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ANZ today launched a series of free online market-leading education courses and tools to help build the skills and knowledge of business owners in the start up phase.

On this day 10 years ago, the LoveBug virus, a mass-mailing worm infected 45 million computer users when the virus multiplied overnight from 1 in every 1000 emails to 1 in 28.

Tourism heritage could be the next big ticket item for the Gold Coast region, says a Griffith University tourism researcher.

The Federal Government will embrace open and accessible standards across all areas, accepting 12 of the 13 recommendations of the Government 2.0 Taskforce.

Small business supplying the mining industry will be hit hardest by the Henry Tax Review with the Rudd Government’s ‘Super Profit Tax’, particularly sub-contractors to mines operating as sole traders.

The Greater Building Society has joined the rediATM network, aiming to become a viable alternative to the major banks with access to Australia’s second largest ATM network.

Senator Stephen Conroy has announced plans to extend the Do Not Call Register renewal period to five years, but will exempt business to business calls, in a win for small business.

Sorry regular readers for missing Monday’s blog but I have just finished 6 of the busiest days of my life. We have just finished the national fitness convention called Filex. It was huge with over 2200 attendees and I presented, all day Thursday and Friday and for 3 hours Saturday and Sunday – I know that is only 4 days but I was preparing the other 2 days.

Tony Abbott’s Liberal Party is in an election winning position, with Newspoll showing the Liberal/National Coalition leading Labor 51 to 49 percent on a two party preferred basis.

The lowest paid workers will lose out under the Henry Review superannuation changes, with employers forced to cut wages to pay the increased superannuation rate.

As the World Trade Organization (WTO) forecasts a global trade growth of 9.5 % in 2010 and company-internal year-to-date volume statistics suggest a positive development on many trade lanes, DHL Express announces an expansion of its import services worldwide.

The Federal Government should bite the bullet on one of the key recommendations in the Henry Review and allow pre-filled income tax returns for most Australians, the Taxation Institute said today.

Small business is expected to cop a $26.6 billion increase in costs as a result of the Henry Tax Review due to increases in the compulsory superannuation rate.

Telstra have today announced a revision to their consumer mobile post-paid data packs, lowering prices across the board and introducing more options on the back of the success of the HTC Desire mobile phone.

I am one of those people who finds it a little hard to wind down. I’m a pretty driven person – a lot of us in business are. But you COULD say I’ve been known to be more tightly coiled than the springs under John Candy’s bed. I know it’s a bad visual, but I needed to make a point.

Last time round I discussed the strange and unfavourable interest rates for business savings accounts, after discovering that they’re roughly 1% below personal savings accounts on average. But when it comes to different conditions for business savers, that’s just the beginning.

The Henry Tax Review changes will address the ‘two speed economy’ with mining increasingly leaving behind small business and NSW and Victoria being met with an ‘unfair’ interest rate burden.

The Federal Government is being called on to provide a guarantee to Australia’s 1.9million business owners that their administrative burden will not increase as a result of the Henry Review.

The Federal Government’s policy prescriptions as a result of the Henry Tax Review show “No commitment to serious tax reform” concludes Tax Counsel for the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Yasser El-Ansary.

HTC and Telstra have released a fix to address the issues with the poor GPS reception users have been reporting with the HTC Desire mobile phones.