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Consumer groups are pushing for larger prints on unit prices of grocery items for shoppers to benefit the most from comparative unit prices that supermarkets post based on a common weight, volume or number.

To help reverse its sagging financial standing, flag carrier Qantas will feature supermodel Miranda Kerr in a national advertising campaign for the airline.

The new Windows RT club will be mostly composed of Dell, Samsung and Lenovo, as confirmed this week by Microsoft, indicating that key PC players will roll out ARM-powered slates during the scheduled Oct 26 launch of the revamped Windows operating system.

No official confirmation from Apple is out yet, though it is widely rumoured that the next iPhone iteration will be out as early as Sept 21, at least in the North American market, sparking a frenetic race for current iPhone owners to dump their old units for some cash.

The Catholic Church is again in another controversy. This time the ownership of a billion-dollar German media company that has been reported to be selling some pornographic materials, which is against its philosophy and teachings.

A U.S. report has cited leading tech firms, chief of them Apple, for active efforts in ensuring that products they issue in global markets were not laced with ‘blood money’.

Australian businesses could save up to $125 billion a year or $625 billion over the next five years if it shifts to cloud computing, Cloud Accounting Australia review of case studies said.

Creations of leading American fashion designer Ralph Lauren would still be available despite the end of a 23-year licence deal between the fashion brand and Australian accessories outfit OrotonGroup in June 2013.

Samsung has officially rolled out the new Galaxy Note tablet and this time around, it is a full-sized slate and in fact a tad larger than iPad with screen size of 10.1 inches.

It’s best for Apple and Samsung chiefs to sit down and attempt to reach an agreement before a trial jury deliberates on their legal disputes, a U.S. court presiding over the two’s patent contest said on Wednesday.

Nokia may just unveil new handsets by the first week of September, reports said, likely jumping the gun on Apple, which earlier has strongly indicated that the latest iPhone version would hit global markets no later than the mid-part of the same month.

The Federal Magistrates Court in Sydney slapped on Wednesday a $15,500 fine on a Qantas and a manager for bullying an employee. Citing the Fair Work Act, the court said Qantas manager Peter Cawthorne coerced aircraft engineer Luke Murray into withdrawing a claim worth $10,000.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) customers would likely find it harder to accept the bank's explanation that following Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) overnight cash rate decisions could threaten its profitability.

Two prominent Microsoft OEM partners have expressed plans not to join the Windows RT tablet bandwagon, not yet at least, reportedly to focus their efforts on the more powerful Windows 8 slate that will hit the market in the early months of 2013.

Lawyers of the largest class action lawsuit in Australia told the High Court on Tuesday that ANZ bank charged customers with excessive bank fees for overdrawing their accounts.

A National Australia Bank (NAB) official said on Tuesday that in the next few years, Australian banks would rely less on wholesale funding and instead focus on deposits as the main source of their lending operations.

Google has commenced reengineering efforts on Motorola Mobility, signalling serious intents on the part of the tech giant to turnaround at the soonest possible time an ailing firm it bought for more than $12 billion in May this year.

Along with the return of its chief executive, ING Direct launched on Monday a new TV advertisement that features male backside as its catch-on.

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is making renewed efforts against insider trading by launching a number of cases involved leaked information during the merger and acquisition phase of businesses.

Although small- and medium-enterprises (SME) in Australia are recognising the inevitable need to have online presence, their actual online activity leaves much to be desired.

Qantas is on a roll. After winning Fair Work Australia's nod in its labour row with unions, the flag carrier is attempting to recover lost market sharing with the launch of three daily flights to Gold Coast.

Giant tobacco firms are attempting to re-invent their products in the face of relentless onslaughts coming from government regulators and health experts, which have been actively pushing to limit the world’s smoking incidence in the past decade, report said.

A permanent point man for Facebook in Australia should be appointed soon, the giant social media firm said on Monday following its confirmation that an interim head has been tapped to run the company’s local operations on daily basis.

Google intends to employ new search algorithm that would shore up the appearance of legitimate web content providers to the tech giant’s search pages, boosting what the company said chances by music, movie and software producers to lure more buyers away from bootleg sources.

Manchester United debuted Friday on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and ended up garnering total market value of $US2.3 billion yet beneath the impressive numbers, analysts feared that the hugely popular Red Devils could go the same way that Facebook’s IPO did – fizzling out too soon.

Due to dining and retail establishments push to scrap the penalty rate for Sunday work, unions have launched a counter offensive by launching the Save our Aussie Weekends campaign.

Dairy farmers from Queensland and New South Wales (NSW) are not taking the sides of either Coles or Woolworths in the two supermarket giants' price war. They instead urged on Sunday the boycott of the two supermarkets' branded milk at the ongoing Ekka, Queensland's largest public event which attracts over 400,000 visitors.

What is it like working with Google? Benefits abound that employees not only enjoy work site freebies such as free foods and health services but also assurances that life after death for Googlers’ family members will not be too difficult.

In response to criticisms that Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill project is favouring foreign labour over Australian workers, the firm has initiated measures to hire locals for the construction phase of the iron ore venture.