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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has indicated that it will likely keep interest rates on hold until August in the minutes from the June RBA board meeting.

National Australia Bank has launched a dedicated iPhone Internet Banking app, bringing all the features of the NAB iPad Intenet Banking app to the iPhone.

Restaurants that force customers to pay illegal holiday surcharges are under fire for not complying with a year old change in the Trade Practices Act by the ACCC.

David Koch’s Business Builders and the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA) today confirmed the line-up for the National Small Business Summit 2010.

Harvey Norman executive chairman Gerry Harvey has been slammed by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) for ‘laughing off’ the real concerns of smaller retailers.

BIS Shrapnel is forecasting Sydney house prices to increase up to 20 percent by 2013, with other capital cities due to increase similarly over the period.

Microsoft Office 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 are now available in retail stores in Australia, with Microsoft launching the product with an event in Sydney Today.

The end of the financial year is just a couple of weeks away and business owners are busy. This time of year presents a great opportunity for business owners to look forward – so with this in mind I thought it would be a good time to go over a couple of points that might help you.

When is too much ‘work’ too much?

Tiger Airways has submitted objections to Virgin Blue’s deal with Air New Zealand on trans-Tasman routes to the ACCC.

Clive Peeters has been found to be unprofitable in one third of its stores, with six Clive Peeters stores closing their doors today at the request of receivers PPB.

Westfield Group is in the final planning stages for an online shopping mall with virtual tenants in an overhaul of online retailing in Australia.

Bakers Delight has unveiled a new long-term brand strategy, investing $6 million in a major repositioning of the business to ensure its continued growth in a changing market.

Just Better Care (JBC), a premier home and nursing agency, has announced that the Just Better Care Office on the Gold Coast has taken out the JBC award for Franchise of the Year.

Bank of Queensland’s Straight Talk Survey has found that 83 percent of small business owners would prefer staff to stay at home when they’re sick, even though 42 per cent of them would only stay at home if they were on death’s door.

ALDI has announced a partnership with Planet Ark to bring carbon footprint labelling to supermarkets, an Australian first for retailers.

NSW Governor Marie Bashir has told ABC 702 Sydney radio that she consulted with constitutional lawyers over sacking Kristina Keneally’s State Government due to continued instability.

One third of NSW small businesses are unaware of the Fair Work Act that was introduced last year, even as the final effects of modern awards apply from the 1st of July.

Smart Grid, Smart City – Australia’s first commercial-scale smart grid will be based in Newcastle, New South Wales, at a cost of $100 million to taxpayers.

Australia’s unemployment rate has edged further lower, falling to 5.2 percent in May in figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today.