
ice
penalty
trash
6. A stock is a perfect stock for investment —
named after the gorgeous star of the movie '10'.

Bo Derek
Jennifer Lopez
Marilyn Monroe
Sharon Stone

7. Most economists think it's unlikely the effect will
be enough to tip the U.S. economy back into recession;
after all, the average American already watches four hours
of TV a day.

ABC
CBS
CNN
NBC
8. There's a saying in the stock world, that goes, "Don't
fight the " — what this means is that when there's
powerful selling going on against a stock, only the foolish
step in and start buying, because the price is likely to
continue to decline.

rush
system
tape
traffic
9. Hedge fund managers will often call analysts and
present a very persuasive argument as to why a stock
deserves an upgraded rating; this does not always
lead an analyst to change his or her rating, but it works
enough of the time for the practice to persist.

dogging
drubbing
hassling
hounding
10. Management is the process of identification,

analysis and either acceptance or mitigation of uncertainty
in investment decision-making.

Bond
Broker
Portfolio
Risk