Veronica Joseph

A survey by consultancy group, Mercer has shown the number of Australians expecting to work past age 70 has doubled since 2006, highlighting the impact the financial crisis has had on retirement savings.

A KPMG Mood of the Market Survey has revealed SMEs are seeing light at the end of the tunnel and are preparing for growth.

The recently released National Seniors report, Experience Works – The Mature Age Employment Challenge has found Australia loses almost $11 billion each year by not utilising the experience of older Australians in the workforce.

KPMG’s Fraud Barometer has revealed that commercial businesses are the most common victims of fraud, with the value of major fraud cases in Australia exceeding $100 million during the first six months of 2009.

Research by RateCity, Australia’s leading financial comparison website has found sticking to a variable rate over the next five years could save mortgagees thousands of dollars.

A Gov 2.0 conference will be held in Canberra on October 19 and will focus on the government’s use of social media and web 2.0 applications which encourage engagement and interaction with citizens.

Nouriel Roubini, an American economist who predicted the global financial crisis in 2006, believes Australia has better prospects to recover from the downturn than other advanced economies including the United States and Europe.

Retail sales suffered an unexpected fall in June after three consecutive months of gains.

Dun & Bradstreet’s (D&B) latest quarterly trade payment analysis revealed that Australian companies have improved their payment terms for the first time in many months, with payment days reduced by 2.6 days to reach an average of 54.8 days.

Acronis has released a free online calculator to enable small businesses to estimate the storage savings they can achieve using deduplication technology to cut storage requirements.