David Olsen

Councils have won in the High Court in a case over their right to pursue claims against the collapsed bank Lehman Brothers, both in Australia and overseas.

A new whole-of government blog has been launched on the Standard Business Reporting (SBR) Program – an Australian Government initiative led by Treasury to reduce the business-to-government reporting burden.

MYOB has entered into an agreement with BankLink for the supply of bank transaction data to be used in a range of new MYOB products.

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) claims it will cost $1 billion to construct transmission lines linking Mount Isa to Townsville, but will create 1,800 jobs in the region.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has today deferred its decision on AMP Limited’s AMP’s $12.85 billion takeover bid for AXA Asia Pacific Holdings.

The Australian Securities Exchange will soon be competing with rival Chi-X who has been given in-principle approval to operate in Australia by the Federal Government.

The campaign for a Robin Hood tax has hit Australia, with high profile Australians and charities (but few economists) lining up to support the cause.

Optus announced availability of Motorola’s MOTOBLUR with the launch of two new handsets, the Motorola DEXT and Motorola BACKFLIP.

Telstra has launched its first unlimited (fair usage policy applies) mobile plan as part of its Business Mobile PLUS offer.

LinkedIn today announced the launch of the LinkedIn application for BlackBerry smartphones at www.linkedin.com/blackberry and through BlackBerry App World.