Bizcommunity.com has launched a new service that we reckon you will love - whether you're in business and need a particular product, and/or as an individual, want to get away from it all at a great price, or buy something - at an equally great price.
If either cap - or both - fit you, then take a look at our new
online shopping portal, BizBuy.
By the way, we're also looking for partners who want to offer their products and services to a bigger market - for unbeatable prices. Businesses and companies that want to enrol as a BizBuy partner can email
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As we all know, we already have enough fraud and corruption in this country, so it's good news that the government is rolling out a
new biometric card to boot out social grant fraud. Here's hoping it works - we think we'd all like to see our tax monies being spent properly and not stolen or wasted.
On the education & training front, two PHD candidates at UCT have focused their respective theses on
factors that influence motivation, performance and decision-making, and performance expectancies and individual motivation that lead to discretionary effort within team members of professional networks.
Finally, something more for you petrol heads out there... According to our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser, Lexus has produced a couple of new models that are
ready to rumble the Germans, ja!As Henrie puts it: "The latest styling is mean and muscular, particularly the new front with its spindle grille, gaping air intakes, chin-out bumper, deep-set headlamps and... Hmmm, must be like looking in a mirror for Henrie.
Rod Baker, content director
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NEW YORK, US: NASDAQ is taking steps toward compensating investor losses due to computer glitches that fouled trading on the first day of Facebook's US$16 billion IPO, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. 
Nedbank Corporate Property Finance recently announced the successful conclusion of a finance agreement with the Collins Group that will enable the Durban-based property developer to construct a 51 000m2 distribution facility in Willowton, just outside Pietermaritzburg. 
Local smartphone strategy specialist, MobiCover, in cooperation with Cims SA, has developed and sponsored a smartphone application for The Insurance Conference 2012 at Sun City from 10-13 June 2012. The application is downloadable on iPhone, Blackberry and Android, and it allows registered delegates to access the conference schedule with real time updates. 
Moeletsi Mbeki, one of South Africa's most respected economic and political commentators, has drawn a disconcerting picture of how easily South Africans get caught in a debt trap. He says the country's high unemployment, coupled with high poverty levels, puts an added burden on those lucky enough to have an income. 
Warwick Scott-Rodger has been appointed the new marketing manager for specialist high net worth underwriter, MUA Insurance Acceptances, as of 1 May 2012. 
Shell Foundation will address this year's Africa Finance & Investment Forum (AFIF) on the importance of Africa's small and medium enterprise (SME) sector to sustainable economic growth in the continent, and the development of a new asset class to provide a combination of growth capital and business skills to entrepreneurs on an international scale. 
CHICAGO, US: Nearly one in three adults in the US today are defined as Millennials, (consumers aged 18-35) and this group could be a lucrative target for financial services companies. 
Bizcommunity.com is proud to announce the launch of its own online shopping portal, BizBuy, focusing on two categories, Business products and Lifestyle products. 
The Reserve Bank's registrar of banks, Rene van Wyk, is scheduled to meet the Basel committee in the next two weeks to iron out issues that could help ease the liquidity concerns facing South African banks. 
