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Ash from a Chilean volcano, which is streaming over Adelaide and Tasmania, continued to disrupt airline services in Australia and New Zealand.

Beef cattle producers in Australia can expect an increase in projected farm cash incomes in 2010-11 as a result of improved seasonal conditions according to a new report released today by ABARES.

Market-leading IT company Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced Monday that it will be reorganizing its corporate structure to fit with the strategy shift it announced last March.

When a prospective employment candidate looks at an organisation, what do they see? Employer brand and recruitment processes have a direct impact on the success of talent attraction and retention efforts.

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) said it plans to start selling its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer in Australia and 15 other new markets in the next 30 days.

There was a drop in the amount of full-time positions in Australia in May, which was offset by a rise in part-time roles, according to the latest employment figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Apple's iPad is one of the fastest-selling devices in history. But just because most people bought iPad doesn't mean you should. There are now many iPad contenders in the market. Here are just five of them:

Regal Beloit Corporation (NYSE: RBC) today announced that the Company has acquired the Australian Fan and Motor Company (AFMC) headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Research has found that 70% of workplace mistakes are due to poor communication. As a business leader, you must be able to communicate in ways that people easily understand.

Even as Germany, Japan, Switzerland and other nations move to abandon existing and planned nuclear reactors, the United States is on a path to see at best only a small handful of already planned, government-backed reactor projects proceed, a group of experts said today.

BM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled its most comprehensive smarter buildings solution as it highlights three unique projects in New Orleans, New York and Minnesota that show the potential of applying advanced analytics and automation for office buildings.

The Australian livestock industry may get a reprieve from the financial debacle posed by the six-month-cattle ban to Indonesia by tapping into the $5-million contingency fund of the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), said Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig.

An ash cloud from a Chilean volcano has expanded to cover all of Tasmania and parts of southern Victoria overnight.

Nestlé has launched a new addition to its Kit Kat range, the Kit Kat Chunky3, which features the brand's signature wafer, topped with three breakable chunks containing three separate textures - fudge, crisp and sauce.

Some 66,000 Australian Institute of Company Directors members and clients had their information stolen after a computer was stolen with their personal information stored inside.

On June 9, the U.S. Supreme Court, by unanimous decision, upheld a $290 million jury verdict against Microsoft for willfully infringing a patent of a small Canadian firm. The case can be depicted as a classic David vs. Goliath or can be a plot to a John Grisham novel. However, what's more significant -- in the area of intellectual property law -- is that the Supreme Court has settled the issue of whether a lower standard can be used to invalidate patents.

Leighton Holdings Ltd. expects to incur a significant financial loss on its Airport Link Project in Brisbane. The construction company originally expected to report a profit of $407 million for the project, but has revised the outlook to a pre-tax loss of $430 million. Leighton now says it is pursuing compensation where possible to recover ad

Hewlett Packard, hoping to tap into a market dominated by Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet, announced Thursday that the Wi-Fi version of HP TouchPad will be available next month.

There is now no stopping the Australian government from implementing the economy-wide carbon tax that aims to lower greenhouse emissions. The Gillard administration even got the support of independent MP Tony Windsor after the Productivity Commission report.

The plunging stock market value of Nintendo this week caught the Japanese game console maker by surprise, which came following the Tuesday launch of its next-generation Wii U.

Exco shareholders gave their go signal on Friday for the $175 million deal that will formally transfer ownership of the company’s Queensland mining assets to Xstrata.

The Westpac Group (ASX: WBC) has confirmed it was initiating a token replacement program, as a result of the recent RSA security issue. Customers the world over have been left wondering whether to trust RSA's security tokens since March 2011, when the company admitted it had been hacked and issued a warning.

The lines are constantly being blurred between what constitutes the workplace and what constitutes a 'social event.'

Ongoing discount interest rate home loans have become the top choice for majority or about 33 percent of new borrowers, according to May 2011 data from Australia’s largest independently owned mortgage broker, Mortgage Choice.

Google came out with its new '+1" button. This is Google's newest foray into the social scene, although they claim this is yet the social network to rival Facebook. The +1 button is a small icon that will become featured in searches done on Google. The idea is that when you see a search result you like, you will +1 it, thus telling others in your Google social group that you like the result.

Almost two-thirds of Australian companies indicate they would consider hiring overseas staff to overcome skills shortages.

Woolworths Limited has announced plans to roll out contactless payment facilities across all its brands.

Employees have been found to be the primary driving factor of L&D practices, rather than overall business strategy, according to the 2011 National Learning and Development Index.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson today announced a five-year initiative to provide free Wi-Fi service at 26 locations in 20 New York City parks across the five boroughs. Starting today, AT&T Wi-Fi is available free of charge to any users at Battery Bosque in Battery Park, the north-end playground in Joyce Kilmer Park in the Bronx, and around the recreation center at Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem, with 23 additional park locations to follow throughout...