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Renovations at the former Sega World site at Sydney’s Darling Harbour are finally complete and the new complex is ready for use by the community, after undergoing a three and a half year transformation.

After replacing the Research and Development Tax Concession in July, the Research and Development Tax incentive officially became law early this month.

Google has officially opened the doors of its new social networking site to the general public, after running an invite only field trial for the past 12 weeks.

Gabby Leibovich, Co-Founder of CatchOfTheDay and Scoopon, has unveiled a discounted grocery site that looks set to take on the big supermarket chains.

Michelle Gamble blogs about engaging your target market via social media apps.

“Giveaways, landing pages, competitions, polls and other engagement apps are cropping up across social networking and are looking increasingly impressive.”

Business sales edged upwards in August and recorded their strongest result for four months, with experts suggesting that whilst it isn’t a strong result, it’s a good start in the right direction.

Apple is continuing the expansion of its retail footprint in the country with the opening of its 13th store this Saturday, in the Sydney suburb of Hornsby.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has had an interim application to block Metcash from proceeding with its acquisition of Franklins rejected by the Federal Court.

Sue-Ellen Watts, the Founder, Owner and Managing Director of external HR department Watts Next, has been named a finalist in two Telstra Queensland Business Women’s Awards categories.

Jump On It has taken out the 2011 Online Retail Group Buying category at the AMBER Awards, beating its biggest daily deals rivals Scoopon and Spreets.

A four-hour planned strike by members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) has forced Qantas to cancel 30 domestic flights today, with 6,000 passengers to be impacted.

The Brisbane Supreme Court won’t assist the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) to recover a $13.5 million loan, after it ruled Billabong entrepreneur Matthew Perrin forged his ex-wife’s signature to secure the money.

Brad Callaughan has a checklist for you to tick off when employing your first employee.

“Congratulations! Your business has grown to the point where you require your first employee. Apart from finding the ideal employee, you also need to fill out some relevant paperwork and make sure the correct registration and insurances are in place.”

Business customers have showed the highest level of dissatisfaction with their banks since the end of last year, with NAB and ANZ customers reporting they’re least happy with their banks.

Not even close, says the The Network Group Managing Director Keran Wicks, who reports the company’s balance sheet remains strong as do its 300 Network Video store members around the country.

A printer and photocopying business in the Sydney suburb of Homebush Bay has seen an employee charged with theft, after the man stole some 23,000 printer toner cartridges and on-sold them privately.

OHKI has entered into an exclusive Heads of Agreement to purchase Stax Electrical, an acquisition likely to net OHKI a combined annual revenue of over $7 million and healthy profits.

Manufacturing, Professional Services, the Digital Economy, International Education as well as Research, Tourism and Events are the first five sectors to be targeted by the NSW Government Industry Action Plans, designed to strengthen the state economy for the future.

Symantec’s Sean Kopelke blogs about the impact social media is having on productivity and information security.

“While it’s not hard to see why social media is so popular, with the ability to interact online like never before, the impact on small business is not so clear”

Lady Danielle Di-Masi looks at minding your manners in emails.

“I know we’ve all been there, you’re about to rush off to a meeting when you notice an email from a colleague, staff member or client just asking a question that you know only needs a quick response and you can delete that email… So you quickly type a “yes” or “no” and delete and rush off to your meeting.”