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| RBA Cuts Rates by 50 Basis Points |
| 2012-04-30 23:51:49 |
The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates by 50 basis points in an unexpected move that should provide welcome relief to many homeowners. The reduction takes the official cash rate to 3.75 percent. Damian Smith CEO of financial comparison site RateCity called the RBA’s decision "a very big move". "They haven’t moved rates [...]...
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| Marketers Say Social Media, Search Are Industry’s Hottest Ad Tools |
| 2012-03-30 17:31:47 |
Social media and search advertising are projected to be the most popular advertising tools this year, each cited by 24% of respondents to a PointRoll survey [pdf] of US marketing professionals, conducted by Kelton Research and released in March 2012. Display advertising followed closely, chosen by 22% of respondents. There was then a significant drop-off [...]...
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| Google cookies ‘bypassed Safari privacy protection’ |
| 2012-02-17 17:07:36 |
Google has been accused of bypassing the privacy settings of users of the Safari web-browser. The Wall Street Journal said Google and other companies had worked around privacy settings designed to restrict cookies. Cookies are small text files stored by browsers which can record information about online activity, and help some online services work. However [...]...
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| SMBs Missing Opportunity to Integrate Email With Social |
| 2012-02-13 16:06:38 |
Although roughly 3 in 4 SMBs use email marketing tactics such as organic list growth and web-based sign-up forms to generate leads, just 41% include a sign-up form on their Facebook fan pages, according to a survey released in February 2012 by GetResponse. And while a majority optimize their newsletters with clear, recognizable, branded from [...]...
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| RBA Leaves Rates on Hold |
| 2012-02-06 21:59:21 |
The Reserve Bank of Australia board has kept interest rates on hold, leaving the official cash rate at 4.25 percent. The shock move comes as many parts of the economy continue to struggle with the side effects of the mining boom. Data published yesterday showed retail trade contracted 0.1 percent in December, traditionally the sector’s [...]...
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| NSW housing pushes ahead while other markets remain soft |
| 2012-01-31 17:10:45 |
The preliminary capital city dwelling value index result for December was -0.2% (s.a.) following an upwardly revised +0.4% rise in dwelling values in November (was +0.1%). Revised regional house values for November increased from +0.3% to +0.5%. Sydney housing has been the nation’s best performer with dwelling values up 0.4% in December and by [...]...
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| US lawmakers abandoning online piracy bill |
| 2012-01-20 00:44:57 |
Five days before a critical vote, US senators are abandoning an anti-piracy bill after an outpouring of online opposition to tinkering with internet freedoms. Senate Democratic leaders still plan to vote on Tuesday on taking up the Protect International Property Act and supporters are scrambling to make changes before then to answer some of the [...]...
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| SOPA blackout: Bills lose three co-sponsors amid protests |
| 2012-01-18 19:08:15 |
In case you missed all the news on the proposed bill to Stop On Line Piracy, or SOPA as it has become known, is a bill that was introduced into the US house of representatives in October last year. The bill, if made law, would expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders [...]...
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| Australia’s still raising the real estate roof |
| 2012-01-08 17:26:42 |
AUSTRALIAN housing markets displayed a generally resilient performance in 2011, reflecting the inherent security of residential real estate in this country, particularly when compared with housing markets in similar open-market economies. The year was always set to be a period of correction for Australia’s housing markets following the unsustainable growth in house prices recorded through [...]...
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| Borrowers reluctant to flee from fixed loans despite rate cuts |
| 2012-01-04 21:50:28 |
Ongoing discount loans lose momentum Borrowers’ preference for fixed rate home loans is continuing at an unrelenting pace regardless of recent cash rate cuts, national loan approval data from Mortgage Choice has revealed. Fixed rate loans accounted for 24% of all new home loan approvals during December 2011, up from 21% in November and well [...]...
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