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The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for growth in Australia, citing an aggressive response by the Federal Government and Reserve Bank to the financial crisis.

Official ABS housing finance figures released today, have revealed the number of first-home buyers entering the market fell in June.

With the Federal Government’s controversial Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) expected to be put to a vote in the Senate later this week, Sydney residents are being invited to hear the latest climate change updates as they are being presented.

The future is digital and traditional media revenue will continue to shrink in the years to come. That is the message coming out of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Entertainment Media Outlook 2009-2013 report.

Official data on mortgages expected to be released today is set to test the nerves of homeowners across the country.

The pay of Australia’s chief executive officers has fallen for the first time in ten years, a new report shows.

Four retail companies named as state winners in the 17th annual Telstra Business Awards have won high praise from Telstra Business Group managing director, Deena Shiff, for their productive use of technology in their operations.

Three financial services’ firms have been named as state winners in the 17th annual Telstra Business Awards.

The recently released National Seniors report, Experience Works – The Mature Age Employment Challenge has found Australia loses almost $11 billion each year by not utilising the experience of older Australians in the workforce.

The Reserve Bank has signaled an economic recovery may come sooner rather than later, as it moves to increase its growth forecasts.

Construction activity declined in July, despite a pick up in house building activity, according to a survey.

Social networking sites Twitter and Facebook are back online after they became victims of a cyber attack over night.

Part-time time workers are helping to prop up the economy, with the latest ABS Labour Force figures revealing part-time employment increased by 48,200 in July.

Results from the latest NAB SME Survey have shown that Government policies are standing in the way of small business improvement and development, according to Shadow Small Business Minister Steven Ciobo.

NSW entrepreneur Janet Beckers is on a mission to teach people all over the world how to succeed in online business, turning their passion into profits.

Job hunters and the unemployed should resist the temptation to overexpose their resume, despite increasing unemployment level, according to a leading recruiter.

The ATO’s recently announced compliance program not only outlines compliance risks, but provides assistance to small businesses, says the National Institute of Accountants (NIA).

Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, today announced funding to support start-ups in the early stages of business development.

Deloitte Black Inc’s latest survey has revealed that suburban accounting and legal firms continue to see cash flow and working capital as the main barrier to achieving business goals.

Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of global media empire News Corp has announced they may charge consumers for online newspaper content, in a bid to recoup the losses felt from the global financial crisis.