Faster net speeds and more mobile activity benefit business

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Australians are downloading more data on their mobile phones and are accessing the internet at faster speeds, which will benefit all businesses using the internet, according to FinaMetrica, an Australian

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ANZ Wealth joins Monash-CSIRO Super Research Cluster

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The pre-eminent retirement incomes research organisation, the CSIRO-Monash University Superannuation Cluster, has secured another significant private sector backer with the decision by ANZ Wealth to join its ranks. ANZ Wealth

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Trash to treasure, three companies making it big from garbage

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Would you withdraw money from an ATM and then bin it? Have you bought batteries from the shops and then immediately throw them away? As absurd as this sounds, we

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Largest jobs gains on record… apparently

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Labour force; Chinese inflation Jobs gains: Employment rose by a record high 121,000 in August after falling by a revised 4,100 in July (previously reported as a 300 fall in jobs).

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Software investment hits record $3.26 billion

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Australian businesses invested a record $3.26 billion in software in the second quarter of 2014, reflecting the rising importance of information technology to the economy overall and to the financial

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Stop thief! That’s my identity

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Identity theft is a multi-billion dollar problem – and growing. To the extent that financial advisers help guide their clients in protecting against risks, the topic of identity theft is

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Australian businesses rake in record $246.4bn from internet

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Australian businesses earned a record $246.4 billion from internet sales in 2012-13, up from $237.1 billion in 2011-12, reflecting the rising importance of  e-commerce to economic activity, according to Paul

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Australian software spending strikes record $3.19 billion as efficiencies sought

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Australian businesses invested a record $3.19 billion in software in the first quarter of 2014 as they sought efficiency gains, while productivity inched ahead, according to gross domestic product statistics

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Faster net speed boosts efficiency of financial service businesses

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Australians are accessing the internet at higher speeds, helping to improve the efficiency of online financial services businesses, according to FinaMetrica, an  Australian business that has won a high profile international

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Super Guarantee hike leads to record $15.57 billion in employer super contributions

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Software spending strikes fresh high as Australian businesses update technology Employers paid a record $15.57 billion into employees’ superannuation accounts in the third quarter of 2013, reflecting the rise in

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