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Tuesday November 6, 2007

Business Innovations

Voice in the wilderness

The communications watchdogs have refused to step in to help Voice Over IP users who want to keep their phone number when switching service providers. more

Greengrocer's fresh start

Chief Financial officer of Harris Farm greengrocers, Angus Harris, learned the hard way the importance of having an IT diaster recovery plan. more

In a ferment over fruit

Europe is on the verge of siding with vintners in Germany who say what they make from apples and berries is just as much wine as the grape stuff. more

Padlocks on the palm trees

Many companies are investigating business opportunities in Second Life. But are they exposing themselves to security risks in the process? more

$A buoyant and so is R&D;

Australian technology exporters are in for a bumpy ride as the dollar soars, warns NAB's chief economist Alan Oster. more

Jobs slashed as car sales slump

The latest victims in a series of severe cost cutting measures at America's biggest car manufacturers are 11,000 employees who have lost their jobs. more

Tears at the loss of print's golden age

Newspaper advertising's lack of creativity, spontaneity and appeal is frustrating the advertising industry, writes Paul McIntyre. more

MySpace honing in for advertisers

Social networking giant MySpace hopes to attract more advertisers by dividing its 110 million users into more than 100 targeted advertising categories. more

O'Neal's remarkable rise and fall

The journey of Stanley O?Neal from a farm in Alabama to the top of the food chain on Wall Street was an uncommon rise that culminated in an all-too-familiar fall. more

Time Warner's natural born CEO

Jeffrey Bewkes's ascension to the top executive post at the world's biggest media company, Time Warner, has surprised no one. more

Charities cast net for funds

Like other organisations, charities are embracing the latest web technologies. But unlike others, they are helping save lives - and save money that is spent on a good cause. more

Web 2.0? Don't bank on it just yet

All the cool kids overseas are toying with new internet banking systems but Australia's institutions won't commit, writes Beverley Head. more

Airline stocks may stall on the runway

Aviation's current sweet spot may be short-lived, particularly in the domestic market, says the Australian businessman who ran three international airlines. more

Art investors eyeing the auctions

Next month will be dotted with Aboriginal art sales as well as the big offerings of white Australian art that always come this time of the year, writes Peter Fish. more

The innovation generator

Information management giant EMC's chief technology officer Jeff Nick explains how his company is using web 2.0 tools not just to handle its own data, but to generate innovation. more

Energy boost may come a cropper

With crop prices rising, Biofuels are not necessarily an easy fix to the energy crisis, writes Cosima Marriner. more

The future is right here

With nano technology accelerating at the present rate, it may not be long until human intelligence becomes obsolete, in computer terms at least. more

Crash and quivers a lesson, not a guide

Twenty years on and the question on everyone's lips is whether the crash of 1987 could happen again. It is the wrong question, writes Annette Sampson. more

Success is in the timing

Poor timing can reduce investors' returns from managed funds, with potentially devastating results, writes Simon Hoyle. more

Social concern can improve investments

Calibrating investment decisions to take into account environmental and social concerns may actually deliver above-average returns, according to a recent study. more

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Comments

Bianca says:
While the perception may be widespread, that many developing countries are looked at as a door-stop for cost-cutting by weste... More

Roderick Dunne says:
Nice article. One other view to take on your section "Innovate around - rather than through - technology" is that developi... More

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