If you're going to speculate, you could do worse than speculate on energy. The issue became even more interesting yesterday with Shell's announcement that it would put its Geelong refinery up for sale. The downstream oil and gas business in Australia - refining oil and selling the refined fuels - is an increasingly lousy one.
Well here we go. Japan is once again boldly leading the way into the undiscovered monetary country. Desperate to engineer faster economic growth by any means necessary, new Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda announced his attention to double Japan's monetary base to around $3 trillion by the end of 2014.
North Korean threats have not only spread panic because of the political implications of probable military confrontation, but they have also already affected markets.
Newest data by Samsung Electronics Co. showed that the South Korean producer saw its profit climb significantly in the first quarter of the year as sales of mid-tier handsets surged especially in emerging markets. Strong sales of smartphones are expected to be recorded in the period ending June.
A week after the nation was first reported to be suffering from what could be a pandemic, China's stocks have been hit, slumping 10 per cent versus the high posted in February, as the number of infected rose to 21 on Sunday.
Local stocks are flat to slightly firmer at lunchtime in the East, with mining players providing most of the support.
The HTC First phone, the first to feature the Facebook Home launcher, has gotten mixed reviews just days after the device was launched by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday.
Ahead of its official release in the third or fourth quarter of 2013, images of the BlackBerry Curve were released over the weekend.
Thin is in seems to be the mantra of tablet manufacturers are new models of tablet computers are released on the market.
By Richard (Rick Mills), Ahead of the Herd As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best informationInstitutional investors tend to prefer investments that are thought to contain the potential for growth, growth = sprouts.
Apple has delayed the start of construction work for its spaceship-inspired second campus because of the escalating cost. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the cost has ballooned to $5 billion.
To change the wrong notion that many people have about lovemaking, often caused by first exposure to sex through pornographic movies, a start-up company in New York is attempting to educate the public about what real love making is.
Will the Walt Disney employees who are the people behind the well-loved cartoon characters Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck be joining the ranks of the unemployed?
Almost 10 per cent of 3,500 of 36,000 dining establishments in New South Wales failed the state's hygiene test. Among their violations are preparation of food in dirty kitchens and failure to control the spread of bugs.
The Australian share market was unable to ride on Wall Street's coattails today, finishing lower for yet another session, and losing 1.6% over the course of the week. That's reduced the yearly gains for the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) to just over 5%. It was the fourth consecutive week the Australian share market finished in the red.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has ordered the Bank of Queensland to refund a total of $12 million to some 6,000 customers following the over computation of interest on home loans due to a system error.
Train commuters coming from the northern side of Sydney going into the central district and vice versa have been advised to squeeze in extended time in their travel itineraries after the Newcastle and Central Coast Lines got partially closed due to "urgent overhead wiring repairs."
Local stocks are once again in the red, despite gains on Wall Street overnight and the Nikkei rising more than 4% on open following aggressive stimulus announced yesterday by the Bank of Japan.
One of the world's leading imaging brand, Canon, announced firmware upgrades for three ground-breaking Cinema EOS System cameras - EOS C500, EOS C300, and EOS C100.
Facebook founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg could be facing a $1B in tax bill as he files his 2012 tax return at the IRS this year. The staggering amount result from Zuckerberg’s move to go public in May last year to increase his stake in the world’s first successful social media company.
It takes an economist to say something so stupid that the whole world is dumber for having heard it. Put a group of economists together and ask them what they think about government spending and you get a colossal stupidity that instantly makes the whole nation stupider.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook wasn't lying about the "no Facebook phone" and instead released the first Facebook Home Launcher which is a software for Android, putting social networking on front and at the centre. What is Facebook Home and how does it work?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has started working on a vaccine for the avian influenza A (H7N9) now gripping China, which has so far claimed five lives on Thursday. The number of people infected have likewise risen to 14 cases.
The Click Frenzy online sale in Australia is making a comeback. Organisers assured Aussie consumers that the crash would not happen again.
The Mazda 3 has taken top honours in the March new car sales figures, marking the end of the first quarter of 2013.
Facebook did not roll out a new smartphone on Thursday. Instead, the company unveiled the Facebook Home, a launcher for Android phones. The smartphone that has the launcher is HTC First, which will be sold by AT&T for $99.99 on a new two-year contact. Shipment on this AT&T exclusive begins April 12, but the U.S. carrier started taking pre-order on April 4, Thursday.
Central bank round-upBy Kathleen Brooks, Research Director UK EMEA FOREX.comCentral banks came to the fore today ? the BOJ stunned the market with its aggressive easing, the ECB's hands remain tied, the BOE stayed on hold and some Fed speakers reinforced the importance of today's NFP repor...
As techies await the shipment and availability of Samsung's Galaxy S4 in retail outlets, the South Korean tech giant is ensuring that more consumers could lay their hands on the device. To match Apple stores, Samsung will open retail boutiques in 1,400 Best Buy locations.
By Greg PeelThe Dow closed up 55 points, or 0.4%, while the S&P gained 0.4% to 1559 and the Nasdaq added 0.
In the wake of the recent announcement by Whole Foods Market that the retailer will require the labeling of all foods containing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in its stores by 2018, many in the natural health community are now wondering, why the long wait?
