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• High interest accounts aiding SMEs: data

  Savvy small businesses are using high interest-earning online savings accounts to keep spare cash for a rainy day, new research shows.Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) that used high interest...
  - AAP Friday June 26, 12:27 PM

• Cut rates to help small business: ACCI

  There is room for an easing of monetary policy which would benefit small business during the economic downturn, a leading business group says.Business was bracing for a subdued close to 2009, even...
  - AAP Friday June 26, 10:45 AM

• Rams to double franchise centres

  Specialist mortgage provider Rams Home Loans says it expects to double its franchise distribution network over the next two years to cater for increased demand.Rams currently has 44 franchise-owned...
  - AAP Thursday June 18, 08:58 PM

• Recession-busters put on thinking caps

  A hundred entrepreneurs are meeting in Auckland today to discuss ideas which could pull New Zealand out of the recession.The New Zealand Entrepreneurial Summit in Greenlane will choose five ideas to...
  - Newstalk ZB Thursday May 21, 06:38 AM

• Small business conditions ebb to new low

  Small business conditions have dropped to their lowest level in 13 years, a new survey shows.But there were some green shoots in an otherwise bare paddock, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and...
  - AAP Wednesday May 20, 02:43 PM

• Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation (ASX:CXC) Announces Production Startup And First Pour At New Palmarejo Silver and Gold Mine

  Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, United States, Apr 1, 2009 - (ABN Newswire) - Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE:CDE)(TSX:CDM)(ASX:CXC) announced today that it has started producing silver and gold at its...
  - Asia Business News Wednesday April 1, 12:57 PM

• Aussie Entrepreneurs Defy GFC - From Startup to $100 Million Company

  Australian owned and based software company Atlassian reached a significant milestone in its short history when February 2009 it reached million all-time sales. Atlassian...
  - Busiwire Thursday March 5, 11:56 AM

• Research and Markets: Launching a Business in China? Give Yourself a Head Start, "China Entrepreneur: Voices of Experience from 40 Business Pioneers"

  Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5c06a6/china_entrepreneur) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "China Entrepreneur:...
  - Busiwire Thursday February 19, 03:00 PM

• Japanese Small Business Confidence Slips to 10 Year Low, Strengthening Arguments For a BoJ Rate Cut

  Fundamental Headlines • GMAC Seeks Access to Bank Bailout Funds – Wall Street Journal • Recession Fears Settle In as Outlook Dims in Japan – Wall Street Journal • Stocks...
  - FXCM Wednesday October 29, 10:41 AM

• The Number One Fighting Videogame Franchise to Make Its Online Debut with WWE(R) SmackDown(R) vs. Raw(R) Online

  THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) today announced an agreement with PC-Online game developer Vertigo Games for WWE(R) SmackDown(R) vs. Raw(R) Online (working title)....
  - Busiwire Friday September 19, 03:30 PM

• Leading Chinese Fast Food Franchise Improves Security and Productivity With Juniper Networks

  Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced that Ajisen (China) Holdings Limited, the sole franchisee of Japan's Ajisen Ramen for Hong Kong, Macau...
  - Busiwire Tuesday September 9, 12:00 AM

• MySpace Founder and Internet Entrepreneur Brad Greenspan Reports BroadWebAsia's Hupo.tv Selected by CCTV To Be Partner in Olympic Broadcasting Allianc

  Shanghai-based online entertainment and video site Hupo.tv with over 40 million unique monthly visitors and part of BroadWebAsia's network of entertainment and video sites that reach over 70...
  - Busiwire Saturday August 9, 10:57 AM

• CDC Software Adds Two Latin American Companies to Franchise Partner Program as It Expands in Rapidly Growing Emerging Markets

  CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software applications and business services, announced today that it has...
  - Busiwire Friday August 1, 12:00 AM

• NZ's Restaurant Brands may sell Pizza Hut franchise

  WELLINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - New Zealand fast food retailer Restaurant Brands Ltd (NZX: RBD.nz) , said on Thursday it may sell its underperforming Pizza Hut chain if it cannot turn the business...
  - Reuters Finance News, Australia Thursday June 19, 01:00 PM

• Overview of the Chinese Franchise Market with Focus on Food & Beverage, Apparel, Education, and Fitness

  Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92389) has announced the addition of "China: Franchising Industry" to their offering. The objective of the report is to provide...
  - Busiwire Wednesday May 21, 01:05 PM

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