Today
on SmartCompany we ask why Google has given webmasters a rare peak
behind the curtain of its infamous algorithm, look at a stoush between
the ACCC and one of Australia’s biggest online energy brokers and
examine two liquidations – an online bookmaker who has left clients and
investors in the lurch, and Melbourne’s Gordon Ramsay-backed restaurant
Maze. Plus in Entrepreneur Watch, James Thomson calls for an end to the productivity blame game.
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News
- Google gives the world a new peak as its infamous algorithm and warns of crackdown on content scrapers
- Online bookmaker in liquidation as investors chase big losses
- ACCC launches legal action against energy broker Energy Watch over comparison confusion
- Housing industry pushes for stimulus as new home sales fall 8% in July
- Gordon Ramsey’s Melbourne restaurant to trade on despite liquidation
- Facebook scraps Deals group buying platform
- Tiger Airways CEO quits, Australia shares jump: Midday Roundup
- DIY super funds pile into property: Report
- US tech IPOs show market turmoil has not ended mini tech boom
- Europe and the US still on the road to crisis: Gottliebsen
- THE BIG PICTURE: Why mining is not the growth sector it appears to be
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Trends from billionaire bargain hunters
With
the price of many assets tumbling, wealthy billionaires are wading into
markets around the world looking for buying opportunities. BY JAMES
THOMSON.
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Owners hold onto their homes
With the cost of moving continuing to increase, home owners are holding onto their properties for much longer. BY TIM LAWLESS.
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How do I set my prices in order to make a profit?
Forget pricing. You have a problem with your value proposition and business model.
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Trends
Sue Barrett
Science
is turning the business world upside down, challenging “norms” and
long-held beliefs about what motivates and drives people.
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Dennis Roberts
At its core, wealth relies upon the same bedrock that economics was founded – scarcity.
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Kevin Moore
The raging debate over online shopping continues, and it's really quite a polarising issue.
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James Thomson
Instead of firing shots at each other, unions, regulators and employers must work together on productivity.
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