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Got any idea and want to take it to the next level? but you got no idea how to get the money to make it, how to market it, etc, then you need to check out this Pitch 08. the goal of Pitch 08 is to connect innovative business idea with development capital. aimed at entrepreneurs and business owner with brilliant idea, projects or business idea that they want to attract the interest of potential investors.
Are you interested in:

• Small and medium sized businesses?
• Start ups?
• Capital-raising?
• Early-stage investment opportunities?
• Investor education?

If You do then Pitch 08 is for you!

Pitch 2008 is a competition for entrepreneurs and business owners to pitch their ideas for business, projects or businesses to investors and receive feedback from a panel drawn from a variety of financial and business backgrounds.

Pitch 08 is a public event, held in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

• WA Pitch 08
  Date: Friday, 11 July, from 2.00 pm
  Venue: State Library of western Australia.
• VIC Pitch 08
  Date: Thursday, 7 August, from 2.00pm
  Venue: Treasury Theatre, Spring Street, Melbourne
• NSW Pitch 08
  Date: Saturday, 6 September, from 2.00pm
  Venue: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

-The winning business will receive a listing on ASSOB, valued at $40,000
-Runner-up prize valued at $11,000
-Third prize valued at $10,000

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CeBIT Australia 2008 is backed by the Australian Government and key industry groups, and draws on the expertise and international resources of the world’s largest and most effective trade fair group, Deutsche Messe AG. CeBIT Australia 2008 is the largest and most important business technology event in the region, targeted squarely at serious business users.

The event features 750+ technology solution providers organised into 28 specialist show floor categories – ranging from CRM and Telecommunications to e-Marketing and Open Source Software – making it quick and easy for YOUR business to find the products and services you want to investigate.

CeBIT Australia 2008 is an excellent networking event for senior executives and business owners, with more than 35,000 pre-qualified business visitors gathering in one place to compare notes. Featuring five specialist business conferences focused on core ICT issues, CeBIT Australia 2008 brings together the most ambitious international speaker program assembled in this country.

CeBIT Australia 2008 is the best way to meet the specialist vendors, distributors and service providers that can drive your business to the next level. See you at CeBIT!

e-Government Open CeBIT e-Marketing e-Finance VoIP & IP Comms More Categories Government Technology Expo Business Software CRM Digital Content e-Health IT Security IT Service Managed Service Web Applications Retail IT RFID Smart Card Supply Chain IPTV Navigation & Telematics Networking Satellite & Broadcast Telecommunications Components & Peripherals Mobile Computing Office Printing Export Alley Future Parc Skill Alley Clean Tech

WHEN?

20 - 22 May 2008
Tuesday & Wednesday 10am - 6pm each day
Thursday 10am - 5pm

WHERE?

Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
Darling Harbour
Sydney, Australia
 

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Today, interest rate rise again for another 0.25%. the australia reserve bank said they increase the official rates to 7.25% to reduce the inflation. It is the highest interest rate in almost last 12 years. Some analysts said that the bank and other homeloan  lenders could increase mortgage rates by between an extra 10 to 20 basis points which would add 0.10 to 0.20 per cent on what the Reserve bank has pushed through today. For a 25 years, $200,000 mortgage, today rise increases repayments to about $34 /month. And Those people on a $300,000 mortgage over the same period would have to pay an extra $57 in repayments. 
 
Following the interest rate rise, the Australian dollar aus$ sank more than three quarters of a US cent after the announcement on expectations that the softening economy has eased some of the pressure on further rate rise. The Australian dollar was trading at 93.80 US cents shortly before today’s announcement, and then down to as low as 93 US cents.

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NetRegistry registered 30% of all .com.au registrations in May, overtaking MelbourneIT whose 100% monopoly of this market has dropped to below 20% in less than 4 years. 

“MelbourneIT continues to charge $140 for a .com.au domain name, when NetRegistry provides the same service for only $45”, says Larry Bloch, CEO. “We’ve always viewed domain names as an opportunity for customers to trial and evaluate our hosting services and we’ll always be significantly lower priced than MelbourneIT. This result demonstrates that not only are we cheaper than MelbourneIT, we are more trusted for registering Australian domain names”. 

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Ten million Australians now use the Internet for transactions, according to a report released today by the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Helen Coonan.

In a statement the minister said that trust and growth in the online environment details findings of a survey of the perceptions, experiences and security practices of Australians who transact online.

The survey found that for many people the convenience of using the Internet far outweighed any security concerns.

The report stressed, though, that some Australians who transact online should do more to improve their online security.

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