Freelancer.com buys LimeExchange for an ‘undisclosed sum’
Freelancer.com, the Sydney based worldwide outsourcing marketplace connecting small business with freelancers has acquired LimeExchange.com, run by Lime Labs LLC for an undisclosed sum.
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Freelancer.com, the Sydney based worldwide outsourcing marketplace connecting small business with freelancers has acquired LimeExchange.com, run by Lime Labs LLC for an undisclosed sum.
The tourism and retail sectors in NSW will be the first to benefit from a new $6 million initiative to develop Information Communication Technology initiatives, with a ‘mobile concierge’ service to be developed.
Three out of ten small business owners have not had any time off from their business this year with 64 percent having had only one week’s leave or less according to a survey of small business owners this month.
The Qantas A380 engine blast has been named the worst Australian PR disaster of 2010, in the annual PR Disasters Awards by PR watchdog and blogsite PRdisasters.com.
Being a small business owner is so glamorous and straightforward, right?
You can work whenever you want, determine your income and make your own rules. It’s the lifestyle that everyone wishes they had. Or is it?
The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is now available in Australia, with Vodafone and Optus, but not Telstra selling the mobile phone on plans starting at $59 per month.
Woolworths has bought the Hardware.com.au domain name for over $33,000 as the supermarket chain prepares for the launch of its hardware warehouse big-box chain with Lowe’s hardware from the USA.
Freelancer.com has announced their findings on the fastest growing online outsourcing jobs in the third quarter of 2010 with the release of the Freelancer Fast 50.
Here are three tips professionals can act on over the Christmas holiday break to increase the number of people viewing their LinkedIn Profile:
More than half (52 percent) of employees surveyed say they would quit after a conflict with a manager, highlighting the need to ensure managers aren’t pushing good employees out of your business.
Viocorp has announced a $5 million private investment from the Bailador Fund, established by former CEO of Fairfax David Kirk and Paul Wilson, an experienced private equity investor.
The federal government’s review into the taxation of trusts is the most significant attempt at trust tax reform in the last decade, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
M Webster Holdings Pty Ltd, trading as David Lawrence, Jigsaw and Marcs, has paid three Infringement Notices totalling $19,800 to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission following an investigation into Webster’s refund policies.
Virgin Blue looks likely to be given approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on a code sharing agreement with Middle East airline Etihad, with draft approval given by ACCC the same day the competition regulator approved Virgin Blue’s alliance with Air New Zealand.
Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand have been given conditional authorisation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to create an alliance on flights between Australia and New Zealand.
Tradeleaks.com a whistleblowing website that jumps on the Wikileaks’ transparency bandwagon has been launched by Australian Internet entrepreneur Ruslan Kogan, with Tradeleaks providing an anonymous way to spread leaks about retailers.
Consumers remain positive despite successive interest rate increased from the Reserve Bank of Australia and increases in home loan lending rates above and beyond the RBA in November by all major banks.
WikiLeaks in releasing sensitive, embarrassing government information and with the threat of a similar fate in store for a US-based bank, has highlighted the need for all businesses to look at the possibility of an employee releasing sensitive information about your company.
Reading the December/January issue of Dynamic Business I couldn’t help being drawn to the article on the New Year resolutions of the featured businesses.
As we look back on the past year, I’m sure the only positive thing a lot of business people feel they can take from 2010 is that they got through it. But the quiet successes that some Aussie businesses have achieved this year are both something to celebrate, and something to take inspiration from for 2011.