Seven ways to cut the cost of running your business
Business expenses continue to rise – but are you paying more than you need to? Brett Hay, a consultant with Expense Reduction Analysts, shares seven simple strategies that could help shave 10 percent or more off the everyday running costs of your business. Read more
Markets Today: Uneasy calm
A quieter night overnight, with no large moves, but no strong reversals either. US equities eeked out fractional gains, while Europe was still weak. Yields were a little lower and currencies in G10 for the most part flat. Oil did rise and Glencore, yesterday’s prophet of doom, bounced 17%. Read more
Markets Today: No killer inflation punch from August PCE deflator
It’s been a combination of factors that have coalesced to weaken the AUD overnight, but it has not been a cathartic move down, just another orderly look under 0.70. There have been weak equity markets in both the Europe and US. Read more
Australian Markets Weekly: Slower population growth
In this weekly update we tease out some implications of slower population growth that’s been evident now for the past two years, with a further step down reported by the Australian Statistician last week. Read more
Markets Today: A big week
Friday’s tone was set by Fed Chair Yellen, early in the Sydney session. In this, she backed up the Fed speakers post the FOMC, which have reiterated that the Fed are looking to raise interest rates this year. Read more
Markets Today: Yellen fires up the big dollar again
Another choppy night of trading with hints of risk-off still dogging equity markets and supporting bond markets, while commodities were non-directional with copper down marginally but other metals mostly rose, including the yellow metal. Read more
Protecting your business from denial of service
A denial of service (or DoS) attack is designed to disrupt a website in order to prevent legitimate users from accessing it. The attackers ‘flood’ the website with many connection requests, far too many for the website to handle, and as a result the website is knocked offline. Read more
Markets Today: Mixed emotions
It’s been a night of mixed emotions as far as risk sentiment is concerned. It was not helped initially by yesterday’s weaker China manufacturing reading, and the quickly emerging shadow of Volkswagen’s issues. Read more
NAB Special Report: A Survey of Business Innovation in Australia
Innovation is a key driver of business success and a differentiator of high growth-potential segments of the economy. This special report explores business attitudes towards innovation and opportunities. Read more
Markets Today: Pick and mix excuses
It’s a bit of pick and mix for explanations regarding market moves in the last 24 hours. There has been no top tier economic data, no new speeches, or surprises. Read more
Tips to make the most of your online efforts
The digital world offers big opportunities for Australian small businesses, and a few simple tips can help you make the most of your online efforts. Panellists at Xerocon Melbourne 2015, discussed the opportunities in a session called “Defining your digital world”. Read more
Markets Today: Big dollar rules still
Not a massive night for price action on the currency markets, but what we did see was signs of a little further strength in the USD. Read more
