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The Matrix Resurrections Trailer Wants to Free Your Mind (Again) When The Matrix Revolutions ended in 2003, few could have guessed we’d be here today, almost 20 years later, going back to where it all started.

The Matrix Resurrections Trailer Wants to Free Your Mind (Again)

Back to The Matrix. After years of rumours, speculation, and anticipation, you better get ready to return to a world of red pills, blue pills, sentinels, agents, and more. Please enjoy watching the tremendous spectacle that is The Matrix Resurrections trailer. NFP. Biodiversity. Tiny homes.

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Covid trends. Memorial Park. 3d printer. Construction. Ninja5 - by PEPPERTOWN online store. Huskee. Sustainability. Farm. Manufacturing. Social Enterprise. China export. Rice policy. Polymers. CoLostrum. Rice software. Shipping. BEAUTY CLINIC: Help for hair loss. By Jo Fairley and Sarah Stacey for the Daily Mail Published: 00:02 GMT, 5 November 2017 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 5 November 2017 Jo and Sarah answer real questions from readers: to put your query, go to beautybible.com Q My granddaughter, now 16, has thinning hair, particularly on the crown of her head.

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Tech Ideas. Trends. Incubator. Furniture. Coffee. Capital flight, not debt, could shock China's economy: BTIM's Gor warns. Business Resources. Crowdfunding. Dental. Free POS Software. Let’s not forget about the ‘Customer’ in ‘Customer Relationship Management’ - Salesforce Australia & NZ Blog. Amongst all the talk of innovation at Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, a key learning was the importance of exploring why we innovate, and the drivers behind innovation.

Let’s not forget about the ‘Customer’ in ‘Customer Relationship Management’ - Salesforce Australia & NZ Blog

It’s the customer. It’s too easy to slip into the habit of thinking about technology innovation in terms of physical products alone, forgetting that the customer is the reason why we’re developing those products in the first place.

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Three tax deductions often forgotten. Organic skin care for sensitive skin by Essential Care. Beauty. Ripple Massage Day Spa - Gold Coast Massage, Brisbane, Sydney massage, Noosa, Mooloolaba, Hobart, Launceston, Byron Bay, Melbourne, Yarra, Mornington, massages, pregnancy, remedial, relaxation, health fund rebate. Investment Tools. The outlook for global growth in 2015. Leading forecasters estimate that the world economy will grow by between 2.8 and 3.8 percent this year—about one percentage point lower than last year’s consensus forecasts.

The outlook for global growth in 2015

Yet as monitors of the global economy lower their expectations for 2015, executives are increasingly focusing on opportunities presented by diverging growth rates among regions, countries, and even sectors. This means an essential element of strategic and financial planning for 2015 and beyond is taking closer account of critical regional trends and risks, with sensitivity to key economic indicators and government policy responses.

McKinsey’s Global Economics Intelligence (GEI) team closely tracks forecasts of leading financial institutions and multilaterals. By the latest estimate of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in October 2014, world GDP growth was measured at 3.3 percent for 2014. Exhibit 1 Global GDP forecasts anticipate gradual strengthening in 2015 and 2016. Enlarge Region by region. Choosing the right recruitment agency in China - Australia China Connections. Peter Arkell shares his views on choosing the right recruitment agency for your business in China.

Choosing the right recruitment agency in China - Australia China Connections

A couple of weeks ago I was invited by the Shanghai Enterprise Collective (SEC) to lead a discussion on how to select the right recruitment provider in China. Identified Recruitment Agents for Chinese Skilled Workers. On this page Australia and The People’s Republic of China have a Memorandum of Understanding in place that establishes an ethical framework for Chinese recruitment agents to supply Australian employers with skilled overseas workers.

Identified Recruitment Agents for Chinese Skilled Workers

Chinese recruitment agents must agree to the ethical framework, which requires that they not charge the skilled worker any fee for their services. All recruitment fees must be contained within the costs charged to their employer.

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Do I need insurance as a sole trader? Overseas workers will be allowed to work for a year without applying for 457 visas. Workers protest about 457 Visas in 2013.

Overseas workers will be allowed to work for a year without applying for 457 visas

The Department of Immigration will now allow overseas workers to stay in Australia for a year without the 457 visa. Photo: Jason South A new temporary-entry permit proposed by the Department of Immigration to allow overseas workers to stay in Australia for a year without a 457 visa would create "open slather" on the Australian labour market at the same time it faces growing unemployment, unions warn. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has reviewed skilled migration and in December, it quietly released its recommendations to relax entry requirements for short-term foreign workers.

Its proposals include extending the six-month short term mobility visa to 12 months. More than 62,000 people living illegally in Australia. Chilean students design the Yerka, the unstealable bike.

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Dodgy Chinese money already drying up at unis? Timber. Scientists sequence the coffee genome, paving way for beans grown with different caffeine levels. Australia wants bigger slice of China's $13.3b baby formula market. Foreign infant formula sales have soared in China.

