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Woolies says proposed new Australian rules for online tobacco selling are ‘unworkable’.

Proposed new rules for selling cigarettes online are ‘unworkable.’ That what Australia’s largest retailer – Woolworths – has told the government in a submission on its proposed amendments to Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Regulations. Woolies said it supports the regulation of internet point of sale tobacco advertisements, and “strongly supports initiatives aimed at reducing the take

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MasterCard promises PayPal type online wallet based on PayPass

US payments giant, MasterCard, has promised a new, one-click online payment solution apparently intended to compete more effectively with PayPal. It is also promising that the new service will be integrated with its PayPass contactless payment solution, and will turn smartphones into payment devices. The new strategy was unveiled at a US trade show last

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Google’s Australian revenues now $1.2 billion tax-free, as total digital ad spend hits yet another new record.

Paul Fisher, CEO, Interactive Advertising Bureau

Australian businesses continued to increase their spending on Google’s various digital advertising products in the first 3 months of this year. Latest figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau show that Australian spending on digital advertising totalled $AUD713million for the first three months of 2012. Search and directories spending, of

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Results show Google Inc. still cheating Australian taxes

Google’s latest annual financial reports to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) show that the company still pays no local taxes at all. Its free-ride on the Australian taxpayer is despite its earning an estimated $AUD 1billion plus in annual revenues from Australian businesses. Details of Google Australia’s latest annual financial report were published

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Estee Lauder under pressure as international online retailers under-cut local retailers pricing

Big department store retailers, David Jones and Myer, are reportedly unhappy about uncompetitive pricing by the local distributors of global beauty products companies such as Estee Lauder. Both local and international online operators are said to be under-cutting David Jones and Myer’s by sourcing supplies off-shore, at significantly lower prices. The big department store operators

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