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Starting your business

Little relief at the bowser

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Crude oil's fall to the $US100 mark overnight will do little to relieve the high cost of petrol in Australia.

Short-change fears on Raptis site

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About 500 workers on a Gold Coast construction site now in receivership are worried about their entitlements.

Growing your business

Protecting young workers

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Two incidents highlight the need for small business to grapple with the issue of exploitation.

Glad and sad over dollar's dance

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Retailers and importers are suffering, but the export and service sectors are happy, Julianne Dowling reports.

Blogs and Columnists

Imagine if your inner workings were exposed

Innovator: What would you do if every aspect of your business was open to scrutiny by the...

Get some unreasonable friends

Enterprise: When you're running a small business, it's great to have a group of supporters and people...

Technology

Bogus site closed down

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Online shoppers worldwide have been duped by an Australian website, the consumer watchdog says.

Overheating recalls laptops

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Sony recalls 4300 laptops from its Vaio TZ series due to fears they could overheat.

Telecommunications

Firm lands mobile-over-WiFi deal

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Melbourne-based telecommunications company Freshtel launches a mobile over WiFi service in the UK.

Telco chief disqualified

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The former executive chairman of Techontap has been disqualified for two years.

Management

Foreign students ''exploited''

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Watchdog warns about exploitation as 7-Eleven franchises investigated for underpaying foreign students.

Sales & Marketing

Retail's next big thing - pets?

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Our retail expert Michael Baker ignores the old adage about not working with animals.

You like me, you really like me!

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Winning a gong is seen as prestigious, but does it translate to the botttom line?

Finance

Surprise jump in jobs

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Australian employers added more jobs than expected in August, lowering chances of another rate cut next month.

Consumer sentiment leaps

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Consumer sentiment rose sharply in September as the Reserve Bank's recent rate cut buoyed shoppers' spirits.