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As swine flu grips the globe, health experts are predicting the number of infected people will continue to rise and will devastate business.

AskMen.com today unveiled the results of their 2009 Askmen Great Male Survey, revealing the traditional man is back. Yes that’s right ladies, he has made a comeback!

Hats off to Accor for its eye-catching media release for Novotel today entitled ‘Sleeping with the boss is affordable’. I am a huge fan of using humour in media releases. It works! And I bet the title of this blog made you want to read more, right?

The ACCC’s decision regarding supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths fuel discounts is a slap in the face for small business says Independent senator Nick Xenophon.

Discover how Small Business September can help your business with over 300 events hosted by 100 organisations. Find a range of events to help strengthen your business, sharpen market presence and increase opportunities. Most events are free and held across New South Wales.

Astaro Corporation, a leading network security vendor is offering free business audits to Australian SMEs.

The Department of Trade and Economic Development are offering South Australian small business owners the chance to attend a free ‘Better Business Series’ workshop to help grow their business.

Australian IT consultancy 3W has launched what is believe to be Australia’s first formal IT apprenticeship program to help businesses gain risk-free IT help desk services, as well as reduce attrition rates.

Business owners can now get a jump on their competitors during the downturn following the launch of Ideas Culture, a service that delivers unlimited fresh ideas using a global team of brainstormers recruited via Twitter to solve business challenges.

Australian business owners are optimistic about the future and expect the Australian economy to improve in the next 6 to 18 months, according to the MYOB Business Monitor.

Westpac banking chief executive Gail Kelly has said that interest rates have hit the bottom and are likely to rise again.

Four businessmen from a leading Sydney surveying, planning and engineering firm are set to trek 100 kilometres of tough Australian bush in order to raise money for charity Oxfam.

In a climate where unemployment is tipped to hit seven percent, and employees are being made redundant, many people are looking to buy a new business, but don’t know where to start. The Mardent Group is set to hold a number of business buying seminars across the country to for potential buyers.

Australian business owners operating in a partnership are being urged to get adequate risk protection cover for themselves and their partner, to avoid business failure.

A Sydney textile and wallpaper manufacturer won the 2009 New South Wales Telstra Business Award last night.

Respected writer and publicity mentor Philippa Lowe, is set to hold a free teleseminar for business owners, with advice on how to boost sales through e -marketing, with particular focus on eNewsletters.

Australian consumers will have more options about where to shop for groceries following a go-ahead by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for the sale of 45 Coles supermarkets to Foodworks.

Costco Wholesale, the largest US warehouse club, is preparing to enter into the Australian grocery market, with the launch of its first outlet in Melbourne, August 17.

Last night’s NSW Telstra Business Awards epitomised everything we stand for here at Dynamic Business magazine: small businesses taking risks, putting their heart and soul into their passions and doing great things in the face of competition from much bigger companies.

As Australians continue to embrace social media in droves and upload more and more personal information on sites like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, some employers, managers and recruiters, are using this information when hiring potential employees. However, using social media as an information gathering tool raises serious legal issues for employers, says Harmers Workplace Lawyers.