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The National Small Business Summit will be held in Brisbane in July this year, bringing together senior politicians, journalists, entrepreneurs, business advisors and owners.

News Corporation yearly profit forecast is heavily influenced by the success of the blockbuster movie Avatar, but the company is warning that fourth quarter results may be lower than last years.

You’d have to be living under a rock this week, not to have heard about the Henry Tax review and the Rudd government’s response. Business commentators and agencies are in full swing passing judgement on a raft of issues.

Australian mobile phone users spending five times as much on mobile downloads as they did two years ago, the latest Mobile Data Survey has found.

For Occupational Health and Safety Managers, 2010 promises to be a tough year, with legislative changes and new technologies creating a demanding environment for Risk Managers.

TomTom in association with Lucasfilm Ltd and VoiceSkins.com, is bringing the official Star Wars voices to its GPS navigation systems.

Australia’s services sector is showing its first signs of recovery despite increases in interest rates, with the AiG Performance of Services Index recording growth in April.

You thought you could only get Malware on your PC? Hackers are now targeting smartphones in the latest wave of attacks.

Forecasts show a 50 percent increase in data creation in 2010 relative to 2009, with information set to grow from the previous year of 800 billion gigabytes (0.8 Zettabytes) to 1.2 Zettabyte’s this year. One Zettabyte equals one trillion gigabytes.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) increased interest rates yesterday by 25 basis points percent to 4.5 percent as house prices in Western Australia’s Pilbara region continue to soar.

Facebook users should change their passwords as 1.5 million Facebook accounts and passwords have been put up for sale by a hacker “Kirllos” in Russia.

Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Board Meeting today, with a 25 basis point rise in official interest rates, National Australia Bank has confirmed a matching increase in rates on its home loans.

Biz Gals have announced their May networking event, to be held at Cargo Lounge on the 18th of May from 6:30pm.

With the Reserve Bank increasing interest rates to 4.5 percent today, is this the last interest rate increase this year? Language in today’s official statement by Glenn Stevens suggests it might be.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has again moved to increase interest rates, taking the official cash rate to 4.5 percent as the Australian economy faces inflation fears as it continues to recover.

ANZ today launched a series of free online market-leading education courses and tools to help build the skills and knowledge of business owners in the start up phase.

On this day 10 years ago, the LoveBug virus, a mass-mailing worm infected 45 million computer users when the virus multiplied overnight from 1 in every 1000 emails to 1 in 28.

Tourism heritage could be the next big ticket item for the Gold Coast region, says a Griffith University tourism researcher.

The Federal Government will embrace open and accessible standards across all areas, accepting 12 of the 13 recommendations of the Government 2.0 Taskforce.

Small business supplying the mining industry will be hit hardest by the Henry Tax Review with the Rudd Government’s ‘Super Profit Tax’, particularly sub-contractors to mines operating as sole traders.