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Visa launch “go biz”card for small business

April 21, 2011 by Reporter Leave a Comment

Visa is launching "Go Biz," a new campaign targeting small business owners.

If you are a one of the growing network of small business owners , The visa Business card is committed to moving your businesses forward by setting and reaching our goals together.

GO BIZ Business card launch by Visa

Most Australian business owners, you probably rely on cheques to pay for goods and services far more often than you use business credit or debit cards , VISA business cards which jas just launched has produced a series of web Documentaries, featuring inspiring Australian entrepreneurs, to explain how a card can provide better cash flow management and more transparent ways to track spending.

Check out the video below for more information

Big retailers gear up to take the online sales war head on

April 13, 2011 by Reporter Leave a Comment

Harvey Norman has just released its online website focusing on selling online with a group buying strategy called “big buys”. Dicksmith , JB HI-Fi, and Coles have also spruced up their act and Online websites.

Research demonstrates that one of the main reasons Australians buy online from overseas-based sellers is due to many popular products not being offered online locally.Turnover for the top 2,000 Australian businesses on eBay.com.au grew by 38 per cent in 2010, clearly demonstrating that consumers have a robust appetite for domestic goods and for purchasing online.

Coles recently has also started a service making groceries available at a click of a button. You can buy Groceries online and you can just drive in to the Coles stores and staff will drop your online grocery shopping goods into your car ready for you to just drive home. You can register to do Online shopping with coles over here – https://www.colesonline.com.au/r

Harvey Norman BiG BUYS^TM offers you a fantastic new deal online every day. Harvey Norman BiG BUYS offers are available for a limited time only. It works on a countdown timer and stock is usually limited; a low stock message will appear when stock is almost gone. Once stock is gone, or the countdown has finished, you cannot purchase that day’s special anymore.

Visit the website here – http://www.harveynormanbigbuys.com.au/

Dicksmith electronics which can be browsed at www.dse.com.au has got a convenient click and collect new buying method for customers , the customers can reserve a product online without payment and then pay and collect the product in store.

More details on how this buying method for Dicksmith online works is here on their website

David Jones launched its online retailing website in November 2010 as a record high Australian dollar was enticing local consumers onto overseas websites.

The four-year-old study has found that while 82% of global retailers have some form of online catalogue , Australia has only 75% of its retailers having a online catalogue. The countries with the highest proportion of retailers that can deliver goods bought online were the UK (at 44%), the US (39%) and France (38%).

Cats eating more fish that their owners

January 7, 2011 by Reporter Leave a Comment

“In many cases they are eating better quality fish than their owners”. Leading this fishy business is the US, where more than 1.1 million tonnes of small forage fish, including sardines, herrings and anchovies, go into cat food.

Each cat in Australia eats 13.7 kilograms of fish a year, while humans on average consume about 11 kilograms of fish and seafood each.

“Good fish is being wasted because of some pet owners’ hedonistic needs when feeding their pets.” GOURMET meals dished up to pampered pets could be threatening world fish supplies, Victorian scientists have warned. 2,48 million tonnes of “forage” fish ie sardines, herrings and anchovies, are being consumed by the world’s cat population via the cat food industry, each year.That means about 13.7 kg per putty cat, purr year. Note, that is, only if you have an Aussie cat, not all global cats are so lucky (or included in the study).

“Australian pet cats are eating better than their owners,” Friggin felines are messing with our fish supplies and denying third world countries. A recent report draws attention to the cat food industry’s use of forage fish, which includes sardines and herrings and is considered a limited biological resource.researchers have discovered that cats eat 2 and a half tons of real fish each year and not only that, it’s the good stuff. In other words cats are eating fish that could be consumed by humans when they could be eating the guts, heads and the rest of the offal. Read more here @ http://www.australianstockwatch.com/2008/08/each-cat-in-australia-eats-137.html

Big Retailers try to block consumers from online shopping

January 5, 2011 by Reporter 3 Comments

David Jones Ltd, Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd,( Gerry Harvey ) Myer and Target are among companies joining forces under a new retail coalition calling on the federal government to either impose GST on all goods under $1000 bought online, or remove GST from all products under $1000 bought locally.

More recently ,Wesfarmers( also running the coles group) has thrown its weight behind this controversial campaign to scrap tax rules that allow Australians to shop on overseas websites without paying GST. Perth-based conglomerate Wesfarmers, also controls retail chains including the Bunnings hardware group, Coles and Bi-Lo supermarkets, Officeworks and Kmart.

