Flash Briefing: Gold; Covid-19 vaccine; corruption - SA, Brazil; economy; Pick n Pay; Capitec

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In today's news headlines:
* Barrick Gold Corp.’s top executive says the gold industry needs more consolidation so it can increase exploration to boost depleting reserves, lure more generalist investors and improve efficiencies;
* As SA’s crackdown on corruption gathers steam, in Brazil efforts to stop graft are winding down. President Jair Bolsonaro said he’s put an end to the country’s long-running Carwash probe;
* President Donald Trump said he won’t participate in the second scheduled debate with Joe Biden after the organising group said it would be held remotely; and
* The executive director of the European Medicines Agency said a Covid-19 vaccine is looking “unlikely” by year-end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8 Oct 2020 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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