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Expense Reduction Analysts Australia, a leading cost-reduction and procurement consultancy, announced today it expects to save Australian clients more than $3.2 million in 2010.

Domain Hosting Shop Tuesday announced the commercial release of their revolutionary new e-commerce software, Spiffy Stores.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has authorised arrangements to transfer specified amounts of coal handling capacity from the Barney Point coal terminal to the proposed Wiggins Island terminal at the Port of Gladstone in Queensland.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has reauthorised certain regulations governing the operation of the Australian Paper Clearing System.

A new, high-tech training, meetings and function centre housed at the International Visualisation Centre (the IVC), in the heart of Adelaide’s media precinct, brings together the latest in presentation technology within a historic space on Young Street.

Barring a shock collapse in world sharemarkets, superannuation fund members can look forward to a positive return this financial year – the first time since 2006/07.

Clearswift, the software security company, has unveiled new global research outlining the latest business adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in Australia, the US, UK and Germany.

The Federal Court in Perth last week handed down its final orders in the long running Western Australian air conditioning cartel case which had involved bid-rigging and price fixing on projects valued at over $100 million.

Recent surveys of Australian businesses show that as many as 20 per cent of companies have female founders with another 13 per cent officially listed as owners.

The Federal Court Tuesday declared that Mailpost founder Peter Kritas and NSW master franchisor, Mailpost Postie Network Pty Ltd (MPNS), engaged in conduct that contravened the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Optus has announced a partnership with Hewlett-Packard (HP) Australia which will see Optus offering the HP Mini 5102 Netbook on a series of specially developed business class mobile broadband plans for small and medium business customers.

Australians are finding their inner barista as sales of home coffee machines climb, Aromas Tea and Coffee Merchants say.

Spammers are targeting Google Chrome users this week, infecting their systems with malware via email through a fake browser extension.

Controversial Sydney publicist Max Markson will answer questions about his PR actions in an exclusive Q&A session for A List Entrepreneurs on Tuesday 27 April at 6pm at The Coach Bar-Lower Ground Floor GPO Sydney, No.1 Martin Place

Nominations and entries for Telstra Business Women’s Awards for 2010 are now open, with nominations closing June 21st.

National Australia Bank (NAB) disagrees with the ACCC decision concerning the proposal to acquire the Australian and New Zealand businesses of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings.

Tech blog Gizmodo has created massive buzz around the yet-to-be released iPhone4G by controversially leaking photos of Apple’s latest iPhone after a prototype was left behind in a bar.

Australia’s Goods & Services Tax (GST) is predicted to increase as pressure mounts on the Federal Government to fund its recent spending, including the recently minted COAG hospitals agreement.

I’m always looking at the latest trends in business – it’s part of my job. When you’re in the B2B segment, getting close to your clients and really “knowing” what’s it’s like to run a business provides great insights into the right solutions and marketing strategies that really “cut through” for the Aussie business owner.

Telstra has announced immediate availability of the much anticipated HTC Desire Google Android mobile phone, a week earlier than anticipated.