ECONOMY

New Zealand's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in more than five tears at 5.6 per cent in the second quarter. According to Statistics New Zealand's Household Labour Force Survey released on August 6, the country's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was below Wall Street Journal's 5.8 per cent poll prediction by 14 economists. The 5.6 per cent unemployment rate is the lowest since March 2009.

Reissa Su Aug 07, 2014

Authorities from North Korea's Catholic association had rejected an invitation to attend a mass led by Pope Francis next week, as families of Sewol ferry victims in the South refused to de-tent Gwanghwamun Square, the venue of the pope's mass. Pope Francis is expected in South Korea from August 14th to the 18th.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 07, 2014

The world is now going fearful over the spread of the deadly Ebola virus among four west African nations, plus two Americans and now one Spanish priest. But while this year's outbreak is its worst, experts highlighted passing on the virus from one person to another is highly preventable through the time and tested soap and water solution.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 07, 2014

Your style of management and employee discipline can determine the success or failure of the whole company.

Vanessa Doctor Aug 06, 2014

More than the disease itself, global health experts are on their toes monitoring the spread of the Ebola virus because it has already managed to infiltrate urban areas. This year's outbreak has been dubbed the worst outbreak yet since it was first identified in the 1970s. But hope remains in the experimental serum administered to two infected American patients.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 06, 2014

What should managers do to ensure that staff are working with their best efforts without looking like a slave driver?

Vanessa Doctor Aug 06, 2014

The Australian economy is capable of weathering difficult economic conditions but relying on interest rates alone will not help the country's financial woes. According to Lord Mervyn King, a former Bank of England governor, a slowdown in China's economy will "hurt" Australia's economic growth. However, he believes the possibility of that scenario is "unlikely."

Reissa Su Aug 05, 2014

Dobrolyot Airline, the low-cost subsidiary of Russian flag carrier Aeroflot, has become the first casualty of the sanctions the European Union slapped against President Vladimir Putin and his country.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 05, 2014

Global airlines are now given the leeway to deny passengers it believes are exhibiting symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 05, 2014

Liberia has started burning the bodies of the victims of the deadly Ebola virus to avert more potential health scare from the rotting corpses. The death toll now has reached 887 in the three western African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Nigeria has reported its second Ebola case.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 05, 2014

Australia's Future Fund has reached $101 billion on Monday, exceeding the $100 billion mark at the end of June after its investment returns for the 2013-14 financial year yielded $12 billion.

Vittorio Hernandez Aug 05, 2014

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has issued new restrictions to American airlines, instructing them to fly over Iraqi airspace at altitudes higher than 30,000 feet, even as other global airlines such as British Airways maintained flying over the wartorn Middle East country remains safe.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 04, 2014

At least 75 people have died after a car parts plant in China exploded over the weekend. The plant located in eastern Jiangsu Province manufactured for a number of global car companies, including US giant General Motors (GM).

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 04, 2014

Dubai's Emirates Airline has become the first major international airline outside Africa to suspend flights to Guinea, one of three west African nations now reeling over the Ebola virus outbreak.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 04, 2014

U.S. health officials on Sunday said the condition of Ebola-stricken American doctor Kent Brantly is improving. Brantly flew in from Africa on Saturday and went straight to Atlanta to a hospital with a special isolation ward. A second American missionary stricken with the deadly virus will arrive on Tuesday.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 04, 2014

Apparently, the Ebola virus now enveloping three West African nations wouldn't have developed into an outbreak if not for the people's ignorance and belief in witchcraft.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 04, 2014

Australia's technology sector has outperformed the United States and the UK.

Reissa Su Aug 01, 2014

West African nation Sierra Leone, which has been reeling from an Ebola virus outbreak since May, has declared a state of emergency. Police and military units have been instructed to quarantine the epicentres of the disease as the death toll reached 729 on Thursday.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 01, 2014

With the many import scandals involving China in other countries, should Australia be concerned?

Vanessa Doctor Aug 01, 2014

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an advisory warning against non-essential travel to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in light of the deepening Ebola virus outbreak in the three countries.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Aug 01, 2014

The Glazer family, majority owners of Manchester United, are set to sell about 5% of their shares to the public via the New York Stock Exchange.

Mark Wayne Eubank Jul 31, 2014

The trial of those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17 will be convened in either a Malaysian or Dutch court, but not at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 31, 2014

Four incidents that rocked the global aviation industry in just a span of four months have created the inevitable phobia among air travellers. While Superman did say that air travel is still the safest mode of transportation, the fate of the four airlines doesn't seem to jive to this testament.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 31, 2014

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has ordered the closure of all schools in Liberia amid the deepening Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, which has been categorised as "out of control" by Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Nigeria's major ASKY airline had announced it is stopping all flights bound for Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 31, 2014

Tests looking for possible Fukushima radiation contamination on the waters along the U.S. coast continued to yield negative results, a group of scientists said on Tuesday. However, they warned low levels of radiation from the March 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan are still expected to reach the US shore.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 31, 2014

Authorities in Britain have called for a crisis meeting to tackle possible measures to fight off as well as cope with the spreading deadly Ebola virus. UK pressed the panic button after an infected man managed to fly out from disease-affected Liberia to the major international travel hub of Lagos, Nigeria. Although no British national has been infected yet, the British government views the incurable disease as a "very serious threat."

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 31, 2014

Australia's AAA credit rating has been affirmed by Standard & Poor's due to the country's strong public finances, low debt and deficit. The credit rating agency appears more "relaxed" about the federal government's budget, according to reports.

Reissa Su Jul 30, 2014

Citing building code violations, police in China's city of Wenzhou have removed a 10-foot cross from a local church. Wenzhou is considered be "China's Jerusalem" due to its large Christian population.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 30, 2014

Even the biggest food chains in the world suffered sales-crippling scandals at some point.

Vanessa Doctor Jul 30, 2014