David Olsen

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is trusted by 92 percent of Australians, a report released during World Statistics Day has revealed.

Woolworths sales for the September quarter are 4.1 percent higher on the corresponding quarter last year, with gross sales of $13.9 billion during the reporting period.

Broadband speeds in Australia have increased by 20 percent in the last eight months according to research from Broadbandexpert.com.au with Optus returning speeds on average 25 percent faster than Telstra.

Microsoft Office 365 was announced by Microsoft Australia today, with the software giant launching its Office suite alongside SharePoint, Exchange and Lync online in a cloud service, posing a serious threat to Google’s Apps business ambitions.

Spam accounted for more than eight in every ten emails received in September, reducing productivity for businesses worldwide as employees clear out their inboxes and often miss important messages.

Enersonic Power Saver Device, marketing by Auscha Corporation Pty Ltd and its former marketing manager Nagarajah Rajkumar was marketed in a misleading way, the Federal Court has found.

Daisy Dry Cleaning, the only chemical-free and carbon neutral dry cleaner in Australia, has opened its first franchised store in Greater Geelong, Victoria.

Mortgage Choice has purchased home loan website HelpMeChoose.com.au, the mortgage broker’s second acquisition in a year after buying home loan aggregator LoanKit 11 months ago.

Blockbuster Australia, operated independently of Blockbuster Inc in the US, will seek to distance itself from it’s beleaguered cousin with a multi-million dollar branding campaign.

Registered tax agents and BAS agents will be forced to hold professional indemnity insurance from 1 July 2011 under a draft proposal from The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) released today.