Dynamic Export

Navigating through the maze of transport and logistics solutions can be difficult for small to medium sized businesses. As part of Small Business September, SME exporters are invited to attend a free seminar focusing on the most cost-effective logistic solutions. Sponsored by Australia Post, The Australian Institute of Export (AIEx) and Industry and Investment NSW, [...]

As part of Small Business September, established exports are invited to attend a free seminar on how to overcome financial barriers to export success, run by Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) and Industry and Investment NSW. The seminar will give SME exporters practical insights on how to overcome financial export obstacles such as: competing [...]

Japanese wages fell 4.8 percent in July, according to newly released figures from Japan’s Labor Ministry. Special payments such as bonuses fell 11 percent from a year earlier, and total cash earnings stood at 365,922 yen, marking the 14th straight month of declines. Overtime pay fell by 16.5 percent, while cash earning plunged by a [...]

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has hinted at strengthening its operations in Indonesia, the Saturday Herald Sun reports.



The US economy shrank at 1.0 percent annual pace in the second quarter, less than the 1.5 percent decline predicted by US economists. According to the US Commerce Department figures, consumer spending – which accounts for almost 70 percent of US economic activity – fell 1.0 percent, while the housing sector dragged the economy down [...]

German consumers are confident the economy will continue to grow, a new survey reveals.




The international telecom, financing and strategy forum TMT Finance and Investment is set to launch in Singapore, following on from the success of the forum in Europe and the Middle East.


In yet another blow to Australian workers, a survey conducted by KPMG Econtech for specialist employment services group Clarius has shown that more than 43,000 skilled workers have been forced out of a job in the first quarter of 2009. Skilled employment has fallen to its lowest level in eight years as a slowing economy [...]

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief executive Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he believes the global economy will recover in the first half of next year. In a news conference in Austria over the weekend, Strauss-Kahn predicted we will see a recovery in the “first semester of 2010, and the beginning of the turning point in October, November [...]

In his response to the Federal Budget, Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has vowed to block the means tests on private health insurance, instead offering to replace the $1.9 billion by lifting tobacco taxes. The private health insurance rebate scheme delivered in the Federal Budget involves means testing the private health insurance rebates for the wealthy. [...]