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First Australia then the United States, now China’s Huawei Technologies must contend anew with fresh regulatory hurdle that likely would come from another key market – Canada.

The Australian sharemarket had yet another quiet day with only $3.3 billion worth of shares exchanging hands. The All Ordinaries eased by 0.1 per cent or 6.7 pts to 4505.2, losing ground for the second consecutive session and for the third time this week.

In less than four weeks, Microsoft is set to launch Window 8, which would likely result in the web being flooded with prices of new PCs suited to the latest OS.

As Microsoft moves from Windows 7 to 8, the tech giant is faced with the huge task of teaching people how to use the new operating system, CNET reports. Leaked training videos give a peek of how Microsoft intends to accomplish that huge task.

Toyota vehicles are slated to be taken off the road worldwide as the giant Japanese carmaker confirmed on Wednesday a massive recall order of some 7.4 million units, comprising of popular Toyota sedans, compact cars and mid-sized SUVs.

The new iPhone 5 will be so hot of a gadget that Apple is destined to rack up total sales of 135 million units by the end of 2012 and one analyst credits the smartphone’s incredible engineering for the feat.

Some cattle ranchers in drought-stricken states are stealing grass and hay from their neighbors to feed their hungry herds.

ocal stocks continued to slide away from 14 month highs this morning, following another poor night on US and European markets. Wall Street eased was hit by more concerns over the outcome of the current 3rd Quarter reporting season.

Global consumers appear to continue their migration from conventional personal computers as new data from research firms showed PC sales shrunk anew in the September quarter of the current year.

Toyota Australia has recalled almost 300,000 vehicles to correct a defect with the cars' power windows in one of the largest recalls in automotive history.

A Frenchwoman got the shock of her life when her service provider billed her €11.721 quadrillion. Solenne San Jose of Bordeaux, upon receipt of the bill - which is almost 6,000 times France's yearly gross domestic product - immediately called Bouygues Telecom to verify the amount being collected.

Arrium sold its majority stake in Steel & Tube, a New Zealand company, for $74 million. The sale is expected to drastically reduce the more than $2 billion debt of the steel, mining and mining consumable company that used to be known as OneSteel.

Australia is clearly on the road to one million homes having solar photovoltaic panels installed, the chief adviser to the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) said on Wednesday. To help reach that goal is the opening of the 10-megawatt Greenough River Solar Farm in Western Australia.

By Greg PeelThe Dow fell 128 points, or 1.0%, while the S&P dropped 0.6% to 1432 and the Nasdaq lost 0.

By Andrew Nelson in FloridaIt's an age old chestnut and God knows where it came from (not facts, that's for sure), but many in the US will stand by the claim that Republicans are good for the market.

By Rick Mills, Ahead of the HerdAs a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best informationOverheated US housing prices started dropping in 2006.

After hitting a 14-month high yesterday, the Australian market ended in the red for the second time this week. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) eased by 0.3 per cent or 14.7 pts to 4511.9. Keep in mind that both the volume and dollar value of shares exchanging hands remains light.

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp is set to undertake a massive global recall of vehicles due to faulty power window switch found in its units.

Microsoft's notorious Patch Tuesday has been replaced by Update Tuesday, at least for Wednesday, Oct 10, as the company makes sweeping alterations to Windows 8 and its core apps.

A new topnotch car model is slated to join Opel Australia’s present domestic product lines, the European carmaker said in a press release issued on Wednesday.

Facebook are currently added two more buttons, especially made for business people who wants to start or currently has an online store.

There's a trend at work in Lenovo's new convertible family of Windows 8 computing products: the names all suggest what they do, and the theme of flexibility.

Even Microsoft has conceded that Apple’s business model, carefully crafted by its late CEO Steve Jobs, is a rousing success and based on the latest notes from chief executive Steve Ballmer, the software giant is adopting the same approach, much of it at least.

Australia has become a web-centric nation, latest government data showed, with net surfers growing steadily as of June 2012.

Tourism Australia and Dubai-based Emirates will be spending an estimated A$14.3 million over the next three years that will further improve inbound visitation from Europe and New Zealand.

Mary Retallack, a wine grape scientist from Adelaide Hills, was declared on Tuesday the top winner of the 2012 Australian Rural Women's Award. She was recognised for her efforts to help improve the potential of women in the wine industry and rural sector.

Key Microsoft executives took pay cuts in the last financial year for missing corporate goals, according to the latest regulatory filing by the software giant.

Local stocks have retreated from 14 month highs today, following a lacklustre session on US and European markets overnight. Wall Street eased into the red due to a lack of direction with no economic data released, and as investors showed nerves ahead of the start of the reporting season. At lunchtime in the East, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is down 13.6pts or 0.3pct to 4513.

By Greg PeelThere would be few Australians unaware of Breville electric household products. The company was established in 1932 and on my reckoning probably cemented its Vegemite-style iconic status around about the seventies, by which time seemingly every home could boast a Breville toasted sandwic...