Australia wants bigger slice of China's $13.3b baby formula market

Photo: Sim Chi Yin It is worth about $13.3 billion and growing, but only four Australian companies have access to China's lucrative infant formula market. That will change if the industry body representing infant formula makers in Australia and New Zealand gets its way. So you want to be a rock star? Better get a day job and be prepared to borrow your mum’s car. Innovative approach ...

So you want to be a rock star? Better get a day job and be prepared to borrow your mum’s car

Kate Miller-Heidke crowdsourced funds for her latest album. Picture: Ric Frearson Source: Supplied AN Australian band would have to turn over $1 million to earn the average wage, according to a candid new documentary The Truth About Money In Music. Amazon, Twitter, JB Hifi and Groupon may be worth billions but their profit margins are tiny. Amazon has struggled to generate any kind of meaningful profit for years.

Amazon, Twitter, JB Hifi and Groupon may be worth billions but their profit margins are tiny

Source: AP Amazon unveiled the Fire Phone, which features unlimited photo storage and a hologram-like visual effect. Will it be enough to crack the crowded market? SunTrust managing director Robert Peck discusses on the News Hub with Sara Murray. Price of gold set to rise as price fixing under review. The way the gold price is set is up for review after a major rigging scandal. Source: AP LONDON’S century-old gold price fixing, tainted by a rigging scandal and attacked by critics as old-fashioned, goes under the spotlight this week in key talks aimed at modernising the process. Analysts said that the market price of gold, which is driven by investment and jewellery demand, could climb as a result of an overhaul.

Buyers and sellers of the precious metal will meet in London on Monday to discuss the setting of the global benchmark, which affects the flow of billions of dollars worldwide every day. 26 startups in Asia that caught our eye (15 June 2014) Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. If you have startup tips or story suggestions, feel free to email us or tell us about your startup on this form. Any juicy tech news tips go here. Tech giants pour resources into artificial intelligence. Singular vision: Silicon Valley's biggest companies are vying with each to build a fully functional artificial brain. Illustration: Doug Griswold/MCT Photo: MCT The latest Silicon Valley arms race is a contest to build the best artificial brains. Facebook, Google and other leading tech companies are jockeying to hire top scientists in the field of artificial intelligence, while spending heavily on a quest to make computers think more like people.

Lexxe - Natural Language Search. Lexxe. Lexxe pledges semantic search in 2012. Aussie Lexxe challenges search engines. An Australian-based start-up is seeking to challenge search engines such as Google with its own engine that uses semantic keys to aid search queries. 10 Web Tools To Try Out Sentiment Search & Feel the Pulse. Why companies including GE, Apple, Coca-Cola and more are incorporated in Delaware. Egomotion Raises $750K From Android’s Co-Founder And Others To Make Your Smartphone Smarter. Back in November, I wrote about an Android app called Agent. Australia's trade performance sinks. On market access that measures the extent and complexity of a country's tariff regime, Australia now ranks 74th, having been 44th in 2008.

What kills more people than AIDS, diabetes and road injuries? Singapore government reveals latest measures to turn country into an innovator's haven. What it means for travellers as Qantas tries to fill a $2 billion hole in its finances. Plastic & Cardboard Recycling - Clients. Meet the Aussie young guns that could become the next big thing. Internships Down Under. AIFS Professional Internship Australia. Student Internships in Australia.

Internships in Australia. Australian Internships. WeChat's money gifting scheme lures 5 million Chinese users. Last week WeChat, the popular Chinese messaging app, launched a feature letting users based in China gift money to friends and family. The feature went viral in China, and yesterday parent company Tencent disclosed to Chinese media that during the first two days of Spring festival, over five million users participated in the scheme, exchanging over 20 million envelopes. Former NSA employee looks to make email more secure - security, Center for Democracy and Technology, encryption, Virtru, data protection. Indonesia's Female Faily hit 70 million pageviews in 2013. 14 Google Tools You Didn't Know Existed. EasyPrompter - The free, web-based, plugin-free, browser independent, online and offline teleprompter and auto-cue software - Comodo IceDragon.

Digital Presentations in Education. Free PowerPoint Plugin - Flevy Tools - Comodo IceDragon. Distrust of Chinese milk persists despite Fonterra case - Comodo IceDragon. White gold rush - Milk formula exports to China - ABC Rural (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Comodo IceDragon. Surge in charities prompts warning over donations. Five financial predictions for 2014. 20 social apps that got us talking in 2013. Revealed: the high cost of being charitable. Bitcoin price crashes by nearly 50 per cent in China. 10 Successful Kickstarter Projects In 2013 For Our Everyday Lives.

Best of 2013: The Future of Off-The-Grid Living Looks Promising. UK engineer creates the QB2 'cube house' that can be built in hours.

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