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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
Uncertainty dominated the Australian share market in morning trading, with the bourse edging slightly into the green at noon on low volumes. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up six points, or 0.12 per cent, to 4,869.1 points, while the ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
"The beat goes on...la de da de da." (Cher) The beat of mixed data that is, but Wall Street is seeing the silver lining in the dark clouds this time. First stop and the most important for the US economy - the consumer. Their personal income rose by ...

Cloud computing still a foggy idea

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Banks and other financial services companies are among the early adopters of cloud computing but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of it, many are stuck in a haze, new research shows. In a survey of more than 300 companies covering key business sectors ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received flat leads from Wall Street securities overnight, although metals were higher. Oil was lower, however. At 0759 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was six points higher ...

Cloud computing comes to iPhone

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
New York Stock Exchange-listed Netsuite has brought a cloud computing mobile enterprise resource planning suite to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch in Australia. NetSuite for iPhone and iPod touch is available now for free on the App Store, noted a press ...

Mmm...bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
Mmm...bargains In the words of Homer (Simpson, that is, "mmmm...bargains!" September's curse is in full swing. Wall Street dipped again last night. Why? Please explain? If you believe the spin, it was because stocks are overvalued, the US recovery would ...

It's coming true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
"Such a feelin's comin over me There is wonder in most everything I see Not a cloud in the sky Got the sun in my eyes" (Carpenters) Wall Street snubbed what was broadly a bad news day and instead merrily hummed, "Everything I want the world to be, is ...

IT dept holds key to cost cutting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Super funds and fund managers could reduce their cost base through technology after research found cloud computing can save more than $12,000 a year in electricity bills. A NetSuite sustainability impact survey and using information from a study by ...

Microsoft battles Google Docs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... application (web apps) that allows users to read and manipulate Office word and Excel spreadsheets online. But Google's cloud computing dominance could be cut short by Microsoft's more aggressive foray into the web-apps sector - starting with the launch ...