More choices would be available for Australians who would subscribe to broadband services under the National Broadband Network (NBN).
From Morrison Securities Pty. Ltd.
U.S. stocks rose to session highs as hopes for the beleaguered labor market and clarification about France's credit rating buoyed investor sentiment. Trading was choppy as investors earlier Thursday fretted about France's credit rating.
The Duchess of Cambridge and his father-in-law apparently shares a similar passion for the opera and regularly visits the Royal Opera House.
The Duchess' pregnancy rumors are all over the internet, and some could not help but speculate what name will they pick for the future royal heir.
Walter Isaacson has been making waves in the literary community recently for his book on the life of one of the most iconic figures of this century. Steve Jobs' biography has been on nearly every "best seller" list since it came busting through the gate.
These days, having a charity when you're a celebrity is practically mandatory.Here's a list of the top 5 celebrities who have done their part in making the world and this might surprise you: Angelina Jolie, though completely active and visible in her advocacies, is not on the list.
As many celebrities will say in interviews, they are "just like everybody else."
After Vodafone Hutchinson Australia logged a 222 per cent jump in complaints before the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman for the year with 55,600 complaints, the company announced on Thursday that it will put in place measures to improve service.
China's clampdown on its rare earths production has alarmed trading partners led by Japan, which intends to take up the issue at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Hawaii.
Riding on the crest of its success with the recently passed carbon pricing scheme, the Australian Green Party stepped up Wednesday its campaign of seeing through the country to be wholly functional using renewable sources of energy.
Besides carbon tax protesters who promised to make their voices heard when U.S. President Barack Obama visits Australia next week, the mother of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will also hold a protest outside Parliament House.
Despite the controversy generated by the carbon tax, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown said on Thursday that the country is now ready to take global lead on climate.
Investor focus appears to have turned from Greece to Italy, with fear gripping offshore markets overnight. US and European share markets were heavily sold off after Italian borrowing costs (10 year bond yields) rose to 7.5pct, the highest level since the Euro was launched in 1999. Any figure above 7pct is psychological because that was the level which heightened worries about Greece, Ireland and Portugal and all three countries eventually needed a bailout. The Dow Jones Index closed down 3.2pct ...
Australia's unemployment rate went down to 5.2 per cent in October, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics which released the report on Thursday.
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.
Bell FX Currency Outlook:
Another volatile session for financial markets overnight as the European debt crisis continues to grab all the headlines.
ExxonMobil Corp., the world's largest integrated oil and gas firm, would have to shell out $134 million to clean up the oil spill in Yellowstone River, Montana last July.
From Morrison Securities Pty. Ltd.
U.S. stocks slumped as a surge in Italian bond yields put the spotlight back on euro-zone sovereign-debt issues. Leading the declines were financial and materials stocks. J.P. Morgan Chase fell 5.9% and Bank of America declined 4.4%. Hewlett-Packard was also weak, shedding 5.4%, while Alcoa was off 5.2%.
Australian troops in Afghanistan are hunting an Afghan soldier who shot and seriously wounded three of their colleagues at the Patrol Base Basir in Uruzgan province on Tuesday.
If you're interested in a little bit of window shopping before Christmas, might as well window shop with the best of them right. These are the most luxurious, most exclusive gifts you can find under your tree this year.
Triggered by a number of regulatory policies promoting energy efficiency, coupled with new technology, biofuel use and increasing concern for climate change, the world's demand for oil may peak before 2020, new research suggests.
October freight rates for spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels increased to $112,000 from $42,000 year-on-year.
Oil prices in Asia fell below $97 a barrel on Wednesday buoyed on China's retreating inflation rate.
Every year, Glamour looks to women of all ages who have accomplished something quite remarkable and honours them for their intelligence and spirit.
The Duchess shows again a softer side when she replied to a gushing 10-year-old who mailed her a letter back in July after seeing the Royal Wedding last April.
With the mining boom in Western Australia seen to sustain the overall economic growth of the country into the next century, mining companies are in a frenzy to hunt for thousands of workers to fill the parallel increasing workforce gap.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released Tuesday a report containing information indicating Iran had conducted activities to develop a nuclear explosive device. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the report a fake and accused IAEA director general Yukiya Amano of being a U.S. puppet.
The various and extensive use of permanent magnets in electronic gadgets, radars, hybrid cars, energy efficient solar panels and wind turbines will continuously push the demand and price for rare earths in 2012.
Indonesian Coal Miner ABM Investama will push through in December its planned initial public offering (IPO) despite recent market instability caused by weakening global demand for raw material coking coal.
Despite Opposition leader Tony Abbott's vow to repeal the carbon tax if he comes to power, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard claimed in a question-and-answer portion at the CarbonExpo conference in Melbourne on Wednesday that Mr Abbott will not repeal the tax.
