Australia has everything to play for, and every advantage it could hope for, but it also has every chance of blowing its future prospects. So says a 16-page special report in the May 2011 issue of the internationally recognised journal, The Economist.
A quick lunchtime study of the passersby on St George's Terrace will confirm what you already know as a manager: Perth is growing in cultural diversity by the day.
Specialist recruitment firm 2discover has signed on as official event partner for the Australian HR Awards.
Australian grains marketer and maltster GrainCorp is buying European malt producer GermanMalt GmbH & Co KG for $77 million. GermanMalt has four malthouses, with 190,000 tonnes of malting capacity per annum.
In news this week, on Tuesday Go Gecko Pty Ltd went into Voluntary Administration leading to the closure of 2 Go Gecko stores with 6 more facing a review by the Administrator.
Search giant Google Inc. had this entrance strategy for its new social network -- launch the service without fireworks, release a beta version of the service to select individuals, and have others join via a by-invitation scheme. So far, the technique, the same done for Google's gmail, appears to be working as Google+ has already gained 20 million unique visitors just three weeks into its release, according to estimates by Web-traffic watcher comScore Inc.
Dr. Charlie Miller, Accuvant LABS principal research consultant, will demonstrate at the Black Hat USA 2011 security conference next week that the batteries of Apple's Macbooks, Macbook Pros and Macbook Airs are vulnerable to hacking attacks. Yes, the batteries!
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows continues to be the world's most popular operating system for personal computers. The problem is that laptop and desktop sales have been slowing down while the demand of tablets has skyrocketed.
The Japanese manufacturer did not imagine sales to be this brisk but because of the power crisis now being experienced throughout Japan, sales had been up this month.
The success of American retail giant Costco in the suburbs of Sydney's Auburn has prompted the warehouse store chain to explore opening a second shop in Canberra.
Costco opened its new store in Canberra today and the line of customers outside the store has led other retailers to question what the US members' only retailer has done to get such a reception.
AFTERNOON REPORT
(4.30pm AEST)Local stocks rallied once again today, after Eurozone leaders agreed on a second bailout package for Greece, sending markets around the globe higher. Hopes are also rising that a deal to lift the US government's maximum borrowing power, or so-called "debt ceiling" will also be reached by the August 2nd deadline.
The largest union representing Telstra (ASX: TLS) employees has come out swinging regarding the offshoring of Telstra jobs and customers’ personal information to India.
Solar peak bodies in Australia are growing more concerned that there has been no progress or policy announcement and that their Solar Solution and expert industry advice has been sidelined.
Qantas pilots have today commenced in-flight announcements over the PA system as part of their industrial campaign for a Qantas flight/Qantas pilot clause included in a new enterprise agreement.
Ralph Norris will step down as CEO of Australia's key financial institutions Commonwealth Bank in November and he will be replaced by Ian Narev.
An American in Kunming, southern Yunnan province in China said in her BirdAbroad blog at Wordpress that she found three shops masquerading as bona fide Apple stores in the city.
Google is winding down Google Labs, the site where users explore prototypes to aid development of new projects.
The MacBook Air features the latest generation Intel Core i5 and Core i7 dual-core processors. With a processor of speeds up to 1.8GHz and faster memory, the new MacBook Air gains 2.5x faster processing performance over the previous generation. It also has the Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor, which includes an on-chip engine for video encoding and decoding.
AFTERNOON REPORT
(4.30pm AEST)Local stocks posted a slight win today, but importantly managed to hold onto yesterday's impressive gains, despite slight falls on Wall Street overnight. Sentiment was boosted by hopes European leaders will agree on a second bail-out package for Greece, while a disappointing flash read on China's manufacturing sector limited gains as markets around the Asian region fell. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) rose 7.8pts or 0.2pct to 4626.2 while the S&P/ASX 200 ...
The Queensland government is urged to put controls on the the coal seam gas sector that has excessively consumed the state's water supply.
Global mining giant BHP Billiton said on Thursday that its iron ore output for the last quarter of fiscal year 2010-11 soared by 14 percent to 35.5 million metric tonnes, exceeding projections earlier set by market analysts.
Midday-Lunchtime REPORT
(12.15pm AEST)Local stocks are managing to hold onto yesterday's impressive gains despite small losses on Wall Street overnight. Investor sentiment has been boosted by hopes Eurozone members will agree to a second bail-out deal for Greece when they meet in Brussels later tonight. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is up 23.8pts or 0.5pct to 4642.
In a seemingly diabolical plot, veterinarians and pharmaceutical companies have teamed up in a marketing campaign to frighten pet guardians into giving year-round heartworm preventatives to their cats, as well as dogs.
Over one million Queensland employees used some form of flexible working arrangements in their main job, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Australia has everything to play for, and every advantage it could hope for, but it also has every chance of blowing its future prospects. So says a 16-page special report in the May 2011 issue of the internationally recognised journal, The Economist.
Larry Page’s recent tinkering on Google’s in-place structures were meant to reposition the internet giant and keep its competitive posture despite the enormous success that the company has achieved in so short a time.
Members of Australia's largest and most representative business organization, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) are taking the concerns of business and ACCI's member organizations about the proposed carbon tax to the community through support of an advertising campaign by the Australian Trade and Industry Alliance (ATI) which commenced on Thursday.
Banking on its economic muscle and its growing list of millionaires, Qantas Airways trains its sight to China where its future growth in the Asia Pacific region will be anchored, according to company chief executive Alan Joyce.
A report to be released by the Federal Government today claims more than 100,000 people are misusing business, student and holiday visas to work illegally in Australia.
