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New home approvals jumped in June to hit a four-year high.

Business is booming for Catalogue Central, Australia’s first online catalogue business, as the company posted 100 percent revenue growth for the April/June quarter.

With tough economic times prevailing, businesses should be aware of the importance of healthy cash flow to thrive and survive through this period, according to Marc Peskett of accounting and advisory firm MPR Group.

Chocolate is still a luxury people are unwilling to give up, even in tough times, if Cadbury PLC profits are anything to go by.

Yahoo! and Microsoft have formed a web partnership that would unite the two companies against market leader Google.

Jobs and the economy are expected to be the key concerns for Labour’s first national conference today.

The latest Commonwealth Bank ‘Where is it cheaper to buy than rent?’ report has revealed that it is becoming increasingly cheaper to buy a property than rent in a number of suburbs across the country.

As the economy recovers, interest rates will start to climb up again, according to both Reserve Bank boss Glenn Stevens and Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry.

Veda Advantage’s Business Credit Demand Index has revealed that the demand for credit applications for business has increased, in a clear sign that the road to recovery is not far off.

Dun & Bradstreet’s (D&B) latest quarterly trade payment analysis revealed that Australian companies have improved their payment terms for the first time in many months, with payment days reduced by 2.6 days to reach an average of 54.8 days.

Acronis has released a free online calculator to enable small businesses to estimate the storage savings they can achieve using deduplication technology to cut storage requirements.

Payment Adviser and Cuscal today announced a new partnership to deliver Australia’s first online superannuation transaction service in support of small business owners.

While economic instability may mean that many businesses fail, one small business is experiencing continued success and growth, celebrating its fifth birthday in August.

The economic crisis is continuing to take its toll on small business with many falling into a vicious spiral of debt as debtors continue to delay payments or not pay at all, cash flow specialists Oxford Funding observed today.

Reckon Limited has unveiled new online accounting software, allowing accountants, bookkeepers and business owners to access their accounting software anywhere, anytime.

Business confidence has improved substantially according to the National Australia Bank (NAB) business survey for the June quarter.

According to Australians polled recently by St.George Bank, the vast majority of us have made changes to our spending and saving habits for good in light of the financial crisis and our thrifty ways are here to stay.

Australians in business are signing up to SourceBottle, a new site that helps generate publicity for subscribers by putting them in touch with key journalists.

It amazes me that people all around the world leave their jobs for pretty much the same reasons. I was in Singapore last year attending a global HR conference, and was pretty surprised when one of the presenters shared some research with us, which confirmed what I thought – it all comes down to the relationship with their manager.

Google Australia (www.google.com.au) has revealed its fastest rising searches of 2009 so far, with swine flu coming in at number one on the list, while Masterchef hit number three, and the stimulus package came in at number four. Singing sensation Susan Boyle also proved to be popular, coming in at number two on the list.