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THE NEWS WRAP: Business Council calls for new federal budget rules
3:33AM | Friday, 15 MarchBusiness Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott is urging the federal government to aim for a surplus within three years and adopt a new set of fiscal rules for future federal budgets.
Startup Weekend success is all in the PIVOT
3:53AM | Monday, 11 MarchA team called PIVOT has taken out the title at Startup Weekend Brisbane, which will see one team member travel to the United States as part of the Advance Innovation Program.
Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off in Australia
3:53AM | Monday, 11 MarchGlobal Entrepreneurship Week has kicked off with a bang in Australia, with a lengthy list of events tipped to provide plenty of inspiration for aspiring entrepreneurs.
THE NEWS WRAP: Re-elected Obama promises “best is yet to come”
3:02AM | Monday, 11 MarchUS President Barack Obama has insisted the “best is yet to come” for America after winning a second four-year term yesterday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney.
SMEs set for incentive blitz amid yawning retail space vacancies
3:08AM | Monday, 11 MarchRetail start-ups are being encouraged to sniff out incentives from landlords who are desperate to fill space, as established brands begin to avoid shopping centres due to high rents.
Sydney doctor named among world’s 50 best new start-ups
3:42AM | Tuesday, 12 MarchA start-up launched by a Sydney doctor to aid paediatric care in remote Aboriginal communities has been named among the world’s 50 most innovative new businesses by Global Entrepreneurship Week.
GE chief urges caution over online courses
9:31AM | Wednesday, 26 SeptemberThe vice president of multinational finance giant GE has raised doubts about the success of online training programs, insisting they can’t replace face-to-face courses.
President Obama focuses on start-ups
6:30AM | Friday, 8 JunePresident Obama discusses legislation currently before Congress that would give a tax credit to small businesses. The tax credit will go to businesses that are hiring new employees, or raising the wages of their existing staff.
THE NEWS WRAP: Reserve Bank fuels interest rate cut speculation
5:16PM | Monday, 14 MayThe Reserve Bank of Australia has stoked hopes of a further interest rate cut by stressing that inflation must be kept low and that non-mining businesses needed to grow in order to keep unemployment down.
$15 million investment in biotech start-up wins global award
4:00AM | Tuesday, 17 AprilA $15 million investment in an Australian biotechnology start-up has been judged the Best Venture Capital Investment at the 2012 Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards in Washington.
Project PowerUp
11:14AM | Monday, 14 NovemberProject PowerUp is the brainchild of Ryan Wardell, a 20-something entrepreneur based in Sydney. The business bills itself as Australia’s first crowd-funding platform for start-ups.
THE NEWS WRAP: Queensland Government could face claims from flood-ravaged businesses
8:02AM | Tuesday, 2 AugustThe US could still lose its AAA credit rating, even if, as expected, Congress passes a deal struck between party leaders to avoid a debt default.
Going global
4:59AM | Wednesday, 13 AprilSo there I was in Shanghai at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) as the Australian host with 100 hundred other country representatives, from Bermuda to Iceland.
Eternal Twitter memories
12:22AM | Friday, 3 DecemberMany businesses use Twitter to market themselves, but what about creating a company based on the popular social networking site itself?
