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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.

When was the last time your business thought about a telecommunications strategy? For most businesses, it’s too often treated as a basic utility. But data from research firm IDC indicates that telco expenses are often a company’s second largest indirect cost.

Something very foreign happened to me today. I appeared in a magazine and the interview was not by me, it was about me. Any journos out there will know we make the worst interviewees. Thanks to the efforts of our agency Red PR, I’ve been getting used to doing radio interviews over the last few […]

The Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA) has released a new survey on small business access to finance today and it seeking your input.

Griffith University’s Dr Dennis Grube, a Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy has offered his analysis on the Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott health debate that was broadcast live this afternoon:

This month marks one year from the depth of the financial crisis, and demonstrates the value of taking a long-term view of investment markets. After another positive month in February, the median superannuation growth fund has returned a satisfying 20.4% for the past year.

Upon profiling its 2009 franchise start-ups, Mortgage Choice found a diverse collection of owners with widely varied career backgrounds.

Westpac has announced a change in policy for credit card owners and will now charge interest on interest and as well as on fees paid by customers for items such as late payments.

Here are tips that will help businesses both increase productivity with a mobile workforce and minimise the associated risk of information loss.

The NSW Government will tomorrow host a seminar to educate business owners on strategies to achieve sustainable growth, Minister for State and Regional Development Ian Macdonald said.

Job site Monster.com.au has returned to Australia almost 7 years after shutting down their Australian operations, teaming up with CareerOne.com.au to power their site.

So on Saturday, I was heading to a lunch date when I was cleaned up on the driver’s side by a bloke coming out of a car park into traffic. He just didn’t see me. But I saw him. Oh man did I see him. In what seemed like a split second before he cleaned me, up I saw him coming and there was nothing I could do to stop it.

Everyone has extreme motivation when they first arrive and join a gym. Their foot is well and truly on the accelerator in the car of life.

But then something changes and they appear to slow. Why all of a sudden does the other foot slide onto the brake?