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Business travellers on long haul flights are demanding the option of lie-down seats in Economy class, and don’t mind paying extra for the privilege.

Tony Abbott has come under fire from multiple fronts after yesterday declaring that he would scrap the National Broadband Network (NBN) if he was to become Prime Minister.

Hewlett-Packard, the world’s number one PC manufacturer, has announced the purchase of cashflow poor but IP rich mobile phone manufacturer Palm for US $1.2 billion.

Ruslan Kogan has the distinction of being the only entrepreneur with two companies in BRW’s 2010 Fast Starters list, with Kogan Technologies and Milan Direct making the cut.

Google, IBM, Apple and Microsoft come out on top of the Millward Brown Optimor BrandZ Top100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking released today.

Australia’s ingrained ‘anti-dobbing’ culture may be hindering efforts to stamp out workplace bullying and harassment, which remains a serious issue for Australian businesses, according to Harmers Workplace Lawyers.

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART), New South Wales’ pricing regulator has committed the state to significant increases in electricity prices despite Kevin Rudd pushing back an emissions trading scheme (ETS) until 2013.

Back to the ex treasurer, Mr Buswell. It is bad enough that we have to bring up the old episode of what he did to that chair (still can’t bring myself to type it or say it) but the whole episode has been like seeing a dead animal on the side of the road. Once you notice it’s there, you can’t turn away…you almost feel compelled to check out how it died, and how badly.

I was speaking to a colleague the other day who had just been ‘unfriended’ for the very first time. Nothing personal, you understand, the unfriender had just decided to limit his Facebook activity to family and close friends. But lets face it, ‘unfriending’ seems just so, well, unfriendly. And that got us talking about the […]

Those with IT skills are picking up significant pay increases in Western Australia as demand for resources pushes up wages and demand in the state for qualified professionals.

Kevin Rudd’s grand plans for a National Broadband Network (NBN) will come to nothing with Tony Abbott preparing to slash Government spending if the Liberal Party wins the next federal election.

NSW business leaders remain unconvinced about the merits of the Federal Government’s recently introduced National Employment Standards.

Australian fashion is defying the odds, as local brands export with success in a dark market. Sass & Bide and Willow are leading the way in Australian fashion exports, as other entrepreneurial designers begin to crack the New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States’ markets.

Financial advisers beware; the federal government is about to embark on an overhaul of the financial advice sector, placing a new emphasis on consumer protection.

Intellectual Property laws are often critiqued as a protectionist system that limits innovation and cross-company collaboration.

The Storm’s fall from grace has made some NRL sponsors nervous, with fears the salary cap rorting may extend across more teams.

The Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) is leading a trade mission to Shanghai in July this year, the first of its kind following successful missions to Hong Kong and New York.

The Queensland Government has announced the board which will take Queensland Rail through the process of an IPO to gain listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

Real Estate Agents have been hit hard in by the ‘Most Trusted Professions’ study by readers Digest, coming out behind Sex Workers, Professional Footballers and CEO’s.

What do you do on a lazy Sunday afternoon, read the Sunday paper of course!

And this week end once I reminisced over the contribution the ANZACS made to Australian history and then ploughed through the analysis of the Melbourne Storm debacle, I found an article called: ‘We’d pay to do less work.’