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A new study has found that employers are placing more emphasis on looks than qualifications when it comes to hiring potential employees.

RightNow® Technologies has published a practical guide to social media designed to help businesses incorporate social media into their customer experience strategy.

Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson has less than three months to save Australia’s sagging tourism numbers from another cruel blow to our most valuable market – Britian, says Shadow Tourism Minister Steven Ciobo.

Visa has been given a pink makeover in order to support and raise awareness about breast cancer.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has delivered some sobering news, stating that unemployment will continue to rise for some time, despite reports to the contrary.

As part of “Small Business September”, the NSW Government is offering small businesses free online business coaching, along with a marketing makeover.

The Government is in talks to ban music events for the months of September and October in order to control swine flu outbreaks, reports music and media website www.music.com.au

Businesses are more confident about the economy now than they were two years ago, according to the latest National Australia Bank (NAB) monthly business survey.

I am depressed. A new survey by consulting group Mercer has found that two out of every five people aged 40-65 have had to change their retirement plans due to the financial crisis, with many now expecting to work past the age of 70!

A survey by consultancy group, Mercer has shown the number of Australians expecting to work past age 70 has doubled since 2006, highlighting the impact the financial crisis has had on retirement savings.

A KPMG Mood of the Market Survey has revealed SMEs are seeing light at the end of the tunnel and are preparing for growth.

Businesses across Australia and New Zealand are being given the opportunity to reduce their environmental footprint, with the introduction of the industry’s first Green IT training courses.

Symantec Corp today announced new software to help businesses maximize efficiencies and save on IT costs.

Business analytics firm SAS has launched new software to help businesses fight fraud and uncover hidden relationships between consumers and social media data.

A leading professor from the University of NSW has told the Senate the ACCC should force Commonwealth Bank and Westpac to sell their respective arms BankWest and St George to increase competition in the sector.

Things are starting to look up according to the latest Dun & Bradstreet National Business Expectations Survey, with sales and profit expectations recording the greatest increase since the survey began.

‘See it and say it’ is one of the most powerful lessons I have learnt throughout my management career when it comes to managing staff performance.

For those of you who aren’t aware, there has been a bit of a debate this week between PRs and journalists which has highlighted what can go wrong when offering a journalist an exclusive.

Victoria’s small business festival Energise Enterprise is well under way, with over 400 events held across Victoria throughout the month of August, designed to help small businesses manage through difficult times, gain insights from business leaders, build networks and exchange new ideas.

The Federal Government has warned taxpayers to be wary of a tax scam involving people posing as officials from the Australian Tax Office.