According to watoday.com.au

Online retailer Michael Fox, who sells custom shoes through website shoesofprey.com, said big retailers should concentrate on improving their websites rather than blaming the GST exemption for slumping sales.

”For the last five or 10 years the big retailers, and Gerry Harvey in particular, have been saying that online retail is a dead end, nobody makes money in online retail, and they’re not going to invest in it,” Mr Fox said.

The Australian online retail market is set to reach AU$36.8 billion by 2013, up from a forecasted figure of AU$26.86 billion for calendar year 2010 according to PayPal’s ‘eCommerce: Secure Insight’ report from Forrester Research and The Leading Edge

Considering that many of these big businesses are themselves in the process of upgrading their online business websites enabling to sell more of their goods online , this would certainly appear to the online business retailing community as a way to stifle the smaller competition by the big businesses. The consequences of this big businesses pushing on for this gst removal can lead to small local online businesses that could probably close down and run out of business and jobs.

‘There is still a couple of very big retailers that are not joined this group which include Harvey Norman competitor JB Hi-Fi, which has a strong online presence, Woolworths’ discount chain, Big W, and the Supre and Sussan groups, which compete with Lew family interests.

This group of companies is running a media campaign which is targeted against small online retailers and businesses ,which warns that failing to act will ultimately cost Australians jobs. This coalition of big businesses also includes Book shops and australian designer fashion stores labels . This has possibly happened because now people who shop online have been able to get books and dresses cheaper not only from local online shops but also overseas due to the strong aussie dollar.

Consumers have embraced online shopping even more due to the ridiculously high prices they have to pay at the Big retail shops compared to shopping in other countries or even online shopping. Prices in big retail shops and grocery shops have continued to be on the rise in spite of the population rising significantly over the years which has not brought any reduction in these prices therefore leading the consumers towards savings and online shopping.

These group of companies are just trying to deny normal people shopping online good bargains that they can have online and instead of trying to compete with them they are trying to make it harder for them to trade online.

Ref www.digitalgrog.com.au

Mr Lew, who has an estimated worth of $1.49 billion, yesterday emerged as the main backer of the push to either scrap GST on goods worth less than $1000 sold by Australia’s struggling retail sector or apply the same impost to goods bought from overseas

According to the Australian Bureau Of statistics more than 1.3 million Australian adults purchased or ordered goods and services for their own private use over the Internet. This was a substantial increase from the 803,000 adults that did likewise in the 12 month period to November 1999.

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Online Shopping Blooms

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October 29, 2010 by Reporter 4 Comments

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The coming of “Hidenburg Omen” !!

August 25, 2010 by Reporter 2 Comments

what is the Hindenburg omen ?

The hindenburg omen named after famous German airship that crashed in new jersey in 1937 , is a technical indicator that predicts not just a bear market but a stock market crash. As per wikipedia . The Hindenburg Omen is a technical analysis pattern that is said to portend a stock market crash. It is named after the Hindenburg disaster of May 6, 1937, during which the German zeppelin Hindenburg was destroyed.

The core idea behind the Hindenburg Omen, for those of you who haven’t been reading your investment blogs over the last two weeks, is that it’s bearish whenever there are a large number of both new 52-weeks highs and new 52-week lows on the NYSE.

For this crash to happen , the 5 criteria of the Omen should be fulfilled:

1.That the daily number of NYSE new 52 Week Highs and the daily number of new 52 Week Lows must both be greater than 2.2 percent of total NYSE issues traded that day.

2.That the smaller of these numbers is greater than or equal to 69 (68.772 is 2.2% of 3126). This is not a rule but more like a checksum. This condition is a function of the 2.2% of the total issues.

3. That the NYSE 10 Week moving average is rising.

4.That the McClellan Oscillator is negative on that same day.

5.That new 52 Week Highs cannot be more than twice the new 52 Week Lows (however it is fine for new 52 Week Lows to be more than double new 52 Week Highs). This condition is absolutely mandatory.

The Hindenburg Omen is going to make things very bad, very soon, if technical analysts are correct. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. It’s a market anomaly that happens very rarely. However, when it does happen, it can mean we are heading over a cliff, and fast. The last time it happened? June 2008.

The creator of the this omen is a blind mathematician named jim Miekka , said that his indicator is no predicting a market meltdown next month. will this affect australia is it a bad omen for australia only time will tell .

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The “ Big Burqa Debate in Australia”

August 8, 2010 by Reporter 2 Comments

A WA Perth judge in Western Australia is set to decide whether a Muslim woman can wear a full burqa while giving evidence before a jury in court in a fraud case.

