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In a draft decision the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has come out against rules proposed for electricity traders after privatisation of NSW’s electricity network.

Earth Hour is tomorrow and businesses are lining up to support this years Earth Hour “lights out” initiative to promote awareness of climate change.

Business needs innovation. Bringing ideas to market however, needs a solid, systemised approach. Growing a business to build value or sale can present challenges for companies with debt finance options greatly reduced.

Spam email, when analysed by sender location, more targeted attacks actually originated in China (28.2 percent), Romania (21.1 percent) and United States (13.8 percent).

In March the global ratio of spam in email traffic from new and previously unknown bad sources was 90.7 percent globally (1 in 1.10 emails), an increase of 1.5 percentage points since February. In Australia spam emails represented 90.1 percent of the total.

A workplace trend has emerged in Australian businesses with managers training to become coaches as opposed to hiring external coaches.

AVG has today released a free compliment to their AVG free anti-virus product: the AVG Rescue CD.

There’s a saying in our industry that a good crisis should never be wasted. I like it because I think it’s true. There is always something to learn from surviving what I’d like to describe as a dead set poo-shower . Can I say poo-shower on a family show? Too late…

For many, if not most Aussie businesses, the global financial crisis followed by a broad and deep international recession plunged owners and managers into uncharted territory. Existing on a steady diet of growth and demand for years, and with few true tests of management and financial acumen, my view is that a fair few businesses were unprepared for the impacts of a new economic reality

Xobni, known for their Microsoft Outlook add-in to help people manage their email and relationships, today announced Xobni Mobile for the BlackBerry platform.

Australia’s small and medium-sized enterprises are yet to take full advantage of the social media boom by using social networking as a means to promote their business.

Hundreds of workers may have been exposed to deadly asbestos fibres at a Kwinana power station, Labor Leader Eric Ripper said today.

Over the last four months, MessageLabs Intelligence has detected a dramatic increase in the number of instances employers have intentionally blocked staff from accessing sports-related and gambling-related websites

Small grocery stores must implement strong marketing strategies that focus on lower prices in order to compete with the supermarket duopoly research has found.

Hitwise today released report that reveals an increase in Google’s dominance of the Australian search market. With Google accounting for 87.26 percent of Australian traffic.

If you want to stay connected with your friends and colleagues on your BlackBerry smartphone, then why not download the latest version of BlackBerry Messenger (BlackBerry free instant messaging service*).

Ezypay, has just released the Top 10 Consumer Trends Impacting the Fitness Industry in 2010, with some interesting conclusions and predictions for better service in the fitness industry.

Though outlooks for media and marketing industries are cautiously optimistic as we move out of the global financial crisis, small business is not actively embracing new or traditional marketing.

On March 30, Scoop of the Day will launch in Sydney. Soon, the individual consumer will have access to unbeatable deals as they’ve never had before, leveraging group buying power to open the door to local businesses, spas, restaurants, bars and more.

Microsoft Australia has launched a nationwide competition to search for University and TAFE students who love to share for their chance to win the ultimate student house to share with their friends.