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Private funeral for Steve Jobs held today. No public services planned.

The main man behind Apple secures the company and employees with four years worth of plans for new products.

One week before the Brussels Summit of European Union (EU) leaders for the Polish presidency from Oct. 17 to 18, the German and French governments remain divided on the matter of supporting unsteady banks in the continent and solving the debt problem that could lead to a Greek default.

The share market rally continued today, with local stocks gaining for the third session in a row. Investor optimism was boosted by strong gains in the US and Europe overnight after the European Central Bank announced new measures to provide cash strapped banks with liquidity.

Customers who are looking for an affordable tablet can stop looking. Lenovo has begun taking pre-orders for its IdeaPad A1 for $199 for 2Gb of storage space.

HTC has launched a new mobile phone that features a 4.7-inch screen and Dr.Dre's Beats Audio technology.

While outpourings of sympathy for Steve Jobs's family continue, not everyone is sad of the demise of the technology innovator who died on Wednesday at age 56.

Several TouchPad tablets running the Android operating system have been shipped out to consumers, although Hewlett-Packard denying authorizing the shipment.

Copper prices are expected to rebound in six weeks. In a survey of 15 respondents by Bloomberg, 10 copper traders and analysts see the prices of the commodity growing by next week, while five others forecast a fall. The survey is the most bullish reading taken on the commodity since August.

Saying it was protect the profession's reputation, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia rejected Friday a proposal to sell dietary supplements with prescription drugs.

A 19-year-old design student from Hong Kong, Jonathan Mak, created a tribute to the late co-founder of Apple during his resignation from Apple. Little did he know that his design would go viral all over the world in the wake of Steve Job's death.

A novel based on the popular xBox game Halo of Microsoft Studios is coming out for sure but its legions of fans would like a movie adaptation more. So it was not surprising that rumors of a Halo movie is circulating again in gaming circles after the latest press release on the book "Halo: Cryptum" by Greg Bear hinted a film adaptation coming in theaters next year.

Samsung Electronics admitted in its third-quarter forecast Friday that its profit for the period may fall below expectations with slow sales of its flat-screen TVs and computer chips. But a booming smartphone and tablet business still produced a $3.5 billion profit.

The Asian and Australian operations of the Fitness First gym chain has been put up on the sale market for $1 billion.

Australians are waiting for the decision of Federal Court Justice Annbelle Bennett on the legal dispute between Apple and Samsung over the release of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia.

There is no doubt about it that the enigma behind Apple' success is Steve Jobs and his "methodology" that was described by his former nemesis John Sculley, Apple CEO from 1983 to 1993, as "different from everyone else's since he always believed the most important decisions you make are not the things you do, but the things that you decide not to do."

Although the iPhone continues to be the best-selling smartphone globally and investors have not reacted negatively on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs's death, the most valuable company in the world may have less leverage when it comes to future media deals.

The “troika” composed of the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank have been engaged in discussions since last week regarding the rescue package for Greece but no final decisions have been consummated until now.

The Transport Workers Union (TWU) canceled the two-hour strike scheduled on Friday as a "significant gesture of good faith." However, their move apparently failed to appease both the passengers and Qantas because flights had already been canceled and delayed.

BC Partners is planning what could be the largest private-equity sale in 2011 by putting on the block Fitness First chains in Australia and Asia. The sale aims to raise $1 billion.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Australian workers, not migrants, should be prioritized in filling employment requirements. For his part, Jobs Minister Chris Evans warned against reducing skilled migration numbers as this could affect pace of work at the industry, noting jobs are "moving north and west" and there are some areas which are "doing it tough".

Investors and consumers reacted differently to the Wednesday death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. While investors in stock markets let go of the Apple shares after the news of his demise. Consumers, on the other, hand snapped up more of the Apple gadgets.

Summits are there to be climbed. But there is no doubt when it comes to tax summits a lot of preparation, planning and public debate is required before anything resembling success looms into sight.

By Greg PeelThe number of times gold has suddenly accelerated well above its underlying trend line over the past few years, and "gone parabolic" as they say, and then sharply fallen back again are becoming too many to count.

By Greg PeelThe Dow rose 183 points or 1.7% while the S&P gained 1.8% to 1164 and the Nasdaq added 1.9%.

Australian shares leapt the most in almost three years as investor sentiment improved on renewed optimism a solution is near at hand for the Eurozone debt crisis. The local market opened more than one per cent stronger after Wall Street surged for its second straight day, then eased slightly after midday but soared in the last hour of trading. By the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had reached its highest level since September 21, rising 143.4 points, or 3.65 per cent to 4,069.9 and the br...

The ruling by Fair Work Australia that action by Food workers of AMWU was unlawful, confirmed the McCain Foods’ view that the strike was not protected industrial action.

Demand for cut-rate variable and fixed term loans continues to grow as the appetite for previously popular basic variable and standard variable home loans weakens further, new Mortgage Choice data has revealed.

Xstrata Mount Isa Mines has selected the Diamantina Power Station consortium, following a two year, competitive process to assess alternatives for long-term supply of electricity and gas.