John Brumby, Alexander Downer and John Lord have been announced as independent Directors to sit on Huawei Australia’s newly-established Board of Directors. The Board will be charged with overseeing Huawei’s local strategy and developing further inroads into the Australian market.
A survey of bank, insurance and financial services employees had found more than half selling customers unnecessary financial products, just to reach management driven performance targets.
he same group, "LulzSec," that attacked Sony Corp's film site also went to destroy an FBI-affiliated Web site in Atlanta in retribution to the NATO alliance's "act of war" against hackers.
Kogan will release a laptop based on Google's Chrome operating system on June 7, beating Asian PC makers Samsung and Acer as first to release the Chromebook.
Australia's share markets drifted lower today in subdued trading conditions as investors and traders took a breather after a wild week. Losses were limited by bargain hunting and technical support at the low point established in the last fortnight. Globally, markets are on hold ahead of the non-farm payrolls data to be released tonight in the US, analysts said.
Australia's employers led by an industry group and the retailers association have warned of the possible consequences of the minimum wage increase approved by authorities.
Former long-serving Leighton (ASX: LEI) chief executive Wal King today broke his silence, ending speculation he would be returning to the Australian contractor
Australian commercial property giant Centro Properties Group Ltd. has reportedly received a $4.96 billion cash offer from Lend Lease Group in February this year that would allow the latter to takeover Centro’s Australian shopping complexes.
Five aboriginal groups in the Western Pilbara region is set to benefit from the mining resources boom in Australia as they confirm signing an agreement with mining firm Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO).
With spot gold currently trading at the 1539.73 level, near term sentiment remains cautiously bullish going into Friday's closely watched U.S. Employment Report.
Lulz Security, a hacker group, claimed it had attacked the Sony network once more. On Thursday, the team broke and entered the servers which hold the SonyPictures.com. More than a million of passwords, email addresses and other information from its current users have been compromised.
Volkswagen of America, Inc. has reported 30,100 units sold in May 2011, a 27.9 percent increase over prior year sales and the company's best sales month since August 2003. Year-to-date sales are up 19.7 percent.
Groupon has seen some successes as of late: after only pulling in a little over $713 million in all of 2010, in the first quarter of this year it had already pulled in some $645 milion.
Sony Corporation, still reeling from a hacking attempt last April, has another of its websites attacked this Thursday. The group of hackers compromised SonyPictures.com and accessed the personal information of more than 1 million Sony customers.
Australia's services sector showed poor signs of improvement, according to the latest Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI®), the seasonally adjusted index fell 1.6 points to 49.9 after a strong lift the previous month (readings below 50 indicate a contraction in activity).
Expect a lacklustre trading today at the Australian stock market because of negative to mixed leads derived from offshore trading overnight.
Microsoft previewed its latest version of the Windows OS at the All Things D conference in Taipei and it is a marked departure from every version of Windows that's preceded it. The new generation Windows 8 has a completely new tile-based interface that is more touch based than any version of Windows.
Incoming chairman of Fortescue Metals Andrew Forrest is being hounded by issues that the board under his leadership will just be merely a rubber stamp and will not question his decisions, according to the Australian Shareholders Association.
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced today that its upcoming award-winning SnapdragonTM family of smart mobile processors, including the MSM8960TM with integrated 3G/LTE modem, is designed to power devices running the next version of Windows.
Software giant Microsoft Corp on Wednesday unveiled the next version of Windows, internally code-named "Windows 8," to help the partners build devices that take advantage of the new user experience at the 2011 Computex.
Stardeals, a shopping website that offers a daily deal on the best local goods, services and cultural events as part of the global Groupon Inc. network, this week began offering deals for the first time in Perth.
Australia’s current iron ore prices are at risk from competition with the coming of Brazil and Africa as market players, warns a new report from an international journal.
The retail sector saw improvements in the month of April as its sales chalked up better numbers that signaled a better outlook for the local economy, according to the latest data issued on Thursday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Australian airline Qantas (ASX: QAN) was forced to ground a plane after flight attendants discovered five rats inside medical equipment just minutes before passengers were due to board.
Excessive self-belief: a leader needs to be assured and act decisively. However, don't become like Caligula or Kim Jong-Il of North Korea, who believe they have superior knowledge and decision-making ability despite lack of supporting evidence. On your team, how many people will question your opinions, offer contrary views or suggest other options? More positively, do you seek out other perspectives and evidence to check your thinking?
It can be argued that Fortescue Metals Group Ltd's Andrew Forrest retirement yesterday boosted the value of the company by around $600 million, with some 30% of that improvement flowing to his already huge fortune.
Beijing's Chinalco and Rio Tinto will explore mainland China for world-class mineral deposits under a joint venture (JV) formalised today. The JV is subject to Chinese regulatory approvals and once established will operate under the name Chinalco Rio Tinto Exploration Co. Ltd. (CRTX).
The takeover bid of Spain's food giant Ebro of Australia's Ricegrowers Ltd will no longer push through as some shareholders in the latter rejected the bid.
The South Australian apple growers will file a protest before Canberra's Parliament House to stop the importation of apples from New Zealand.
The world's leading e-commerce company Alibaba.com now has well over 550,000 Australians using it as a business source, with an average of more than 20,000 people signing up to its site each month, latest figures show.
