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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Published: 1 day, 2 hours ago
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UK Super-Rich Get Richer as Pay Gap Widens
Pay is rising for the top 1 percent of earners, but falling for the poorest 50 percent, thinktank reveals
Published: 1 day, 2 hours ago
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Protests and Sand, but no Steel: POSCO's Fading India Dream
A few weather-beaten shipping containers, a swathe of sand and a bitterly divided village: that is all South Korea's POSCO has to show seven years after it announced plans for a $12 billion steel mill on a fertile strip in Odisha.
Published: 1 day, 2 hours ago
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Babies Scanned in Womb Unlock Secrets of the Brain
Scientists are scanning the brains of 500 unborn babies using a revolutionary new imaging technology in an attempt to trace the origins of mental disabilities such as autism, attention deficit disorders and schizophrenia.
Published: 1 day, 2 hours ago
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Couple Try to Kill Two-day-old Boy by Burying Him Alive
A couple tried to kill a two-day-old boy by burying him alive in Gopalpura village of Churu district on Saturday.
Published: 1 day, 2 hours ago
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UK Lawmakers Prefer Online Adultery to Government Websites
Computers in the Houses of Parliament were used more than 52,000 times in seven months to visit an extra-marital affairs website.
Published: 1 day, 3 hours ago
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Phone Hacking: Hugh Grant, Duchess of York Accept Apology from Murdoch
Celebrities including Hugh Grant have settled with Rupert Murdoch's News International, but other victims want their day in court.
Published: 1 day, 4 hours ago
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Inheritance Tax Limit to be Frozen to Fund Elderly Care
Plans to freeze the inheritance tax threshold to fund a cap on the amount pensioners have to spend on their own care at £75,000 are expected to be announced tomorrow.
Published: 1 day, 5 hours ago
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China Pollution Levels: Chinese New Year 2013 Masked by Smog [SLIDESHOW]
China Pollution Levels: Chinese New Year 2013 Masked by Smog [SLIDESHOW]
Published: 1 day, 5 hours ago
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Gascoigne in Intensive Care after 'Very Bad Reaction' to Alcohol Detox
Former England football star suffers severe withdrawal symptoms after entering rehab in Arizona.
Published: 1 day, 5 hours ago
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UK Tech Guru Mike Lynch Splashes out £6 Million to Fund Best of British New Media
The UK's best-known technology entrepreneur is making a comeback after raising a £6.3 million war chest to fast-track the development of some of the country's most promising companies.
Published: 1 day, 5 hours ago
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David Coulthard's Sister Lynsay Found Dead at Home
Formula One star in mourning as mother-of-one Lynsay dies of suspected heart attack in her sleep.
Published: 1 day, 6 hours ago