Because the bird flu strain H7N9 that has claimed 27 lives in China has yet to be confirmed that it can be transferred from human to human, health experts said it won't become pandemic. Well, at least not yet or not at least 10 years from now.
Two fast growing economies, China and India, saw their services PMI slump significantly in April. Certainly, it is not good news as indeed these two countries with other Asian nations have been driving the growth of the global economy - nothing to sneeze at. The findings by HSBC Holdings show, however, that India and China will face more challenges on their growth road.
To combat fake online pharmacies selling Viagra, Pfizer launches its own website to sell directly to its customers
By Peter Switzer, Switzer Super ReportJust when many Australian investors ? and in all likelihood many of our SMSF subscribers ? are thinking BHP Billiton ((BHP)) must be looking like a buy, one expert for my TV show and this newsletter, Roger Montgomery suggested that the share price could fall int...
There were 70 super rich Australians who earned in 2010-11 at least $1 million each but did not pay income taxes in 2012. Among the 70, their total earnings reached $194 million but because of tax reduction strategies used by their accountants, they reduced their total taxable income to $20,000 each.
By Andrew NelsonApril was a funny old month for uranium. After a couple of mostly flat months in February and March, uranium prices dropped through most of April.
WiiKey is a mod ship developer claims to have reversed the engineering of Wii U's disk encryption and making the game console possible to play "backed up" copies of games using a USB drive. Another group claims to have ripped the Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth game disc and now being distributed online.
Speculations are circulating that Microsoft will soon release in the market a smaller and cheaper Surface tablet.
Acer introduced to the public over the weekend the Aspire R7, a convertible all-in-one laptop with a display that can move around in different ways through a new Ezel hinge.
By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 5 points, while the S&P gained 0.2% to 1617 and the Nasdaq added 0.4%.
By Greg Peel"The exchange rate has been little changed at a historically high level over the past 18 months, which is unusual given the decline in export prices and interest rates during that time".
The Australian share market has started the week's trade on a positive note, following a positive lead from Wall Street at the end of last week on the back of better than expected US Jobs numbers.
The Australian sharemarket is higher thanks to a better than expected US jobs on Friday, however a portion of the gains were wiped out due to a weaker than forecast retail spending report. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is up 1.1 per cent or 54.4 pts to 5159.8. The mining sector is the standout at lunch thanks to a strong rise in commodity prices, in particular copper which jumped by 6.2 per cent.
Five of the best brands have released their remarkable design across the Android history and Google is now developing their next Nexus line up. HTC, LG, Motorola, Sony and Samsung have individual trademarks on every device they made and it is so exciting to know which among them will be chosen to complete the future of Google Nexus.
At least 1,170 students stand to get affected and 157 teachers stand to lose their jobs once Queensland pursues to close nine of its state public schools.
In what seemed to be another feather on its cap, devices created by Samsung Electronics Co have entered the radar zone of muggers in San Francisco, US, with the device getting preferential treatment over Apple's iPhone.
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean will seem to roll out after the Google I/O conference this May 15th and speculations of new features with the upcoming Android version leaked out. HTC teases two new technologies rumoured to appear on Android 4.3 - the Bluetooth Low Energy and OpenGL ES 3.0.
The number of infected due to the new SARS-like novel coronavirus in Saudi Arabia have jumped to 13 cases, of which seven have already died.
True to their word, Melbourne's taxi drivers converged for another protest action at the city's airport, creating passenger and traffic mayhem on the first day of the week.
For people deciding to replace their old Android smartphones, making a choice is now more difficult as new models are coming out one after the other with features so enticing.
The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council suspended over the weekend live export of cattle to Egypt following the release of video footing by Animals Australia showing extreme cruel practices on animals for culling at Egyptian abattoirs.
As demand for pickups is rising, Ford Motor Co. is to announce that it will create 2000 new positions at its Claycomo car plant located in Kansas City.
News of a New York real estate company offering its employees a 15 per cent pay increase if they would tattoo the firm's logo on their body renewed public interest in skin advertising.
A $169 three-way tablet war is brewing with the entry of the new Acer Iconia A1. The 7.9-inch tablet is going against the Nexus 7 and HP Slate.
Sony has finally released the Android 4.1.1 firmware update for Sony Xperia Tablet S, featuring Google Now, Project Butter and more from Sony. It is the latest and official update from Sony which you can access from Over-the-Air procedure.
Sony finally released updates of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to four of their Xperia devices - Xperia P, Xperia Go, Xperia E & Xperia E Dual. Now the four Android Xperia smartphones can enjoy the Jelly Bean features such Google Now, Project Butter and much more.
By Ashley Jessen, director of LearnCFDs.com and author of CFDs Made SimpleDespite an extremely healthy lead from the US bourses overnight and an incredible day for our banking sector, our S&P/ASX 200 was unable to inspire any upside remaining flat for the day, down 0.
Samsung dominates smartphone market in China but Apple continues to edge the global tablet market sales. The iOS maker, Apple, stands tough as the biggest tablet maker in world. Is it going to last long against Android tablets?
The Australian sharemarket improved for the second consecutive week, albeit only modestly. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) edged higher by 0.5 per cent over the five past days and finished largely flat today.
Apple's FaceTime is expected to improve on iOS 7 running devices having 1080p video quality using the new OmniVision OV2724 chip. At the same time, speculation revolves on Nokia taking camera technology seriously by including Lytro Camera to their next wave of mobile devices. So which one is better?
