Weblogs have been around for years but have gained rampant popularity only recently. This immense interest now is carrying over to the corporate world, where a few companies already are deploying corporate Weblogs for both internal and external communications
One of the Federal Government’s main policy objectives, a free trade agreement with the United States, could damage the interests of farmers and hurt Australia’s broader economic interests, according to an independent report
Greenpeace activists, some dressed as tigers, forced the closure of Esso’s British headquarters and 100 petrol stations yesterday as a protest against what it called the firm’s fuelling of the Iraq crisis
Environmental pollution crusader Erin Brockovich and her partner, Ed Masry, have a new cause — allegedly cancer-causing gases they say are leaking into the air in Los Angeles
Consumers will pay more under the major banks’ plan to more than double charges on using Eftpos terminals in shops. The Australian Retailers Association believes the banks plan to increase the charge on merchants for providing the Eftpos service from 17 cents a transaction to 37 cents
Karl Suleman has finally been forced to face fraud charges stemming from the AU$60 million investment scam based around KSE and the Froggy group of companies
Western Australia’s Minister for Consumer Protection, John Kobelke, has issued a public warning about Web-based business service Australian Trade Register, describing its services as questionable
The growth of three private water utility companies in the past 10 years raises fears that mankind may be losing control of its most vital resource to a handful of monopolistic corporations
Internet address seller Network Solutions said it will apologise to tens of thousands of customers whose e-mail addresses the company inadvertently released
McDonald’s has pulled the plug on what had been envisioned as a global digital network linking its fast-food restaurants, headquarters and vendors
A mutual fund firm with ties to the Getty family oil fortune said it plans to offer a pair of ecology-friendly funds with the Sierra Club name that will not invest in oil stocks
A group of techie activists equips tree-sitters in Northern California’s Headwaters Forest with laptops and wireless gear in hopes that protestors’ in-tree blogs will draw attention to old-growth logging
Praemium Portfolio Services, a Melbourne-based online investment company, has savaged what it claims to be a lax response from the Australian Federal Police to a series of denial-of-service attacks on the company’s site
The US Government has moved to relax emissions restrictions on older, mainly coal-fired power plants, drawing praise from the power industry but criticism from environmentalists
A New York meat processing company is recalling hundreds of thousands of pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with potentially deadly E coli bacteria. A ridiculous situation as the beef would have been consumed long before the recall was issued
When Nike tried to rebut charges that its foreign subcontractors used sweatshop labour, it landed before the Supreme Court. The issue: Whether corporations be given full free-speech rights to defend themselves and their business practices without fear of being sued
The Australian competition watchdog, the ACCC, has launched an action against retail chain Harvey Norman and two of its most senior IT executives over alleged breaches of the Trade Practices Act
Telstra is offering sweetheart deals to municipal councils in an attempt to cripple competition for telecommunications services in regional Australia
One local small town chocolate company, DeBrand’s, is planning to fight back against San Diego based PanIP’s claim that they hold the patent over any automated commerce done by text and graphics on a video monitor. The owner of DeBrand’s has even set up a web site to organise the different e-merchants, www.youmaybenext.com — via Slashdot
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