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The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), will simplify its rules for direct deals between composers and users under an authorisation granted today by the ACCC.

The Senate inquiry into the ability of SMEs to access finance began this week after an increasing number of small businesses have complained about the lack of access to financing.

I write to you from sunny Broome, one of my favourite places on the planet. I’m here with the lovely and talented Lauren Thomson Gorton (follower her on Twitter @L_T_Gorton…she’s a hoot!)We’re on a semi-secret squirrel mission. Semi secret in that I’m telling you that we’re here. ..But again, I digress.

The Australian online classifieds advertising market grew by only 2.5 percent in 2009 to finish the calendar year valued at $506 million, compared to a growth of 28 percent the previous year.

Tourism Australia has big plans for Shanghai World Expo 2010, playing host to around 60 corporate event buyers from across North Asia on June 18 as part of World Expo 2010.

So this is only my second blog for Dynamic Business Magazine and I am certainly not going to claim to be a rock star yet, but I am secretly hoping that in the coming months I will be the Bon Jovi of the DBM blogs.

A seminar titled ‘A man is not a financial plan’ aims to teach women how to identify the keys to wealth creation and guide them towards financial independence in Sydney on Tuesday, 25 May 2010.

The National Broadband Network is expected to not make a profit for up to 30 years NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley told a Senate Committee inquiry yesterday.

Australians spent over $790 million on overseas gambling sites in 2008, sending with it any possibility to earn tax revenue for Australia due to laws restricting gambling sites in Australia.

Comodo, the company probably best known for their PC software firewall solutions has announced the latest version of their HackerProof solution for e-commerce merchants.

The ACCC has been equipped with greater powers to protect consumers from unscrupulous businesses, with first part of the Australian Consumer Law coming into effect today.

For the first time in Australia, the who’s who of the e-retail industry will converge for one spectacular night as the Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs) capture centre stage in Sydney on Wednesday, 7 July, later this year.

One in four Australian SME business leaders say they are not well-informed or adequately prepared for the Federal Government’s new Fair Work industrial relations laws.

Blacktown’s suburbs have achieved a clean sweep of the top five most affordable suburbs to buy a house in Sydney, ‘only’ 40 kilometres from the Sydney CBD.

Vodafone and 3 mobile today announced that it will offer dedicated iPad plans for all models from the end of May in Australia.

Costco have been given planning approval by the NSW State Government for a second massive supermarket in Australia, this time in Auburn, Sydney.

After delaying his Australian visit until June, many were disappointed, however the US President Barrack Obama will be interviewed on ABC’s The 7:30 report tonight.

Australians hoping to buy an iPad are going to have to wait longer than expected, with the Australian launch if Apple’s iPad pushed back to the end of May.

Nokia Australia has reached agreement with the ACCC over it’s Nokia Care Centres run by Fone Care Pty Ltd after coming under fire over customers warranty and refund rights not being met.

It’s said that “first impressions” count the most ― but I’m not so sure that rule always applies in business. In my view, the last experience someone has with your product or service carries more weight. Here’s an example of what I mean…