With signs of an economic downturn appearing in late 2008, TEC Chair Brendan Killen asked a group of business owners who were members of TEC to offer their tips to each other on what they should do to survive and thrive during a possible significant economic downturn. With the GFC easing, Mr Killen ran a […]
After finishing off 2009 on a high, the median superannuation growth fund industry average retreated 2.2% in January. This was largely because listed share and property markets went into reverse. The Australian share market was down 6.2% for the month, while international shares retreated 2.9% (unhedged) and 3.5% (hedged). Australian and global REITs (listed property) […]
This month’s issue of EFIC’s newsletter, World Risk Developments, discusses an interesting tension that has arisen in the world economic outlook. Many leading and coincident indicators of national and by extension world economic activity are delivering moderately pleasant surprises, prompting forecasters to upgrade their guesstimates of growth for 2010 and 2011. Yet at the same […]
Wotflight, an airline aggregation and online flight booking service sister site for Wotif.com, has launched today across Australia. With the ability to compare airfares in one window, as well as book and receive immediate confirmation, Wotflight is an online search engine for business and leisure travellers. Megan Magill, General Manager Brand, Wotflight, said no other […]
Global recruitment consultancy Robert Walters this week launched its eleventh annual Global Salary Survey, with the year 2009 seen as two distinct halves in terms of recruitment trends. The first half of the year saw many companies in Australia continue to implement the cost- cutting strategies that began in late 2008. A large number carried […]
Citrix GoToTraining, a purpose-built online training solution for business use, was launched today by Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. With GoToTraining, businesses of all sizes will be able to easily move their curriculums online and instantly host interactive training sessions with participants from any location, enabling them to save time and travel […]
Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express – free new server software that wirelessly and securely synchronizes BlackBerry smartphones with Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Windows Small Business Server. The new BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express software will be provided free of charge in order to address two key market opportunities. First, the software […]
Bakers Delight has been recognised in the Oracle World Retail Awards 2010, taking out finalist honours for in-store merchandising designed and executed by sales acceleration agency, MediaTag. Voted one of the leading global retailers in the ‘retail advertising’ category, the bakery franchise engaged MediaTag in early 2009 to look at innovative creative point of sale […]
The effects of the global financial crisis (GFC) may be subsiding in Australia but charities are still feeling the impact according to Perpetual, one of Australia’s largest managers of charitable trusts. Perpetual says that the financial demands resulting from the GFC have continued unabated from last year. This is demonstrated by the continued increase in […]
HTC has joined with Telstra to unveil the Android-powered HTC Desire smartphone, which will be available in April exclusively on Telstra’s Next G network. The smartphone, which is an improved version of the Nexus One that HTC manufactures for Google was previewed at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, with an Australian release date […]
