The 147 Companies That Control Everything - Forbes

The 147 Companies That Control Everything - Forbes: "Three systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have taken a database listing 37 million companies and investors worldwide and analyzed all 43,060 transnational corporations and share ownerships linking them. They built a model of who owns what and what their revenues are and mapped the whole edifice of economic power."

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Program gets new businesses off ground - inMyCommunity - Perth, Western Australia

Program gets new businesses off ground - inMyCommunity - Perth, Western Australia: "MORE than 150 new businesses have begun operating in the Midland area in the past financial year, thanks to a Federal program administered here."

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Program gets new businesses off ground - inMyCommunity - Perth, Western Australia

Program gets new businesses off ground - inMyCommunity - Perth, Western Australia: "MORE than 150 new businesses have begun operating in the Midland area in the past financial year, thanks to a Federal program administered here."

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Rann's SA social inclusion progam axed | The Australian

Rann's SA social inclusion progam axed | The Australian: "INCOMING South Australian premier Jay Weatherill is preparing to dispense with the Labor government's social inclusion unit -- a hallmark of Mike Rann's nine years in office."

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10 ways to make a quick $1000 | News.com.au

10 ways to make a quick $1000 | News.com.au: "IN AN ideal world we'd all have an emergency stash of cash for unforeseen circumstances, or some wriggle room on the mortgage to draw down a few dollars."

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New Informal Training Method to Facilitate Micro Entrepreneurs Unveiled

New Informal Training Method to Facilitate Micro Entrepreneurs Unveiled:

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Steve Jobs: 15 Things You Didn't Know | Socialnomics

Steve Jobs: 15 Things You Didn't Know | Socialnomics - a bit of humour never goes astray.

NBN ready to start connecting in Brunswick

NBN ready to start connecting in Brunswick: "THE first Melbourne site in the government's national broadband project is to be launched next week.

A handful of selected households in the inner-northern suburb of Brunswick will start testing services to test network speeds and connections."

Thousands sign up online for shot at better mortage on Big Bank Switch Day | News.com.au

Thousands sign up online for shot at better mortage on Big Bank Switch Day | News.com.au: "THOUSANDS of consumers have already signed on to explore switching mortgages, as part of a campaign to improve Australia's banking sector.

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Australian homebuyers are being encouraged to band together and pressure the big banks to lower rates.

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Consumer advocate group Choice launched the Big Bank Switch today in an effort to give home buyers an easy avenue to change banks en masse."

The Internet Changes What We Remember | Lifehacker Australia

The Internet Changes What We Remember | Lifehacker Australia: "A recent psychological study in Science suggests we may be changing the way we store memory. Instead of remembering facts and information, we have started to remember where we can find the information online."

Gruelling finish for top cyclists in stage five of Tour Down Under | Adelaide Now

Gruelling finish for top cyclists in stage five of Tour Down Under | Adelaide Now: "NEXT year's Santos Tour Down Under will feature the race's first true hill-top finish.

The famed Saturday stage five will finish on top of Old Willunga Hill, instead of in the Willunga township, in a move designed to make it harder for the sprinters to dominate overall honours.

'By creating a hill-top finish on stage five is really taking away the insurance policy for the sprinters,' race director Mike Turtur said."

Climbs to toughen Tour Down Under | The Australian

Climbs to toughen Tour Down Under | The Australian: "The 2012 Santos Tour Down Under race routes were unveiled today, with Prospect, just outside of the Adelaide CBD and Lobethal in the Adelaide Hills, hosting race starts for the first time."

First hilltop finish for Tour Down Under

First hilltop finish for Tour Down Under: "The Tour Down Under will feature a hilltop finish for the first time in its 14-year history as organisers try to make the bike race more challenging."

Australia faces food shortages within a decade | Adelaide Now

Australia faces food shortages within a decade | Adelaide Now: "AUSTRALIA faces severe food shortages in 10 years if governments don't immediately act to protect producers.

The grim warning comes from South Australia's Horticulture Coalition and the Adelaide Produce Markets and has been echoed by the Australian Food and Grocery Council in its submission to a national food plan."

Contracts awarded for NBN construction | News.com.au

Contracts awarded for NBN construction | News.com.au: "NBN Co has chosen Ericsson to supply wireless broadband services in remote areas for the national broadband network."

Wider reach for niche foodies | Adelaide Now

Wider reach for niche foodies | Adelaide Now: "Sydney-based passionate artisan food lover Carla Penn visited and taste-tested each of the SA producers before setting up a national distribution network and online website - efarmersmarket.com.au - to get the produce to doorsteps at a flat $13 delivery fee anywhere in Australia."

Wanted: See the boom jobs of the next 20 years | News.com.au

Wanted: See the boom jobs of the next 20 years | News.com.au: "CHINA'S rapidly growing demand for financial services, urban planners and environmental managers is offering lucrative career choices for young Australians."

The boom jobs of the next 20 years | News.com.au

The boom jobs of the next 20 years | News.com.au: "GET the lowdown on the careers that China's booming economy will make the most lucrative in the world over the next two decades."

The boom jobs of the next 20 years | News.com.au

The boom jobs of the next 20 years | News.com.au: "GET the lowdown on the careers that China's booming economy will make the most lucrative in the world over the next two decades."

Smart Service Dispatch Software | ServiceM8

Smart Service Dispatch Software | ServiceM8 - anyone use this?

Telstra in for billions if NBN plans change | The Australian

Telstra in for billions if NBN plans change | The Australian: "TELSTRA could receive a multi-billion-dollar windfall if a Coalition government sought to redesign the National Broadband Network, opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has warned."

7.5 million Facebook users are below the minimum age | ZDNet

7.5 million Facebook users are below the minimum age | ZDNet

4 Lessons for Parents in a Constantly Connected World

4 Lessons for Parents in a Constantly Connected World

Experts warn internet usage prices to rise under NBN

Experts warn internet usage prices to rise under NBN: "Internet service providers have complained the National Broadband Network will force up the price of internet packages, saying that extra infrastructure charges will mean users pay up to $20 more for the same services they receive now."

NBN Co housing forecasts deemed unrealistic

NBN Co housing forecasts deemed unrealistic: "THE gloomy outlook for builders has raised doubts over whether the $36 billion national broadband network can meet its targets for connecting newly built homes, and the housing industry dismissed the NBN Co's forecasts as unrealistic."

Gulf oil spill one year later - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Gulf oil spill one year later - The Big Picture - Boston.com