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After delaying his Australian visit until June, many were disappointed, however the US President Barrack Obama will be interviewed on ABC’s The 7:30 report tonight.

Australians hoping to buy an iPad are going to have to wait longer than expected, with the Australian launch if Apple’s iPad pushed back to the end of May.

Nokia Australia has reached agreement with the ACCC over it’s Nokia Care Centres run by Fone Care Pty Ltd after coming under fire over customers warranty and refund rights not being met.

It’s said that “first impressions” count the most ― but I’m not so sure that rule always applies in business. In my view, the last experience someone has with your product or service carries more weight. Here’s an example of what I mean…

Rupert Murdoch has hailed Apple’s iPad as the saviour of print media, with The Australian newspaper launching a subscription-based iPad App when it launches in Australia.

Locusts have destroyed almost 10,000 hectares of barley and wheat crops in Central West NSW around Forbes, with fears of a plague to rival that seen across NSW in 2004.

April’s MYOB Business Monitor has found many businesses are upset over the level of Federal Government support for their businesses, as well as confused over legislative changes being made.

While over half of Australia’s small to medium sized business owners expect to see economic recovery in the next twelve months, the level of confidence in the recovery has fallen since November.

Malaysian Airlines is in court after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission instituted proceedings over price fixing in the Federal against Malaysian Airline System Berhad and its wholly-owned cargo subsidiary Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd.

Penfolds Wines have unveiled The Rewards of Patience wine reference bible, launching an iPhone App, as well as Mac and Windows apps and widgets.

Employee theft is a big issue for small business owners, with 49.4 percent of small business owners saying that employees had stolen from them in the past.

Napoleon Perdis Cosmetics has announced today the company is growing their cosmetic empire in Australia by adopting a franchise business model. The company aims to add an additional 60 concept stores over the next 3 years to its existing 57 successful stores.

Australians prefer using other methods of payment over credit cards, with RBA statistics showing only 41.88% of card transactions involve credit cards, compared to 50.34% five years ago.

Australia Post has proposed an increase in the basic postage rate from 55 to 60 cents as well as increases in costs for its other services, with the ACCC reviewing the proposal.

The Federal Government will spend $27 million to attract the “best and brightest” to complete 100 ‘Super Science Fellowships’ to prevent Australia’s brain drain.

Opera Software today announced its popular mobile browser, Opera Mini has been approved for iPhone and iPod touch and is now available in the App Store.

Microsoft has unveiled KIN, a family of Windows Phone devices that puts your social networks in your pocket at all times, aimed squarely at the Facebook generation.

Failed fund manager MFS, previously known as Octaviar is under the microscope in the NSW supreme court, with former chief operating officer David Kennedy sacked after he raised concerns over the company.

ANZ today launched ANZ Business Insights an online tool that uses aggregated data from merchant EFTPOS transactions to illustrate sector or local sales patterns, market share, turnover and provide insights into customer behaviour.

Red Lizard Software has announced global simultaneous shipment of its Goanna testing and debugging software for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.