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U.S. stocks bounced between small gains and losses a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its biggest advance in two months. The Dow shed 16 points, or 0.1%, to 11417, in Tuesday afternoon trading, following a 330-point surge Monday.

US chain store sales rose by 4.8 per cent in the latest week compared with a year earlier according to Redbook Research but sales so far in October were down 0.6 per cent on September.

Way back in 1997 when Steve Jobs had re-taken control of an Apple in dire straits he outlined a vision for the company in the annual WWDC

The British Chamber of Commerce (BBC) described that the economy of the UK started weakening during the third quarter of 2011 and is now displaying signs of declining further.

Apple and Samsung may face another patent battle with the antenna of the new iPhone 4S.

The local share market made it five wins in a row today, notching up the longest string of advances since early April. Hopes European leaders are closer to a long-lasting solution to the sovereign debt crisis gave investors a positive offshore lead, while sentiment was also boosted by a pick-up in business conditions and confidence, and ahead of the US reporting season which kicks off tonight. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) rose 26.5pts or 0.6pct to 4288.8 while the S&P/ASX 200 Index (XJO) added...

Iron ore miner Sundance Resources said on Tuesday that it expects no delay in the Foreign Investment Review Board's (FIRB) decision on the $1.65-billion takeover bid by China's Sichuan Hanlong Mining.

A number of unofficial Apple resellers have sprung up in China, and the tech giant has no immediate power over them.

Analysts and individual investors may be caught in an instant frenzy whenever there's a decline posted in the prices of commodities, but the low rates are attractive enough leading to higher transport costs to stockpile on these commodity products.

Millions of BlackBerry users in three continents were left without Internet services on Monday night following a major breakdown in Research in Motion services.

The way in which adult apprentice wages are supposed to be calculated remains unclear, creating a potential liability for builders, Australian builders say.

McCain Foods would not be increasing its offer to production and maintenance workers from 11.2 percent over three years, the company reiterated on Tuesday.

Despite the solid rebound in market confidence last week (well, up to Friday night in the US), the European debt problems haven't gone away.

Apple co-founder and innovator, Steve Jobs, died of respiratory arrest caused by pancreatic cancer, according to the official death certificate.

MetaQuotes Software Corp. today launched its new mobile trading platform MetaTrader 5 Android, which allows users to trade on financial markets even when away from their desktop computers.

Motorola is entering its ET 1 in the tablet wars. Does it stand a chance against Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab?

The Australian sharemarket is gaining for the fifth straight day with the All Ordinaries index (XAO) up 0.6 pct or 24.1 pts to 4286.4. Despite the improvement, shares gave away some of their earlier gains as the XAO was up 1 pct after half an hour of trade.

- FOREX.com expects further deterioration in global growth outlook- Risk aversion levels will thus also remain elevated- US dollar, yen and Swiss franc may strengthen on risk aversion- Risk assets such as commodities unlikely to be favouredBy Chris ShawEntering the final quarter of 2011, FOREX.

Industry activity and profits are expected to fall, which may result in job losses, according to Master Builders Australia’s September quarter 2011 national survey.

As forecast the latest ANZ job ads survey for September shows demand for new employees continues to ease.

It may not be the most gorgeous and powerful car assembled by man but the French-built ‘De Dion-Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout’ fetched a whopping $4.6 million during an auction held Friday last week in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Unlike other post offices which refuse to adapt to information technology, Australia Post is instead riding on the online shopping trend to boost its income.

Authorities and the family of a 64-year-old Mosman Park man who went missing while swimming at Cottesloe Beach on Monday feared he was attacked by a great white pointer based on the tear on his bathers found by police divers.

Even the high-flying corporate executives of Australia had been hit by the global fiscal crisis affecting most companies and firms to downsize their operational costs.

Apple Inc. is launching the iMessage on Wednesday that will allow users of devices running on the company's mobile operating system to chat SMS-style for free and without limit.

Although the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) cancelled on Monday its planned four-hour strikes, Qantas's labor problems with unions are far from over.

By Greg PeelWhen we talk of talk of "the uranium spot price", we talk of the "U3O8 equivalent" price. However, not all traded and consumed "uranium" is in the form of U3O8, with UF6 being another molecular form.

Australian banks are on a cost-cutting mode in a bid to pare expenditures that soared during the credit and housing boom.

If reports are to be believed Amazon's new Kindle Fire is just flying off the shelves. Amazon is reportedly taking in 50,000 pre-orders of the tablet every day. Analysts estimate that Amazon is on track to sell 2.5 million Kindle Fire units by November. It seems that the Kindle Fire is living up to expectations as Apple's biggest competitor in the tablet market.