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Godfreys Chairman Exits, Flat Earnings Forecast, Franchise Fees Drop

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Specialist vacuum retailer, Godfreys, has informed shareholders it expects its earnings for 2018 to be flat against last year, following a decrease in franchise fees. Chairman, Rodney Walker, also announced he…

Alexa Now Recognises Different Voices, Personalises Response

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Following the footsteps of rival offering Google Home, Amazon’s Alexa smart speaker can now differentiate voices and offer back a personalised response. In April, Google Home rolled out the same feature, which enabled…

Facebook Upgrades VR App To Be More ‘Real’

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Facebook has announced a variety of new features for its VR app, Spaces, designed to enable friends to better interact together in VR, as though in real life. First launched to the Oculus Rift…

Mitsubishi Moves To Shake Up Top End Appliance Market, But They Appear To Have No Retailers

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In what appears to be a developing war among Japanese appliance brands, Mitsubishi has taken on Hitachi and Sharp, by launching a new range of luxury fridges specifically designed for the…

Qualcomm Fined Record $773M For Antitrust Breach

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Notable American chip manufacturer, Qualcomm, has been hit with a record US$773 million fine for violating Taiwanese antitrust rules. Taiwanese regulators state Qualcomm has been breaching antitrust rules for at least seven…

TCL-Alcatel Sells 49% Of Phone Business

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Just a year after TCL Corp inked a licensing agreement with Blackberry, the Chinese-based company has revealed it will sell 49% of its smartphone business to strategic outside investors. TCL will…

Unions Lose Penalty Cut Appeal, Retailers To Receive 12% Boost

Roma Christian October 11, 2017 No Comments

With the notable exception of JB Hi-Fi, Australian retailers are set to receive up to a 12% earnings boost, following today’s Federal Court rejection of unions’ appeal against penalty rate cuts. Following…

Aus Gov Will Pay Users To Lower Energy Use

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Launched today by Energy Minister, Josh Frydenberg, the Federal Government has launched a scheme which will reward households and businesses in three states, to turn down their air con, furnaces and…

Samsung To Reveal Record Profit Forecast

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Recent reports reveal Samsung Electronics is set to forecast a record third-quarter profit on Friday, following strong sales of memory chips and its new flagship phone the ‘Galaxy Note 8′. Thomson…

Vodafone Launches First IoT Specific Network In Oz

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Vodafone has become the first Australian telco to launch a low power wide area network, specifically designed to connect to millions of IoT devices around the nation. The company states its commercial…