by bizadmin | Mar 24, 2011 | Featured, News
Is Jobs Drought Going to be a Permanent Feature? If you add those who have given up looking for work, or can only find part-time work, America’s figure for under-employment is, at about 17 per cent of the labour force, almost double the official figure for...
by bizadmin | Mar 10, 2011 | News
New York – Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the richest person in the world for the second consecutive year. Here is the Forbes 2011 ranking of the top 10: 1 Carlos Slim (Mexico) – $74 billion (R511 billion), telecommunications. Slim, 71, first showed a...
by bizadmin | Mar 3, 2011 | News
New York – US oil price rose on Wednesday and settled for the first time above $100 since September 2008, as unrest in Libya continued and US crude inventories dropped. On Wednesday, airstrikes took place close to the oil fields in Libya – sparking further fears...
by bizadmin | Mar 2, 2011 | News
Pretoria – International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says calls for reforms in global finance governance will form part of the discussions between President Jacob Zuma and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy as the two meet for bilateral talks...
by bizadmin | Feb 23, 2011 | News
Pretoria – Business Unity South Africa, which represents South African business on macro-economic and high-level issues, says the Budget Speech by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan was realistic and sensible. “Busa shares the realistic assessment of South Africa’s...