Burqa In australia

Anwar Sayed from perth WA has been charged with fraudulently obtaining $1.125 million from the state and federal governments by falsifying the number of students at the Muslim Ladies College of Australia in Kenwick in Perth’s south.

The witness in this case , Tasneem, wants to wear a full burqa while giving evidence in court in the fraud trial of Muslim school director Anwar Sayed. The woman is a strict practising Muslim who does not want to show her face to men. Tasneem was an Islamic studies teacher at the Muslim Ladies College of Australia in Kenwick, south of Perth, in 2006. The school is run by Muslim Link Australia, and Sayed is the director.

This is a Burqa ( below)

Burqa – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A burqa (Arabic pronunciation: [ˈbʊrqaʕ]; also transliterated burkha, burka or burqua from Arabic: برقع‎ burqu’ or burqa‘ ) is an enveloping outer garment

Updated News 07/08/2010 :

Burqa case defendant stabbed‎ – 1 day ago

The concerns were raised in Perth’s District Court during legal argument about whether a prosecution witness could wear her burqa while giving evidence

Defence lawyers have raised concerns about how the jury is expected to read the woman’s facial expressions if they cannot see her face.

He said it was believed to be the first time in Australia that a witness had wanted to wear a full burqa

Prosecutor Mark Ritter told the court 36-year-old Tasneem wanted to give evidence, but would feel uncomfortable without her burqa and that could prejudice the way she presented her evidence. District Court Judge Shauna Deane heard lawyers’ submissions on Thursday as to whether the woman, a witness for the prosecution in a fraud trial, should be allowed to wear the full burqa, also known as a niqab. After the jury was discharged, defence lawyer Mark Trowell told reporters a jury would not be able to “make a proper assessment” of the witness if they could not see her face.

Abbott finds the “burqa’confronting”

Tony Abbott says he would like to see fewer women in Australia wearing burqas.

“I don’t want to interfere in the operations of our legal system but I have said it before and let me say it again, I find the Burqa a particularly confronting form of attire,” Mr Abbott said.

PM Julia Gillard enters debate on Burqa

The Prime Minister this morning commented on the case, saying woman giving evidence in court should be forced to remove face-covering burqas. Ms Gillard said she thought it was one of the “limited” instances when it should be removed.

“I worked as a lawyer for eight years, I ran a lot of cases, I interviewed a lot of clients, having done that it can be very difficult to tell whether or not people are telling you the truth,” she said.

So why do muslim women wear burqa ?

The “burqa or niqab” is a piece of clothing that covers a woman from head to foot. There is an opening for the eyes, but the rest of the body, except the hands, are covered. The burqa or niqab is usually made of light clothing, and is essentially outerwear for some Muslim women in some regions. It is worn when women leave their homes, over their indoor clothes. It’s not worn indoors in the presence of family

Related News on Burqa

Spain to debate burqa ban

UK rules out ‘rather un-British’ burka ban

French Parliament approves burqa ban

This is a Hijab ( below)

REF:http://www.defence.pk/forums/pakistans-war/62627-burqa-clad-german-arrested-bannu-bordering-pakistan-s-tribal-area-2.html

Quote from : http://www.youngandgrumpy.com/2010/05/banning-burqa-in-australia.html

Lets get a couple of things straight. Women in Burqas in Australia are not going out of their way to conceal bombs under their clothes. They are not about trying to destroy our way of life. They are doing the same thing that the rest of us do – trying to live their lives in a quiet peaceful way. Live and let live i say.
Its like the whole gay marriage debate. So many people are so passionate about denying gay people the right to marry. Why? How does someone else who you don’t know, nor will ever know give you cause for concern? What does it matter to you what someone else does with their life?

2010 The “Diggers and Dealers 2010” conference at Kalgoorlie

August 4, 2010 by Reporter 2 Comments

Diggers & Dealers is the leading annual mining conference combines presentations by listed mining and exploration companies with a large exhibition area housing exhibitors from the mining, exploration and service sectors

Diggers & Dealers 2009 , 2010 , 2011

Yes !! Its that time of the year again where things light up at this town in kalgoorlie and the pubs are flowing with beer. when all the “whos who” of the mining industry flock to Kalgoorlie to mix business and pleasure and have a great time at the “diggers and dealers conference 2010”.

