New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, are now reportedly living the high life -- literally -- as they reportedly bought a condominium unit at one of New York's poshest addresses.
Pope Francis' fan base on online social networking and microblogging service Twitter has reached 10 million.
Areva, the French nuclear energy giant, inked an agreement with Mon-Atom, a state-owned company in Mongolia, to develop to uranium mines in the Gobi desert.
Fastfood giant McDonald's has reportedly cut its ties with Heinz after 4 decades due to a change of management in the company. A statement from McDonald's released Friday resulted to speculations that ending of the relationship may be brought by the former CEO of rival Burger King.
As we head into the last four trading days of October there are a few statistics that are starting to make me see a crest at the top of the hill for the ASX.
Over 40 major donor organisations, including government and private agencies, received "Poor" or "Very Poor" scores in the latest Aid Transparency Index (ATI), bringing into question how and where foreign aid money is being spent, contrary to prior pledges towards more openness.
"We now need the US and EU to quickly implement their own extractive industries transparency laws, and for Canada to get its law in place," said Oxfam Chief Executive Mark Goldring. "Mining giants Australia and South Africa have an important opportunity to lead G20 nations by example on this issue too."
Europe's car market flattened in early eight months to the lowest level since 1990. September merchant rebates or abatement in Germany rose to moderate 12 percent off the price tag from 11.6 percent in August, the topmost level in view of June. The outstanding transactions are accessible on Peugeot and Renault cars, with connected moderate discounts of 14.9 percent. Fiat presents enticement in proportion to 13.7 percent off the list price.
In US economic news, orders for durable goods (goods with a life more than three years) rose by 3.7pct in September, ahead of expectations. But non-defence goods excluding planes fell by 1.1pct. Consumer sentiment fell from 77.5 to a 10-month low of 73.2 in October, below expectations for a result near 75.0. And wholesale inventories rose by 0.5pct in September with sales up 0.6pct - both above expectations.
By Ashley JessenASX Top Gainers & Losers plus Market Snapshot - 28 October 2013Strong leads across US and European markets provided the necessary inspiration for our local market to close at their highest level since June 2008 with several of our banks closing at all time record highs and match that...
- Wesfarmers sales growth reasonable on a net basis- Yield is attractive- Coles appears to be slowing- Analysts question a high PEBy Greg PeelWesfarmers ((WES)) reported its quarterly retail and coal sales last week and the story was mixed.
Apple claims to have shipped a total of 170 million units of iPad to date, implying it shipped about 15 million tablets in Q3. However, like the Cupertino-based tech giant's previous claim of selling 9 million units of the newly launched iPhone 5S and 5C on the first three days it appeared in stores, there are doubters.
The Triple J network in Australia currently manages Dig Music digital station targeting listeners over 30. It will be re-launched in April 2014 after 6 months of consultation from the audience and music industry insiders how to improve it better than before.
The weekly uptrend has ended and a new downtrend has started with a close below 5424.The market is at the upper end of the short term range and the RSI is at elevated levels.
Analysts have doubted the high number of glowing reviews for BlackBerry's newly released BBM app for iOS and Android because of the sheer number of almost identical wording and content of the reviews.
While all tech eyes are on the newly launched iPad Air and iPad Mini tablet of Apple, reality is there would be Apple fans and non-fans. The bigger number of tablet users, because of the sheer number of available models, are those run by Android OS. In the Android world, Google Nexus devices reign, based on the recently listing of two tech Web site wherein the Google Nexus 10 and Nexus 7 topped the list of best tablets.
Local stocks went against the regional trend today which saw most of the leading indices lose ground. The improvement on Friday has meant that over the last 5 days the index has gained about 1.2%.
Carl Icahn predicted that Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock can be at an all-time high at $1,250 in three years time
While many had written off BlackBerry when it admitted substantial losses due to its large inventory of unsold smartphones, the Waterloo, Ontario-based phonemaker appears to have made a successful comeback this week when it rolled out the BlackBerry Messaging app for Android and iOS phones.
A three-year-old toddler who contracted the deadly HIV virus while still inside her mother's womb continue to remain health and scot free of the infection even if it has been 18 months since she last received her treatment. Doctors hope the AIDS virus will go into permanent remission so the child can really live normally.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock returns to highs with cheap buybacks possibly closing
There have been a number of encouraging signs for the bulls in the last 24 hours. The weak close on Wednesday as rising interest rates in China saw buyers retreat from stocks across the region has faded from memory and buyers have maintained the grind higher for the ASX200 this week, which has risen by 1.3% with several hours of trade remaining.
According to a study published in medical journal, The Lancet, there has been an increase of 25 percent in the last 20 years in the 20- to 64-year-old age bracket either affected or dying due to stroke.
Saudi Arabia has signified it will slap appropriate sanctions to protesters once they push through their planned Oct 26 mass action objecting to the ban against women drivers in the oil-rich kingdom.
In today's Daily Reckoning we're going to discuss the possible impact on Australia of a changing global monetary system. We say possible because no one really knows where this rabbit hole we're heading down leads, so it's all guesswork.
Money Printing: Everything Old is New Again
The Spanish economy grew by 0.1 percent between July and September this year on the back of stronger exports, according to estimates from Spain's central bank on Wednesday, though unemployment remains stubbornly high at around the 26 percent mark.
It has been a very interesting week on the markets; the unusual event of seeing major US data in the third week of the month certainly didn't spook the markets as it reconfirmed what most already believe; taper will not happen in 2013.
Microblogging site Twitter is aiming to raise up to $1.6 billion in its initial public offering. It set on Thursday the price range of $17 to $20 a share.
By Greg PeelThe Dow rose 95 points or 0.6% while the S&P gained 0.3% to 1752 and the Nasdaq added 0.5%.
