Brave new world? We should embrace language that gets things done.
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Going forward, perhaps we ought to cut office patois some slack – it greases the wheels of business, after all.
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There are plenty of different ways to go about solving social problems and some are sceptical of the role that traditional business can play.
A goodbye to van Gaal.
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A simple ‘you’re fired!’ just won’t cut it.
M2 Venture Catalyst will fund the development of new medicines.
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The new venture between Melbourne and Monash Universities will help bridge the gap that exists in commericialising medical research.
Labor’s strategy is to portray Bill Shorten as a caring politician, in contrast to an out-of-touch Malcolm Turnbull.
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History suggests Labor should be more concerned than it currently appears to be about the effects of its populist rhetoric in mobilising opposition from business.
Get ready to wow them…
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While some companies get fined £18m, others have learned to “wow” the punters when things go wrong.
Deals between metro and regional television networks are paving the way for future mergers if the media reach rules are changed.
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A new affiliation between Network Ten and WIN may have been forced, but it opens the way for possible future mergers.
Secrets of success.
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The beautiful game is not a normal business.
There are obvious and hidden agendas behind what the budget incentivises.
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Just what does the government think you will do with the changes to tax, extra money or cuts in the federal budget?
Senator Sam Dastyari, who has been involved in scrutinising the banks, and former Commonwealth Bank employee turned whistleblower Jeff Morris.
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Whistleblowers need better incentives, compensation and protection under Australian law, especially those in the private and not-for-profit sectors.
Fan’s question what the future holds for Aston Villa.
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Where did it all go wrong for Aston Villa?
Up, up and away.
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When you consider the market Ryanair is entering, there is every reason to believe its private jet service will be popular.
Minding the tax gap.
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The Panama papers show how hard it is to keep on top of tax collection, but outsourcing to the private sector would bring problems of its own.
A study has found that Australians aren’t primarily motivated by racism in their attitudes towards Chinese investment and foreign investment.
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A survey has found that the percentage of foreign ownership is more worrying to Australians than the country-of-origin of the investment.
Owner operator truckers argue that the pay order from the Road Safety Renumeration Tribunal is pricing them out of the market.
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If the federal government abolishes the Road Safety Renumeration Tribunal, a minimum pay to improve the safety of truckers is less likely to ever be addressed.
Chinese businesses are unsure about how import duties will be applied, and so removed some imported products.
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China’s newly introduced “e-commerce laws” are actually just closing a loophole in regulation and shouldn’t be seen feared by Australian businesses trading with the country online.
Governments of countries, like Panama, where secretive companies operate need better laws to comply with international tax agreements.
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Governments shouldn’t have to rely on major international information leaks like the Panama Papers to get information about companies’ tax avoidance abroad.
Danger lurks when customers are the be all and end all.
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Putting the purchasing public at the heart of your business is getting harder and harder as technology drives ever more interaction.
A slowdown in mining has hit the industrial construction sector hard.
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The industrial construction sector will have to cut costs and focus on smaller projects due to a slowdown in mining construction.
Interest from international investors looking to take over Asciano, operator of rail company Pacific National, shows that the sector is still seen as a steady market.
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International investors competing for a stake and the Federal Government’s positive outlook for mining are both good signs for the largest companies in the transport sector.