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Euro edges higher versus dollar ahead of ECB

Australian Dollar Outlook - 11 February 2013

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The recent negative tone of the Australian Dollar was lifted after better than expected trade data from Germany, the US and China pushed the currency above 1.0300.

Published: 19 hours, 52 minutes ago

Scientists claim that brain scans can show them whether a relationship will last or not

Valentine's Day Secret: True Love Is All in the Mind

Researchers claim they can spot the signs of romance in people starting a new relationship by looking at how much their brains light up when thinking about the object of their affection.

Published: 19 hours, 52 minutes ago

PM Gillard Mulls Return to Flexible, Part-Time Work for Employees Returning After Birth as Part of Fair Work Act Review

On January 1, 2011, Australian employees who had a child birth, were assured of 18 weeks of paid parental leave of at least $570 per week wage. The law covered both mother and father of the infant and was extended to full-time, part-time, seasonal, self employed and contractual workers.

Published: 19 hours, 57 minutes ago

Prices of iron ore and its consequent by-product steel will find a hard time to rebound in at least the next six months not until China's economic growth posts record giant leaps, the chief executive officer of Shale-Inland Holdings LLC, a diversifie

Analysts Forecast 12-52% Boost in Earnings for Miners if Iron Ore Price of $150 a Tonne Will Be Sustained Till June

With the economic recovery of China on the horizon, analysts are forecasting higher earnings for Australian miners if iron ore's current price of $150 per tonne would be sustained for the next few months.

Published: 20 hours, 3 minutes ago

Australia's Parliamentary proceedings was disrupted by protesters in the public gallery, which led to their being ejected by security guards.

Institute of Public Affairs Study Says Average Aussies Household Worse Off Under Carbon Tax

With Australia's federal election fast approaching, the Opposition would have another campaign material to use against the Gillard government in its attempt to wrest power from Labor. It is the controversial carbon tax which was imposed by the administration in July 2012.

Published: 20 hours, 7 minutes ago

Apple experiments with devices similar to watches: NYT

Apple Inc. is experimenting with the design of a device similar to a wristwatch that would operate on the same platform as the iPhone and would be made with curved glass, the New York Times reported on Sunday.

Published: 20 hours, 17 minutes ago

Europe's Horsemeat Scandal: Swedish Company Brands French Supplier Called 'The Villain'

As horse-tainted meat spreads to France, Sweden, Findus Nordic files suit against France's Comigel S.A.

Published: 21 hours, 41 minutes ago

Top Cops To Be Forced to Declare Past Indiscretions

Officers who have had affairs or are guilty of financial misconduct could be barred from chief constable positions, under new plans.

Published: 1 day, 1 hour ago

South Sudan Attack Leaves More Than 100 Dead

More than 100 people have been killed in South Sudan in an attack by rebels and ethnic allies on a convoy of families from a rival tribe and their cattle, an official said on Sunday.