Christmas is fast approaching and Kids as well as Kids at heart is making their list on what to expect during the Holidays.
Queenie Pineda
Nov 22, 2011
The Australia Statistics Bureau showed that during the period 2000 to 2011, renting outpaced home ownership in the country.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 18, 2011
. Both tablets are due to be released before the holidays with Amazon selling the Kindle Fire on November 15 and Barnes and Noble set to put its Nook Tablet on sale on November 17. So now consumers will have to make a difficult decision of what tablet to buy. Here are some of the strengths and weaknesses of each tablet that could make your decision easier.
ranina sanglap
Nov 18, 2011
The Downing Centre Local Court has ordered the GMI Food Wholesalers and its directors to pay a fine of $236,000 for supplying Virgin Blue with inflight chicken meals tainted with the listeria bacteria that infected several passengers of the airline in 2009.
Windsor Genova
Nov 17, 2011
Online shopping further grew among Australian consumers, mostly spurred by cheaper products offered by international retailers who were able to lure web-prowling customers looking to extend the value of their dollar.
Erik Pineda
Nov 16, 2011
The labor dispute in the National Basketball Association (NBA) took a turn for the worse Tuesday when players decided to disband their union and sue the league because they find the team owners' last offer of 50-50 profit sharing not good.
Windsor Genova
Nov 16, 2011
Amazon's Kindle Fire could topple Apple's iPad lead in the tablet market according to a new survey.
ranina sanglap
Nov 16, 2011
The release of Super Mario 3D Land did not get all praises since its release on Nov. 13, 2011. In fact the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) called the attention of Nintendo as the game sends out a message that wearing fur is a good idea.
Queenie Pineda
Nov 16, 2011
It will be another bleak season for Australia's retail industry this Christmas, according to a study by IBISWorld released on Tuesday.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 15, 2011
The ongoing price war among major Australian supermarkets may have brought down grocery costs but many families still struggle in stretching their food budget, the big chunk of which being eaten up by other household bills.
Erik Pineda
Nov 14, 2011
Despite Australia being a prosperous nation, 11 per cent of adults in the country and 12 per cent of children live in poverty. About one million Australian children do not always have enough to eat. Efforts of Foodbank, the largest hunger relief organization in Australia, to reach these needy residents got a boost following the commitment by the Australian dairy industry to provide one million litres of milk yearly for residents in need.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 11, 2011
Barring any possible glitches, cigarettes marketed in Australia will hit the shelves in December 2012 bearing nothing but a plain olive brown packaging and a bold health advisory meant to dissuade smokers from lighting their next stick.
Erik Pineda
Nov 11, 2011
Australian retailer Myer announced on Thursday plans to shutter underperforming stores and boost its online presence to reach an overall sales target of $4 billion by 2015.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 10, 2011
Australian consumers appear to continue their migration to online shopping but most players in the retail industry seem to continue miss the significant surge because they have yet to implement the necessary adjustments on their websites.
Erik Pineda
Nov 10, 2011
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) housing finance figures for September 2011 show in trend terms that the number of finance commitments increased for the fifth consecutive month; the September increase was 1.2 percent.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 10, 2011
Apple may have won a temporary injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab but don't expect retailers or determined buyers to take the ban lying down. Australian electronics retail websites like MobiCity and Dmavo are still selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 despite the injunction and Apple's threats to sue.
ranina sanglap
Nov 10, 2011
The third quarter was another bad period for Australia's retail industry, except for online sellers, as supermarkets and department stores recorded declining sales.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 08, 2011
The specs for Barnes and Noble's new tablets was leaked a week ahead of its official announcement and it looks like it's aimed as a direct competitor to Amazon's Kindle Fire.
ranina sanglap
Nov 08, 2011
As floods continue to wreck havoc in Thailand, the death toll has now risen to 356 and more than 2 million had been affected within the 147 districts and 26 provinces still submerged by the worst natural disaster in a century in this developing Southeast Asian country.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 04, 2011
A Briton revealed that Google has finally removed a fake online review of his business on Google's Places that mentioned him as a pedophile after his request to delete it have been ignored for 18 months. Unfortunately, the damage had been done.
Windsor Genova
Nov 04, 2011
Supermarket chain giant Woolworths will open 39 new stores in Australia and New Zealand in fiscal 2012 and create 10,000 new jobs, the company announced Tuesday.
Windsor Genova
Nov 03, 2011
The confidence of small businesses in Australia is yet to be fired up, according to the results of the latest survey done by the National Australia Bank.
Christine Gaylican
Oct 28, 2011
The distinction between online retailers and bricks-and-mortar stores is slowly being erased due to the falling rates of rentals in Australia.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 28, 2011
Forgotten and unclaimed money amounting to AU$636 million is waiting for its rightful owners to follow simple step-by-step procedures to claim their money, says the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Through the MoneySmart website, the Aussies are encouraged to determine if any of the state governments has their money, and if so, lodge a claim.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 26, 2011
The Australian Beverages Council, representing the Australian non-alcoholic beverage industry, has criticised the recent US study attempting to link increased soda consumption with violence.
Sharon Olalia
Oct 25, 2011
Amid global calls for review of excessive executive compensation while the rest of the company employees continue to tighten their belts due to wage hike freezes, an Australian retailer reduced the pay of its top boss.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 21, 2011
The latest addition to the directory of Ikea's stores will also be the biggest in the southern hemisphere. The megamart is twice the size of the Sydney Cricket Ground, according to reports. On top of its 9000-product offering, shoppers will enjoy a 760-seat restaurant and 1680 dedicated car spaces.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 20, 2011
The bus drivers union agreed on Tuesday night to an Industrial Relations Commission order to lift a ban on gas-powered buses in Sydney. The explosion of a gas-powered bus prompted public bus drivers to raise their protest by refusing to get on the road, resulting in huge inconvenience among Sydney passengers at peak hour Tuesday.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 19, 2011
It will soon cost readers of "The Australian", $2.95 weekly to access the newspaper's online content through computers, smartphones and tablets.
Windsor Genova
Oct 19, 2011
AFTERNOON REPORT
(4.30pm AEDT)Local stocks managed to erase all of yesterday's gains during Tuesday's session, with fear and caution again at the forefront of investors' minds. Overnight, sentiment wasn't helped by negative commentary from Germany's Finance Minister who warned it was unrealistic to expect a definitive solution to the European debt crisis at this weekend's European Union summit.
Christine Gaylican
Oct 18, 2011
