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Australian Innovation Festival 2010 gears up for national and state launches

The 2010 Australian Innovation Festival celebrates its ninth anniversary by again focusing on the 4Cs of Innovation -- Creativity, Connections, Collaboration and Commercialisation. This year’s Festival theme “Building Sustainable Businesses” highlights the importance of innovation during this period of regeneration from last year’s global economic uncertainty.

Aussies planning to go cheap this Valentine's Day

This probably comes as no surprise, but lovers, dreamers and schemers across the nation are expected to go cheap this Valentine's Day (which is tomorrow, gentlemen... eh-herm).

What a shame: Australia’s working mothers are being discriminated against in their quest for...

More than half of all working women in Australia say they have been discriminated against purely because they are a mother according to FlexCareers research

Does your company need diverse high-achieving young talent? Look no further

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Smart 100 nominations are now open!

Calling all innovators. This is your chance to nominate an Australian made product or service and showcase an innovation that Australian business builders simply need to hear about. Promote the spoils of your own toils or put one of your clients under the spotlight. This is your chance to refine your message and get exposure.

Research: Working mums have fatter kids

As if it wasn't hard enough to be a female entrepreneur, and a mother to boot. Now comes news that mothers of modest means who are working full time are more likely to have fat kids.

Despite recovery, more companies are at risk (D&B)

Close to 38,000 Australian firms are a high risk of distress this financial year, despite signs the Australian economy is on the mend. New data from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) shows that the number of firms at risk has continued to rise over the past fifteen months, from around 34,000 in Q2 2008 to almost 38,000 in the June quarter of 2009.

A quarter of Aussie SMEs ill-prepared for Government's Fair Work changes

A recent study revealed that one in four Australian SMEs were either inadequately prepared or not well informed about the Federal Government's new Fair Work industrial relations laws.

Wanted: Australia’s greatest innovators

Sydney University’s Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering is on the hunt again for Australia’s greatest innovators. Nominations are being sort for the Innovation Heroes Award, which the Warren Centre bestows each year on innovators who have created successful products or services from brilliant engineering ideas or inventions.

Strong business confidence means sunny December for Australian businesses, says D&B (hold the barramundi)

If only confidence was a tangible commodity, like coal or iPhones or barramundi. Because Australian businesses appear to be investing heavily in it. Confidence about sales, profits and capital investment are heady and strong for the final quarter of 2010, according to Dun & Bradstreet's latest National Business Expectations Survey. This could indicate a sunny December for Australian business.

Seven Australian entrepreneurs vie for Enterprize 2010

An on-the-go device that measures several body functions at once and a technology that turns laptops and mobile phones into e-book readers are among the seven innovative ventures named finalists in Enterprize 2010, the University of Queensland's $100,000 business planning competition.

Australian exporters can claim IP expenses from 1 July ’09

For the first time, Australian exporters will be eligible to claim IP expenses under Austrade's Export Market Development Grant Program (EMDG).

Melbourne to lead Australia with green building retrofit initiative

The City of Melbourne announced yesterday that it aims to retrofit two thirds of the city's commercial buildings in a huge sustainability initiative.

Get some lipstick on ya collar

Which products and services should you sell during an economic downturn? You might have stumbled on the term "the lipstick effect" in recent months, as...

Nuix earns NSW's top tech exporter gong

Sydney-based software company Nuix Pty Ltd has been awarded the NSW government's top technology export award, the 2009 Australian Technology Showcase (ATS) Patrons' Award.

Future Fellowship research grants try to stem Australia’s brain drain

The government's Future Fellowships program hands out money to researchers at the midpoint of their careers. In other words, Canberra is trying its darnedest to put a plug in Australia's brain drain.

Bucking the trend: Australia’s IPO market is set to grow in 2016 despite a...

In spite of a shaky start to 2016 for Australian and global markets, local IPOs are generally bucking the trend according to Deloitte’s 2016 IPO Report

These 3 Australian agricultural exports are set to soar thanks to the recently signed...

In the past 18 months, Australia has signed major free trade agreements (FTAs) with Japan, South Korea and China and they are set to boost agriculture

Daniel Feiler explains why Australian online shopping is taking off

In this podcast, Daniel Feiler, head of corporate communications for eBay Asia Pacific, talks with Leon and Garry about what's driving the fast growth of online shopping in Australia, how retailers can leverage the Internet to get into the game, and how eBay's bar code-scanning app is gaining popularity with consumers.

Research: Caffeine consumption can reverse Alzheimer's

Researchers at Florida's Alzheimer's Research Centre have revealed that increased caffeine intake in mice can prevent and even reverse the effects of Alzheimer's. This news...
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