Niall Freguson – Diggers and Dealers 2010 speaker

Professor Ferguson ( Age 46 – Born : Glasgow – Scotland ) as he is called , is a respected economic historian and Harvard professor once named by “Time magazine” as one of the 100 worlds most influential people . He is also the financial times contributing editor. if you do recall the last year “diggers and dealers 2009” main speaker was “Dr.Doom – Nouriel roubini”

You can catch Niall Ferguson at his website here – .Nial Ferguson website

In Australia people will know him for his 2008 book “ The ascent of money: A financial history of the world”.This was also made into a televison series screened by the ABC Australia . Interestingly enough , you cannot say his personal life is less controversial with him being in a relationship with “Ayyan Hirsi Ali” author of the 2007 autobiography Infidel , whose criticism of Islam has her living under a FATWA.

Diggers and dealers | schedule | Speakers| Dates | Location

Forum 2010 for the diggers and dealers is now Fully Booked

Dates : 2 to 4 August 2010

Venue – The Goldfields Arts Centre
Location – Cheetham Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Diggers and Dealers information File

The Forum, the most important event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, was the brainchild of the late Geoffrey J. Stokes. A delegation of 150 back in 1992 has now reached a record high of 1900 for the three-day and three-night event. The Forum has developed into an enduring mining industry event, thanks in no small part to the support of industry leaders worldwide.

Monday 3 August

9:00 am
Welcome by Forum Chairman, Barry Eldridge

9:15 am
Keynote Address: Prof. Nouriel Roubini KEYNOTE

10:15 am
Morning Tea

10:45 am
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd – Peter Reeve – Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Ivanhoe Australia LtdPRESENTATION

11:30 am
APEX Minerals NL – Mark Ashley, Managing Director & CEO PRESENTATION

12:00 pm
Mincor Resources NL – David Moore, Managing Director & CEO PRESENTATION

12:30 pm
Lunch Break

1:30 pm
St Barbara Limited – Tim Lehany, Managing Director & CEO PRESENTATION

2:00 pm
Silver Lake Resources Limited – Les Davis, Managing Director PRESENTATION

2:30 pm
Newcrest Mining Limited – Geoff Day, Executive General Manager

3:00 pm
Afternoon Tea

3:30 pm
Sino Gold Mining Limited – Cobb Johnstone, Chief Operating Officer PRESENTATION

4:00 pm
Mundo Minerals Limited – Andrew Law, Chief Operating Officer PRESENTATION

4:30 pm
Mirabela Nickel Ltd – Nick Poll, Managing Director PRESENTATION

5:00 pm
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd – Michael Erickson, VP Australia

5:30 pm
The Nex Metals Explorations Ltd Cocktail Party – Sponsors’ Marquee

Schedule program ;

Tuesday 4 August

Wednesday 5 August

Previous diggers and dealers 2009

Diggers and dealers Onsite services:

Onsite Services & Forum Information

Site Visits

Should you be interested in visiting a particular project whilst in the region, please contact the relevant company directly.

Bus Transport

Goldrush Tours buses will be at the airport to collect delegates arriving on Sunday 1 August and Monday 2 August. These buses will run for the duration of the Forum between the Forum venue, socials and all accommodation venues.

Dress Standard

Smart Casual.

Forum Venue

Goldfields Arts Centre, Cheetham Street, Kalgoorlie.

IT Room

An IT Room is located in the Goldfields Arts Centre, equipped with computer terminals and broadband access points for your lap top. Wireless access is available from the marquee. IT staff are on hand to provide technical advice and assistance.

Registration

Registered delegates may collect their name badges and delegate information packs from the Registration Desk located in the sponsors marquee at the Goldfields Arts Centre please follow the signs.

Next Year 2011 Diggers and Dealers 2011

Forum 2011 Dates

1 to 3 August

Venue – The Goldfields Arts Centre
Location – Cheetham Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Can you trust your friends ??

June 24, 2010 by Reporter 1 Comment

In a shocking act of betrayal , the labor party backstabbed thier own leader Kevin Rudd to install Julia Gillard as the new prime minister of Australia.

People shocked over Julia Gillard Takeover

People all over the country were shocked to see the drama within the labor party unfolding on tv and hear the bad news today morning that Our prime minister has decided to take a back seat for the good of the party.

Was this a necessary step to be taken and will this do anything to prevent for the labor party dip in polls , from what the current polls are telling us , it does not show any difference in where the polls for labor was already heading , which is downwards. Will this calculated move by Julia Gillard and her supporters pay off or will it be the demise of Labor party’s down fall and the oppositions win only time will tell.

