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Targus has launched a range of iPad cases to coincide with the official iPad launch in Australia on May 28th, offering protection and style for iPad users across multiple product lines.

The Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA) has received the resignation of CEO Jaye Radisich, which will take effect from 21 May. Chairman Richard Brooks said: “Jaye leaves COSBOA in a strong position to continue advocacy on behalf of the small business sector and has raised the profile of small business with key […]

Telstra has quadrupled the capacity of its Next IP network between Melbourne and Sydney to meet growing demand that is doubling data traffic on the network every 19 months.

You will need to remember to logout of Facebook if you want to maintain your privacy online, as Facebook expands its presence and gives away your information online.

Australian businesses will receive a significant boost in support for research and development, under new R&D tax incentive legislation introduced into Parliament today.

Anyone who has been in the workforce over the last ten years is likely to have heard the word ‘coaching’ being used to describe the skills managers use to support staff.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission welcomes the announcement by eBay that it will change the ebay.com.au website and payment policies to remove the requirement that sellers offer PayPal as a payment option.

Networking in the post GFC world is a tricky beast…

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a draft decision proposing to authorise Santos QNT Pty Ltd and ten other oil producers to jointly market their oil produced in the Surat Basin and Denison Trough in Queensland.

Skype has launched Skype Manager which replaces Skype’s Business Control Panel and permits real time analysis and reporting along with centralised payments and deployment.

To boost the spirits of small businesses, WOMOW.com.au (Word Of Mouth On the Web) is encouraging consumers to “Hug a Business”.

MYOB today unveiled MYOB LiveAccounts, an online accounting solution for Australian businesses that need to raise invoices, track expenses and manage income – online.

Australia’s acute skills shortage received a significant boost, with $661 million in funds allocated in the Federal Budget to address training, apprenticeship and adult literacy issues.

Digital free-to-air TV signals will be broadcast to those in remote and regional Australia from a satellite to cost taxpayers $375.4 million over the next 12 years.

The National Broadband Network (NBN) received a funding boost in last night’s Federal Budget, with the Rudd Government allocating additional funding to implement the NBN through to 2014.

CSR has posted a net loss for 2010 of $111.7 million, an improvement on the $326.5 million loss in 2009, a 66 percent improvement for the company.

Small business owners have received the predictable federal budget they needed to continue to climb out of the wake of the global financial crisis.

The $500 standard tax deduction announced in the Federal Budget tonight is a fraction of the average currently claimed by taxpayers.

Small business is crying out for much needed tax reform that was missing from last night’s Federal Budget, with small business overwhelmed with regulatory burden.

Amongst the Budget announcements last night was the unveiling of the most significant changes to GST since its introduction by former PM John Howard in 2000.