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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has urged the government to put the big banks' dominance under a microscope as part of its inquiry into the financial system, saying the industry lacks a level playing field.

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From humble home services to rural concerns, digital technology is revolutionising the way even the smallest and most traditional businesses manage their operations.

Toshiba will launch a multifunction printer on Tuesday capable of wiping ink from printed pages and reprinting them up to five times. It would be suitable for the thousands of draft and proof documents printed each year, the company said.

Seven Victorian universities will show off their latest technological innovations to school students and the public in a high-tech showcase at Melbourne Town Hall from midday on Tuesday. Part of Knowledge Week, the free event has been co-ordinated by NICTA's Victorian research laboratory. Register at:

Australian mission-critical cloud provider Bulletproof Networks has announced its intention to list on the ASX. It would be Australia's first ASX-listed pure-play cloud services company. Bulletproof has recorded more than 40 per cent compound annual growth over the past five years.

Global confidence in Australian innovation kicks up a notch this week as rival US crowdfunding platforms Kickstarter and Indiegogo host duelling roadshows aiming to lift the number of local start-ups taking their ideas to the world.

Treasury Wine Estates, the world's biggest pure-play winemaker, has one more contentious issue to juggle as it searches for a new CEO and is staring down the barrel of a multimillion-dollar class action from aggrieved shareholders.

A week after managing to get voted back in as chairman of Treasury Wine Estates, Paul Rayner will faced renewed pressure to sell its value-destroying US wine business after a multimillion-dollar class action casts a pall over the company.

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has urged the government to put the big banks' dominance under a microscope as part of its inquiry into the financial system, saying the industry lacks a level playing field.

Australian mission-critical cloud provider Bulletproof Networks has announced its intention to list on the ASX. It would be Australia's first ASX-listed pure-play cloud services company. Bulletproof has recorded more than 40 per cent compound annual growth over the past five years.

From humble home services to rural concerns, digital technology is revolutionising the way even the smallest and most traditional businesses manage their operations.

Global confidence in Australian innovation kicks up a notch this week as rival US crowdfunding platforms Kickstarter and Indiegogo host duelling roadshows aiming to lift the number of local start-ups taking their ideas to the world.

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