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Music streaming giant Spotify has announced Playlist Targeting, a solution that will allow brands to reach audiences according to what type of music they are streaming.

Dan Price has decided to take a huge pay cut in order to remove what he calls the “distractions” his employees were experiencing with financial difficulties.

Around $1.7 billion a year is being spent by “traditional” mobile users, highlighting what could be an important customer sector going unmined by Australia’s telcos.

The FWO has found a Taiwanese company has underpaid dozens of Chinese and Filipino workers it brought to regional NSW $873,000 and housed them in overcrowded accommodation.

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Only 41.1 per cent of the country’s 1.5 million bank shareholders are customers of the bank, according to new findings released by Roy Morgan Research.

“Unions in every country negotiating the TPP are calling for negotiations to be shut down unless there are transparent, public mandates that put community interests ahead of company profits.”

Approximately 37,700 more Australians entered the Labour Force in March, decreasing the nation’s estimated seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to 6.1 per cent.

The biggest and potentially most damaging things business owners fail to do is understand their target market and understand them intimately.

Consumer sentiment dropped by 3.2 per cent during April, hitting 96.2 per cent from the 99.5 registered in March.

Pricing products at a high price or a low price to attract consumers are no longer widely used strategies, according to new study published in Marketing Science journal.

The Apple Watch may be officially be available from April 24, but droves are already exhausting early orders.

Business social media giant LinkedIn has unveiled Elevate, a new product that aims to make it easier for companies and their employees to curate content.

The world of smartphones is being disrupted by Xiaomi, a Chinese company that has managed to break the record for the most smartphones sold on one platform – in a single day.

The number of Australians more likely to buy food products labelled ‘Made in Australia’ has increased over the last two years.

Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd has been fined $2.5 million for misleading consumers by promoting its bread products as being “Baked Today, Sold Today” and “Freshly Baked In-Store”.

Australian firms need to ensure payroll systems are up-to-date and supported by providers ahead of looming SuperStream deadlines.

Touted as the most significant review in 20 years, the report from a panel led by Professor Ian Harper puts forth several recommendations to create more favourable conditions for the small business players in Australia.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued the Independent Liquor Group (ILG) with a $10,200 penalty for misleading consumers with its “Aussie Beer” line of alcohol.

The Federal Court of Australia ruled that Bright Choice, on behalf of EnergyAustralia, called residents in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria with misleading representations.