Jamelle Agbuis

I've just spent a harrowing weekend reflecting on Thomas Paine's Common Sense, the pamphlet that came out in January 1776 and turned the public toward seeking independence from Britain. I say harrowing because the distance between the ideals found in this pamphlet and those of today's America is so vast as to make it nearly unrecognisable.

U.S. banking giant JP Morgan Chase will reportedly pay $13 billion to end federal and state investigations into mortgage-backed securities it sold before the financial crisis, marking the largest civil penalty ever levied onto a U.S. company and wiping out more than half of the bank's 2012 profits.

If you thought Fortescue Metals Twiggy Forrest's bank account could fill up fast, check out the People's Bank of China. Data revealed this week that China's foreign exchange reserves increased $US160 billion to hit US$3.7 trillion. That's some serious money.

I just spent two solid days at a conference on energy development in regional shale plays of Pennsylvania-Ohio-West Virginia, called Marcellus and Utica.

Google is preparing to roll out the updates for the Play Store app. That would make it Google Play Store 4.4, and some new changes in the interface are being worked upon.

If you ran through headlines of health news in last two days, you could have easily get the feeling that you are being drugged with cocaine while you enjoy your favorite Oreo cookies. Headlines like Oreos Have Similar Effects as Cocaine or Double stuf Oreos Not All they're stuffed up to be...everywhere you look.

Insolvent trading is unlawful in most developed countries. If found guilty, company directors face severe legal and financial penalties.

The Americans continue to play silly buggers over their budget. It's fantastic stuff to watch. Especially if you're a 'Deal or No Deal?' fan, unlike us. Last night's episode ended with 'No Deal!'

It is only natural that you want to achieve the highest sale price possible for your property. There are a few tried and tested ways to squeeze that little extra value from your home, they simply require a little planning.

An estimated 30 million people worldwide are currently living as slaves, according to the inaugural Global Slavery Index published Thursday, with India said to have the largest number of enslaved people, though African countries still had the highest proportional figure based on population.

The World Bank has cut its forecast for India's economic growth from 6.1 percent to 4.7 percent in this fiscal year, citing a sharp slowdown in manufacturing and high interest rates as the key factors driving down investment.

The National Security Agency is gathering millions of email address books and instant messaging accounts, many of them belonging to Americans, according to the recent internal documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden who fled the U.S. and now lives in Russia.

Struggling Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC has taken the phablet market by storm. The smartphone maker is entering the phablet market by launching its latest plus sized version of its award-winning HTC One handset. Looks like gigantic displays are something buyers recognize as worth of having.

Google Inc. recently announced another privacy change that it has made to its Terms of Service. According to reports the company is gearing up to use users' names and photos to advertise its products and services. The updated terms of service will go into effect on November 11th.

The Chinese government is set to install GPS tracking systems in all state-bought vehicles, reported local state media last weekend, seeking to crack down on officials who use government cars for their own private purposes.

More than half of employees working at the largest fast-food chains in the U.S. are earning so little in wages that they must rely on some sort of public assistance to get by, according to a new study co-published by the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Illinois on Tuesday.

What he's referring to is that the supply of Australian housing should rise as prices do. He's worried about affordability for developers, not buyers. That's fair enough...if you want to ignore the other half of the supply and demand equation.

Infographic: 21 Shocking Facts About Food Waste In The US

Israeli researchers have once again confirmed the healing potential of marijuana (cannabis), a natural, medicinal plant loaded with dozens of disease-fighting cannabinoids and other beneficial compounds.

The highly infectious norovirus, or stomach flu bug, causes a very common illness, affecting hundreds of millions of people who come into contact with it through contaminated food, water, surfaces or other people every year. Now, scientists have discovered that copper and its more than 300 different alloys don't just fight norovirus - copper destroys it.

Can you imagine offices where people would sit only with their smartphones in front of them? Latest news might be showing that only future Smartphones stand a chance in rapidly changing technology world. Would future smartphones be able to substitute PC?

Tokyo, Toyota comes out with news on their next generation cars. Among them is a car with an auto pilot system they say.

The Five Internet Industry Leaders, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. are accused of UK Tax dodging.

Google has rolled out new features for its Maps and has added several other enhancements in its newer version of maps for the web users. Soon, Google will roll out new changes to Mobile devices also.

For a little start Amazon started a short time shipping for Google Chromecast from outside US. That allowed customers from outside US to grab the Google Chromecast from Outside US.

A new unofficial Android 4.3 build ROM is leaked for Galaxy S4 and is available for download and use. We never encourage the use of such ROMs and the damage and issues during the process fall all in your responsibility.

M23 militants in eastern Congo have infiltrated several lucrative gold mines in order to bankroll their rebellion by smuggling out nearly $500 million of the precious metal a year, claimed a Washington-based human rights group on Thursday, accusing four African gold exporters for enabling the militia group, which has had a history of human rights violations.

Much has been said about superfoods in the past, and people are often confused about which ones are best to include in their daily diets. There are a lot of these foods with varying benefits to improve general health and well-being.

It can't be a great feeling when the stock price of the company you work at rises when you announce that you're leaving. But such was the lot of the CEO and the Chairman of gold miner Newcrest this week. Australian's biggest gold producer is grabbing the broom and sweeping out the dirty closet. It's been a tough year. It might get even tougher for the gold juniors.