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ANZ and St George Bank have emerged as the clear industry leaders in terms of business consumer’s satisfaction, a new report from the TNS Business Finance Monitor (BFM) has shown.

Harvey Norman has embraced Twitter as a sales tool, with chief operations officer John Slack-Smith has detailed the company’s online strategy at CeBIT 2010 yesterday.

iPad buyers are being cautioned to expect surprises with their iPad plan costs when Apple launches the iPad 3G in Australia on May 28th.

An Australian business author has warned that Australia is about to be hit with a tsunami of business sales, as many owners are nearing retirement age.

Me and my mate Michelle were amongst the 10,000 odd folk who took part in the HBF Run for a Reason in Perth on Sunday. Kudos to HBF on a great event, by the way. It WAS actually fun and I know for the fact that if it wasn’t for the intermittent Samba bands and school girl cheer leaders along the route I for one wouldn’t have made it.

Austrade has released a new report “Sustainable IT, Australia’s Industry Capability & Value Proposition” highlighting Australia as an ICT leader at CeBIT Sydney.

Optus Mobile has announced details of their App Store ecosystem, offering application developers the opportunity to showcase their apps through the Optus Partner Connect portal.

Smartline Personal Mortgage Advisors have again topped the survey for most satisfied franchisees within Australia, winning the award for the second time in a row.

CeBIT Sydney organiser Hannover Fairs Australia have been promised full support from the NSW Government through to 2013 by Premier Kristina Keneally.

Telstra has released the smallest BlackBerry smartphone ever, the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, available exclusively from Telstra for three months beginning today.

An examination of the Attorney-General’s portfolio has revealed a new tax levied against many small businesses, requiring them to pay a flat $500 annually to the anti-money laundering regulator.

Telstra will potentially be fined $40 million by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for refusing rivals access to Telstra telephone exchanges.

Trish Watt, General Manager of Australian Retail for internationally renown brand Pumpkin Patch, has been nominated for the 2010 Telstra Business Women’s Awards.

Employees are better off working for small companies in Australia, who passed on an average salary increase of 4.3 percent – significantly higher than the 3.7 percent average increases recorded for large companies.

Telstra Business has slashed prices and simplified its business broadband plans for SMBs, capping excess data at $400 per month if users go over their monthly download limit.

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, has today released draft legislation cracking down on market offences, such as insider trading.

The Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) Scheme has been fundamental to the success of Australian SMEs export performance and funding needs to be reconsidered critics claim.

Telstra, COSBOA and Workforce Guardian have delivered on a Federal Government initiative to help businesses comply with the new Fair Work Act with a free online employee calculator.

This week end we had a family party. A niece’s birthday combined with a father-in-laws birthday meant a one –sided family gathering.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to users of the service who are upset with the company over privacy issues and threatened to delete their accounts on May 31st.