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Voyager Travel, the Australian travel management company, will acquire rival Lets Go Australia, as it seeks to expand in the West Australian and Japanese speaking travel market.

eChoice, the national online mortgage broker eChoice (eChoice.com.au) is predicting a flood of refinancing activity over the next 24 months, should the Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s (ASIC) review of mortgage fees help to deliver a healthier playing field for borrowers, searching for a better deal on their mortgage.

Furnitex 2010 and Decoration + Design expo’s attracted record numbers of visitors this year, with visitor numbers up 13 percent since last year.

Jaycar Electronics expands this week with the launch of its latest store in New Lynn, Auckland; its 11th store across New Zealand.

Julia Gillard has come under fire from many Australians today with her announcement of the ALP’s Climate Change policy, but the author behind a recent survey on green jobs, business & climate change has offered strong support to the policy.

Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, in launching the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro Android handset will give customers 1GB free per month for a year.

The Storm Botnet, responsible for the majority of spam email on the internet is now resorting to using URL shortening services made popular by Twitter such bit.ly and tinyurl.com to bypass spam filters.

Blink Mobile, an Australian Platform-as-a-Service provider, took home three Australian Business Awards for 2010 in the categories of Best E-Business Product, Product Innovation and Best New Product.

Debt collection agency Collection House haave announced a 21 percent higher net profit for the last financial year as calls for debt collection post-GFC soar.

In the 2009 Australian Graduate Survey conducted by Graduate Careers Australia, female bachelor degree graduates were found to be paid around 3 percent less on average than their male counterparts.

I recently bought a skateboard from SkatersHQ at Manly. My wife calls it ‘the poor man’s mid-life crisis’ as I can’t afford a Porsche!

Mobil stores are free to be rebranded as 7-Eleven outlets after the ACCC gave the acquisition of Mobil by 7-Eleven approval to proceed, concluding it would not impact competition negatively.

KAPP engineering has taken home top honours in the 2010 Telstra Western Australian Business Awards, also winning the businessowner Micro-Business Award.

MYOB is launching a new Love Your Work grant worth $20,000 for Australian business owners as part of their commitment to make life easier for Aussie businesses.

Christopher Koch, formerly a high profile motivational speaker, has been sentenced to 13 years jail after being found guilty in the Melbourne County Court on charges brought by ASIC. Christopher Koch, formerly a high profile motivational speaker, has been sentenced to 13 years jail after being found guilty in the Melbourne County Court on charges brought by ASIC.

Domino’s Pizza’s iPhone app orders will be delivered by Akamai with Domino’s selecting the company to power its online e-commerce platform.

Westpac’s Melbourne Institute Leading Index has peaked, but will remain well above the long term trend of 3 percent over the next three to nine months, triggering fears of a rate rise in August.

Changes to Trusts by the Australian Taxation Office will begin to impact small business this year, with business owners urged to complete a new Taxation Plan to avoid trouble.

The Athlete’s Foot customers are far and away more satisfied with purchases made with the footwear retailer than competitors Spendless, Mathers, Payless and Williams.

Windowlogic through the launch of CRM4Legal and Logic4Outlook is allowing Australian law firms to access key business system information from a single interface.