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Inside Covid-19: Good news on the Oxford vaccine - and enforced changes to spending habits. Ep 63

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In episode 63 of Inside Covid-19, some sage advice for us to cement lower spending habits enforced through the lockdown; research by UCT Professor Corne van Walbeek confirms the cigarette sales ban delivered awful unintended consequences; great news from the human trials of Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine, which is also being tested in SA; and undeterred by coronavirus panic, Durbanites led by Servest founder Kenton Fine secure the R3.8bn acquisition of a venerable Dutch IT services group. - Alec Hogg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22 Jul 2020 12PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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