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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.

Joe Hockey insists that Labor’s Resource Super Profits Tax has caused the AU$ to collapse despite Kevin Rudd instead blaming the Liberal Party’s negative talk for the fall.

Global economic growth is returning after the GFC, but full recovery will not occur until December 2010, according to the latest edition of the bi-annual Regus BusinessTracker survey.

Small businesses in regional Victoria will be serviced by a new Mobile Business Centre, built inside a bus it was announced by the Victorian Government today.

If one negative customer review using social media can cost your business 30 customers, why aren’t you there yet? Not participating in the conversation with your customers online doesn’t mean it won’t happen, just that your voice won’t be heard at all.

Australia’s Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) yesterday did not recommend a new code of conduct for directors in its report on Guidance for directors, however does urge director to take guidance from Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) and other professional associations.

The ACCC has rejected a NSW Government proposal that would require the State owned electricity Generators and the future acquirers of Gentrader bundles to co-insure against outages.

David Campbell has resigned from the NSW Labor Party’s front bench as Minister for Transport and Roads after being exposed visiting a gay sex club in Kensington by Channel 7 news.

Kristina Keneally will defend jobs in regional NSW threatened by the Kevin Rudd’s proposed Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) the Premier claimed yesterday.

Australia Unlimited – the brand, has been launched today by Federal Trade Minister Simon Crean in the Australia Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo.