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DealsDirect taken down by malware in ads
Online department store DealsDirect has been blacklisted by Google after a rogue piece of code hidden inside a third-party's advertisement infected the site.
SmartCompany - 2:51 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Australian Industry Group calls for $12 boost to minimum wage: Economy Roundup
The Australian Industry Group has called for Fair Work to take a cautious approach in adjusting the minimum wage, saying the ability of businesses to hire could be affected.
SmartCompany - 11:17 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Housing shortage to hit 466,000 by 2020, HIA report reveals
Australian's housing crisis is set to continue over the next decade resulting in a shortfall of 466,000 dwellings by 2020 if current trends continue, according to the latest figures from ...
SmartCompany - 10:52 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Success stories
The collapses keep coming at the small end of Australia's business community – companies from a range of sectors (including advertising, transport, construction and clean tech) that limped through the ...
SmartCompany - 10:49 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Mobile data prices to remain high as telcos struggle to keep up with surging demand
Prices for wireless data will remain high over the next few years if telcos struggle with upgrading networks to cope with more demand for mobile broadband, an industry expert has ...
SmartCompany - 10:34 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Opposition slams Government over potential crackdown on contractors
The Federal Opposition has used Question Time in the Senate to grill the Government about its plans to change the way independent contractors are treated under the tax system, with ...
SmartCompany - 10:11 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Why do we need to be told how to behave in the loo?
Dear Aunty B, I visit many businesses in my line of work and on the occasion I need to use their toilets (the women's' toilets) I am constantly bemused at ...
SmartCompany - 10:05 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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An old-fashioned lesson
I often have a good giggle with audiences when I'm presenting, about what it was like working 'last century'. The funny thing is that in just a decade, many of ...
SmartCompany - 9:45 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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THE LIGHTER SIDE: Self-important employees
Do you have a self-important employee in your midst? They can’t be as puffed up as this “brain surgeon” from the BBC's That Mitchell and Webb Look.
SmartCompany - 9:34 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Telstra split bill delayed until May, negotiations to continue
The legislation designed to split Telstra's networks into separate wholesale and retail divisions has been delayed for at least two months after the Federal Government failed to produce the bill ...
SmartCompany - 9:30 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Renewable energy company Solverdi Worldwide collapses
A listed biodiesel fuel company that billed itself as the world's first renewable energy company has been placed in administration after collapsing with debts of $4.3 million.
SmartCompany - 9:24 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Google TV to offer web-browsing, apps on televisions
Internet giant Google has teamed up with chip manufacturer Intel and electronics giant Sony to create a new television platform for users to navigate the internet and specific applications designed ...
SmartCompany - 9:12 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Watch the Big Mac index and China
Given the uncertainties about rising oil prices, the impact of cut backs in new housing subsidies, the wind down of Gillard’s school halls and Rudd’s roofing follies, and the removal ...
SmartCompany - 9:02 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Busy is overrated
In business I meet plenty of salespeople who seem busy, but only a few who are truly effective. The reality about busy salespeople is that most are unproductive in comparison ...
SmartCompany - 8:46 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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Contracts beware – the Government is coming after you: Gottliebsen
Small contractors of Australia need to gird themselves for a fight for survival because the government is considering a massive assault on contracting.
SmartCompany - 8:27 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST
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