According to the inaugural Telstra Smartphone Index, eight percent of employees with smartphones are surfing internet job sites, with many doing so during work hours according to the research.
Australian businesses expect a strong December quarter, with Christmas trading to bring the growth many businesses have been waiting for, according to the latest Dun and Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey.
Australia’s services sector is contracting at an ever increasing pace as the Reserve Bank of Australia uses a blunt tool, interest rates, to slow down inflation from Australia’s rampaging resource sector.
Australian interest rates are set to increase again by 25 basis points when the Reserve Bank of Australia board meets today, taking official interest rates to 4.75 percent.
Bing Lee has written to customers offering full refunds to those who bought 3D TV sets outside the areas in the AFL and NRL grand final 3D trial broadcast zones after Bing Lee advertised the TVs for this purpose in areas that couldn’t receive the signal.
Spam email messages appearing to come from LinkedIn are bombarding the inboxes of businesses around the world spreading the ZeuS malware that aims to capture your personal information and banking details.
Optus have released their Business Social Media Index in conjunction with the Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA) has found similarly poor uptake of social media among business (28%) to MYOB’s business monitor report released Tuesday (18%).
National Australia Bank (NAB) is now one of Australia’s largest carbon neutral companies after implementing a program of energy efficiency that began in 2007 in conjunction with carbon offsets from accredited providers.
The Aussie dollar continues to surge towards parity with the US dollar, reaching US97.3c overnight and hitting parity with the Canadian dollar, affectionately known as the ‘loonie’.
Cairns Airport has been redeveloped and opened ahead of schedule and was opened by Deputy Premier Paul Lucas today on the back of the launch of Tourism Queensland’s new international brand, ‘Queensland, Where Australia Shines’.