Incoming prime minister “ julia Gillard”

People all over the country are shocked to see thier elected leader , being booted out and back stabbed by his own colleagues . The rumour mill on the internet also has suggestions that this was all orchestrated by the big miners behind the scenes.

This installing of Julia Gillard will definitely be lauded by many of the feminists and off course Julia Gillard supporters. How she manages to stick on to her post and for how long by this coup only time will tell again.

International Registry of Backstabbers

Here are some reactions by the public on the Julia Gillard & Kevin Rudd Prime minister Drama

Jack Marx – News.com.au
For what’s happened today is undemocratic. It is typical of what Labor has been doing, all over the country, for years now (…) That Australians voted Kevin Rudd into office means absolutely nothing to the Labor Party. The Labor Party does not care a fig who you voted for, because it is they who are in power. That’s the thinking.

Outgoing prime minister “kevin Rudd”

The Daily Telegraph’s national political editor Malcolm Farr said the challenge for Labor was to “… somehow draw a line between Rudd and Gillard, and not just a distinction based on style”.
“Fat chance,” he wrote. “If Kevin Rudd has made clunky decisions over the past six months, so has Julia Gillard.

Peter Hartcher – Sydney Morning Herald
Labor has just wasted a prime minister, in every sense. The party did exactly what Julia Gillard had been warning supporters against doing for months – it burned through a perfectly electable prime minister in a single term.

LAILA REDDY of NSW Posted at 1:51 PM Today

Kevin Rudd performed under most difficult times and kept Australians above water. What else could we ask for?Now we all will sink either with Gillard or Tony Abbott.

Paul Colgan – The Punch
It took his political execution for Kevin Rudd to show some authenticity again. His last press conference as Prime Minister was a harrowing affair. By turns there was pride, shame, shock, gratitude, humility, even a touch of the old arrogance, all against the backdrop of the sudden, swift, and merciless betrayal. I’m told some journalists who were present in the Prime Minister’s Courtyard were close to tears.

Pauline of Darwin Posted at 1:49 PM Today

I am very dissapointed that the Labor party went the same way as the Liberals, they need to look at themselves very hard now that have done this, I agree with Debbie from Alice Springs, what did he have to do walk on bloody water, noone complained when he handed out the cash only the ones who didnt get it, I was proud to have voted for him and Australia really needs to pull their heads in. Who will they blame now Julia or Tony great choices

Jia of Sydney Posted at 1:53 PM Today

I am proud of Kevin Rudd as a person and great leader of this great country. I cannot accept an old colleague doing this to him!

Miles of Adelaide Posted at 1:50 PM Today

As bad as Kevin was, I feel he is a much better represntative for our country than Julia ‘Kath & Kim’ Gillard. The simple fact is though, the party and it’s policies are still the same – changing the figure head really has negligible difference!!

Damir Krcelj of Parramatta Posted at 1:56 PM Today

I feel for Keving Rudd. No one deserves to be treated and backstabbed the way he was treated this morning. He just wasn;t up for the job but to have someone like PM Gillard and wayne swan who he knew him since school to backstabb him is not good. With friend like that who need enemies.

Other women prime ministers and leaders

Julia Gillard – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is the 27th Prime Minister of Australia. She is the first female prime minister in Australia’s history. …

Early life – Political provenance – Opposition Member

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard

Hall of fame or shame with “racist comments” tarnishing the sporting industry

June 19, 2010 by Reporter 2 Comments

The hall of fame is soon turning to the hall of shame with sports stars doing the unthinkable . Potty mouths were never so much in fashion before and the media and junta and definitely not taking any of it and throwing heaps of soap at them.

Here is a headline from Media :

Robert DiPierdomenico “dipper” Racist comment

AFL legend ‘Dipper’ stood down in new racism storm –

Robert DiPierdomenico has been stood down indefinitely from his role as an AFL ambassador for Auskick following a racist comment he made at a public function last week. He described fellow Brownlow medallist Gavin Wanganeen as "not too bad for an Abo".

Ref : http://resources3.news.com.au/Dipper-5640643.jpg

Richmond player Mal Brown Racist comment

The revelation comes as former Richmond player Mal Brown yesterday defended his reference to Aboriginal players as "cannibals" at a Melbourne luncheon this week.

Ref:http://www.oscarswarv.com.au/football/Mal_Brown.jpg

Brown yesterday apologised for his comments. Mel brown gave a poor impression of an apology which did not look like a real apology which was shown on television.