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The majority of Australian consumers feel that companies are not aware of customer dissatisfaction, with few trying to win back business, finds a recent survey.

Australian company Shamic Sheetmetal in Victoria has cut wage costs after installing a Finn-Power Night Train FMS ‘ lights out’ robotic manufacturing system.

Big Brown Box, an Australian online retailer, is expanding its product range as more people are choosing to shop online.

As the 30 June 2010 year end approaches, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (the Institute) has released practical guidance to address the key issues impacting preparers of financial reports, auditors and audit committees with their year end professional responsibilities.

Altis Consulting, an Australian-owned consultancy, has been named in Business Review Weekly’s annual listing of “The Best Places to Work” in Australia.

Caltex has forecast profits to plummet by 50 percent in the first half 2010 as a result of continued volatility in Australia’s exchange rates.

The Federal Government through the DBDCE plans to auction off 126 Mhz of Analog TV Wireless Broadband Spectrum when the network is finally switched off in 2013.

Julia Gillard’s rise to Prime Minister yesterday and the media aftermath that has followed after ousting Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister triggered a wave of interest in the topic in Google searches.

The June quarter 2010 ACCI-Westpac Survey of Industrial Trends showed a marked softening of manufacturers’ General Business Sentiment for the second half of 2010.

The ACCC has granted interim authorisation Suncorp Metway and the Bendigo Bank to not charge each other’s cardholders a fee for transactions at ATMs they own.

Planet Ark is putting recycling within fingertips reach of small and medium businesses with the launch of its new online directory BusinessRecycling.com.au.

Julia Gillard has ousted Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister of Australia after a 9am Labor caucus meeting which saw Ms Gillard elected unopposed after Kevin Rudd stood down.

Apple’s iPhone update to iOS4 caused some problems for iPhone 3G and 3GS phones, but the problems with Google Sync appear to have been ironed out finally.

Many employees are dissatisfied with their salary despite receiving an increase, according to new research released today by recruitment firm, Robert Half.

Salesforce.com today announced the global availability of its Salesforce Chatter application to nearly 80 thousand customers.

Analysis reveals that the percentage of spam related to football and soccer keywords since March 2010 has approached 25 percent of all global spam in the build-up to the FIFA World Cup.

Hult International Business School loans out its graduating MBA students to test their knowledge of strategic problem solving.

Telstra today named the finalists in the 2010 Telstra Northern Territory Business Awards, with the majority of the businesses focused on local market expansion.

LEWIS PR has launched Chatterscope, a free platform for Twitter sentiment monitoring and analysis so businesses can monitor their brands and address negative sentiment online.

REST Superannuation has found that the majority of members are missing out on retirement benefits despite knowing they are eligible to receive them, according to a recent survey.