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New home sales slumped to a 17 month low in June, adding further weight to the case for the Reserve Bank of Australia keeping interest rates on hold at their board meeting tomorrow.

LinkedIn has inked a deal with Optus and 3 Mobile so that using the LinkedIn mobile app is free for both Optus and 3 Mobile customers through their mobile phone.

The ACCC believes an agreement between Suncorp-Metway and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank not to charge each others’ cardholders fees on each other’s ATM’s is good for competition.

The Australian Industry Group – PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) continues to surge, up 1.5 points in July.

Auditors have reported a 40 percent increase in suspected breaches of the Corporations Act to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission in the last financial year.

Telstra, after announcing lackluster iPhone 4 plans earlier this week, announced 1GB bonus data for their $49 business cap plans including the iPhone 4 and HTC Desire.

Australian businesses spent $75.4 billion on energy during 2008-09, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Uniforms benefit culture, brand and employee satisfaction as well as performance, according to the views of a panel of contributors to ‘Fashion Fit for Business 2010’.

Australians overwhelmingly want an e-Health record system, abandoning concerns over privacy in order to make their lives easier.

Women are proving to do better when investing in the share market than their male counterparts, if one leading analyst is to be believed.

Vodafone’s iPhone 4 plans for business have been confirmed, with Vodafone offering the iPhone 4 on its range of Single Business Cap plans starting at $29/month.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is launching an online data mining offensive on online traders using eBay and The Trading Post websites during the last 3 financial years to catch tax cheats.

Australian-owned electric locking manufacturer FSH Fire & Security Hardware today announced that its MEM Lock (Mechanical Electro Magnetic Lock) has won on the ABC’s prestigious New Inventors show (episode 16), and also scored the show’s People’s Choice Award

Virgin Mobile’s iPhone 4 pricing has narrowly beaten both Optus and Vodafone for value, and left Telstra in the dust at the low end of iPhone 4 plan pricing in Australia.

The majority of Australian marketing professionals feel the pressures of generating enough quality sales leads for their organisations, with one in ten having left a job because of lead gen pressures.

Australian property prices are still rising, by 15.3 percent over the last year, but by a modest 2.5 percent in the June quarter according to Australian Property Monitors.

Australian workers are feeling stressed and neglected by their employers as a result of a preoccupation with the economic downturn, a new survey has found.

More than half of Australian executives are being negatively impacted by late payments even though payment behaviours improved slightly during the June quarter.

Telstra’s iPhone 4 business plan pricing has been released, with Telstra firmly positioning itself as the premium network for the iPhone 4, with prices much higher than rival Optus.

Telstra’s iPhone 4 launch shows that Apple’s iPhone 4 has well and truly reached the mainstream as Telstra’s PR team serves up Masterchef’s host and former contestants on the launch night.