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Treasurer Wayne Swan is still touting the effects of the stimulus, claiming it’s too soon to withdraw it.

The Reserve Bank has upgraded its economic forecast, sparking talk of a third consecutive rate rise later in the year.

A new study has revealed that internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites than at any other online properties.

Australia only OECD country to expand this year Australia will be the only OECD economy expected to expand this year, according to Russell Investments’ November 2009 Market Barometer. The Australian economy is tipped to record GDP growth of +0.8 percent for 2009, on the back of a strong banking system and housing market.

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Telstra suffered a social media setback this week, after its BigPond Twitter account was hacked into and used to spread malicious links.

Myer has overtaken David Jones in the performance stakes, winning the battle for the best performing publicly listed department store.

ANZ is offering five free workshops to Canberra small business operators to help them start, manage and grow their business and plan for more prosperous times ahead.

Minister Craig Emerson’s response to the federal franchising recommendations made by a Parliamentary Committee in relation to the Franchising Code of Conduct has fallen well short of what’s needed to clean out rogue franchisers that prey on vulnerable franchisees, says a prominent law professor.

Google has announced the launch of Google Dashboard, a new feature allowing users to view and control data associated with their Google Accounts.

Small business owners are being invited to attend the 2009 Small Business Development Conference, with the aim to further professional development and to promote best practice across the industry.

At a speech in Melbourne last night, RBA governor Glenn Stevens emphasised the challenges that lie ahead for Australia and how we must do our best to ensure that “the road to recovery will connect to the road to prosperity.”

There has been a significant jump in the number of part-time workers over the past year as a result of the global financial crisis, a trend that is now filtering through the law profession, reports The Australian.

Research In Motion (RIM) today debuted the BlackBerry® Bold£ 9700 smartphone in Australia and New Zealand.

AC/DC have topped the 2009 BRW list of 50 highest-earning Australian entertainers, raking in an estimated $105 million in the past year.

News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has hinted at a possible delay in plans to charge online users for access to content on the company’s newspaper websites, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

A national campaign to tackle cyber bullying has begun this week, designed to teach school children the correct way to behave when using the internet.

Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly says the average cost of funding will continue to rise, putting further pressure on lenders.

Symantec has today announced the availability of a new data backup and recovery solution for small business, following the results of the Small and Mid-Sized Disaster Preparedness Survey in September 09, which found that the average SME has experienced three outages within the past 12 months, as a result of poor data recovery solutions.

The Federal Government and the Australian Services Union (ASU) today reached an agreement to provide further protection to social and community services workers under the new Fair Work system.

Private business investment has taken a beating in the global financial crisis, according to Treasurer Wayne Swan.