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The ACTU has embarked on a campaign to increase wages, asking for $27 extra of 5 percent more per week, but employers argue that an increase of that size will place jobs at risk.

University of New South Wales Associate Professor Frank Zumbo has come out swinging at proposed national consumer laws that water down existing legislation in Victoria.

Last week I had the privilege of judging a StartUp business competition at Planet2010. The LaunchPad concept was to find the very best business ideas and give 6 finalists 5 minutes to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges – Dragon’s Den style.

Yesterday, consumer watchdog Choice raised the alarm when routine testing found some LG fridges needed 20 per cent more power than their advertised levels.

Google have launched an advertising platform for Google Maps allowing businesses to place ads within maps to be displayed to users as they use the service.

Experts are warning that another wave of the H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic is set to hit Australia in May and are urging people to get immunized now.

If you’ve ever received a spam email, or more likely, a few thousand, you will have seen a common thread among all of them. According to research from MessageLabs Intelligence, certain patterns in word usage can be identified in the chaos.

PayPal today unveiled a new Send Money application for iPhone. Version 2.0 of the PayPal Send Money app gives PayPal and iPhone customers around the world secure mobile access to their money and convenient features for everyday life, including Bump money transfers, Split Check and Collect Money.

Australian business owners are amongst those least affected by stress in the wake of the GFC, trailing only Finland, Sweden and Denmark.

In a study on global mobile phone usage by Loudhouse Research it has been found that Australia is a land of ‘texters’ with 81 percent using SMS at least weekly.

Nic Suzor of the EFA has responded to Microsoft’s report into child safety online, believing the report is evidence that parents do not believe filtering is the best way to protect their children.

Retailer David Jones has reported a first-half profit up 10.2 percent, posting a net profit of more than $100 million for the period ending January 23.

In new research released by Microsoft Australia, it has revealed that 65 percent of Australian parents are doing nothing to protect their children online.

The Labor Party has been dealt a major blow with Cath Bowtell announcing she will quit the ACTU after losing in her bid for the council presidency to nurses union chief, Ged Kearney.

The workshops, valued at $2,500 per participant but free to customers, begin 17 March at 24 locations across Australia. The workshops will be held in local community locations to provide convenient access and networking opportunities to participating businesses.

The Keneally Government today released a Regional Innovation Strategy to support businesses, jobs and investment, Minister for State and Regional Development Ian Macdonald said.

A seminar in Brisbane today will provide small and medium sized businesses with advice from the experts on how they can protect their valuable brands by using Australia’s trade mark system.

More business travellers plan to hit the road in the year ahead, further confirming that business confidence is on the rise.

AVG (AU/NZ), the distributor for Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific of the world’s most popular free anti-virus software, today unveiled the results of an AVG Technologies’ research study which shows that — contrary to popular opinion — most malicious web sites are hosted on US servers and not in other countries like China.

A survey of around 300 women working in technology, carried out as part of the annual Telstra Females in Information Technology and Telecommunications (FITT) International Women’s Day (IWD) forum, has thrown some light on the success, or otherwise, of the original 1910 IWD Charter.