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FNArena has added another video to its Investors Education section on the website. In this video Advanced Trading Workshop's Jerry Simmons runs through some potential scenarios for silver, copper, EUR/USD and US equities.

Sony Corp has warned its 75 million PlayStation Network and Qriocity online service customers to check their credit card accounts as some important credit card data such as billing addresses and other personal information may have been stolen by a hacker.

Chinese heavy equipment maker Sany Group has disclosed plans to invest some $200 million in a plant in Indonesia as part of a company move to penetrate the Southeast Asian market and possibly Australia and Japan.

- Hastie Group released belated interim result last week - Updated earnings guidance means significant cuts to broker forecasts - Balance sheet issues leave question marks over survival - RBS Australia downgrades to a SellBy Chris ShawHaving been suspended from trading for eight weeks, building solu...

Savvy consumers are cashing in on deals offered by the burgeoning group-buying and daily-discount market, which has grown by 280 per cent this financial year, new data show.

Proposed new laws on credit cards will help limit the dangers of plastic, but for those already suffering from that dirty four-letter word known as 'debt', here are some tips to clear your balance quickly.

An interest only loan can seem like a great idea at the time – but there are plenty of risks involved in buying a property with a loan that fails to pay off any principal.

The Australian property market slowdown is resulting in a Mexican standoff between buyers and sellers.

The best place to focus your search is in areas where the local property market has all but bottomed out.

The housing shortfall in Sydney is likely to nudge 9,000 properties by the end of the year, according to new figures.

The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas declined 0.2pct in February - ahead of expectations for a 0.3pct decline. Prices in the 20 cities have fallen 3.3pct over the year and the index is holding just shy of its 2009 low.

In assessing the likely impact of the March quarter consumer price data later today, here's a reminder from the minutes of the April 5 meeting of the Reserve Bank board which left rates unchanged.

Top US and China economic officials will meet in Washington on May 9 and 10 for the next round of bilateral strategic and economic talks.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is walking on tight rope as she pursue both trade and diplomacy issues in China as she meets her counterparts Prime Minister Wen Jiabiao and President Hu Jintao today.

Beleagured Japanese firm Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) has announced that it will impose salary cuts of as much as 50 percent on top executives and about 20 percent on staff as it copes with the growing financial woes from its Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

Governments in the Asia-Pacific Region have admitted ballooning problems encountered among its tech savvy citizens.

Singapore commodities giant Olam International Limited has announced that it has notified NZ Farming Systems Uruguay Limited (NZFSU) of its intention to increase its equity in the company with the offer of NZ$0.70 per share for all of the shares in NZFSU totalling 22 percent.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Resurgent global food prices, which posted record increases in the first two months of 2011, are again threatening to push millions of people in developing Asia into extreme poverty, says a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) titled 'Global Food Price Inflation and Developing Asia'.

By Greg PeelThursday: The Dow rose 52 points or 0.4% while the S&P gained 0.5% to 1337 and the Nasdaq added 0.

Australia's proposed $230-million rare earths production facility in the Pahang state in Malaysia needs further environmental assessment, the Malaysian government said.

Thailand’s car companies implement steep production cutbacks for six weeks starting this week due to the shortage of parts from Japan that is now biting into their revenue position.

Holcim Philippines mulling over new cement plant

With the shortage of parts from Japan now biting into their revenue position, Thailand’s car companies have slated steep production cutbacks for six weeks starting this week.

A high-profile gathering of international donors gathered in Kiev last week and came up with $785 million or roughly €550 million for the construction of a steel shield for the ruined nuclear reactor at Chernobyl to prevent further radiation leaks in 100 years

Indonesian car makers posted total sales of 225,413 units in the first quarter of the year, with Astra Motors cornering more than half of the total

The world’s biggest carmaker has announced it will have a drastic cut in production at its factories in Japan and overseas as it continues to face a shortfall in supply of parts after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan.

Canada’s Banro Corp. and China Gold International Resources Corp. have signed a MOU to pursue talks on a proposed joint venture partnership to develop gold mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Staying focused on your daily work to meet deadlines is no mean feat for business owner Ms Kellie Hill, owner and principal consultant at Australia's KHC.

The Australian share market closed more than one per cent higher heading into the longer than usual Easter break, with gold and energy stocks outperforming the index after commodity prices climbed overnight. On Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 54.8 points, or 1.13 per cent, higher at 4913.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was 55.5 points, or 1.12 per cent, up 4995.7. On the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was up 59 points at 4925 points, with 28,383...