Vittorio Hernandez

OgilvyOne Athens created a 55-second ad for Nestle Fitness to promote breast cancer awareness. It features Greek actress Maria Bakodimou wearing a high-tech bra that tweets every time it is unfastened.

Texas police arrested Jennifer Marie Vargas, 34, a civilian resident of military base in San Antonio, after she allegedly tried to pull off the penis of her 6-year-old son while angry at the child.

Microblogging site Twitter is aiming to raise up to $1.6 billion in its initial public offering. It set on Thursday the price range of $17 to $20 a share.

The US trade deficit came in at $38.8 billion in August, roughly in line with that recorded in July. The underlying trend remains of very gradual narrowing of the deficit. Initial jobless claims dipped further down by 12,000 to 350,000 last week. Flash US manufacturing fell from 52.8 to 51.1 in October. Output declined for the first time in four years, with the subindex dipping to 49.5.

No one wants to be on a waiting list, especially if millions of other names are ahead of yours. Android and iOS users who want to sign up for a BlackBerry Messaging account but are on the waiting list have relief on the way soon. They can jump the queue by following these tips suggested by tech Web site CNET

Don't rush - is the advice of Prime Minister Tony Abbott to Australian gay couples who want to avail of the same-sex marriage law approved on Tuesday by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

The Australian edition of the hit British TV show Embarrassing Bodies airs on Tuesday, Oct 29. Among the medical cases to be discussed in Embarrassing Bodies Down Under are ugly white lumps coming out of the balls of a man named Simon.

The Australian sharemarket benefited from a better than expected reading on Chinese manufacturing sector activity, only to give back part of the gains late in the session. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) finished 0.3 per cent or 16.9pts higher.

When Motorola released in June its Moto X smartphone, the possibility of an electronic tattoo or implantable chip on the human body as a tool for identification in lieu of passwords or PIN was raised by Regina Dugan, the chief of Motorola's Advanced Technology and Projects Group.

The Australian sharemarket is trading around a five-year high, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up by 0.3 per cent. This is quite a positive outcome considering that global markets lost ground overnight as short-term Chinese interest rates rose. This following the Chinese central bank's (PBoC) decision to remove some excess liquidity from financial markets.

The New Zealand government approved a NZ$3.2 billion initial public offering (IPO) of power generator Meridian Energy. It is the largest IPO in New Zealand's history.

Beginning on Wednesday, Oct 23, Walmart shoppers could bring in their old tablets and trade them for up to $300 voucher that they can used to buy a new tablet. The promo covers the newly launched iPad Air and iPad Mini.

The long rally in US equities finally came to a halt, with disappointing earnings being pinned as the main reason behind the fall. However, US earnings have been largely ignored as the US market rallied and I feel some of the disappointing earnings were just an excuse for the sell-off. After four consecutive sessions of printing record highs, the S&P finally gave up ground and declined half a per cent. The main result the market concentrated on was a disappointing Q3 report from Caterpillar (CAT...

The Bank of Canada monetary policy decision resulted in no change to the overnight lending rate which remained at 1.0pct. This was as expected. However, the BoC dropped its previous bias to lift the policy rate. This bias has been in place for a year. In other words the BoC has now moved to outright neutral. Inflation is now expected to remain low for longer, the level of economic activity is also lower than expected, while risks of further weakness in the economy are taking on increasing import...

Being a senior citizen did not stop 10 Filipina grandmothers in the U.S. from participating in a beauty pageant created for women their age. Queen Lola 2013 was held this week in Long Beach, California, in between the recently concluded Miss World 2013 and the coming Miss Universe 2013. The winner, Miss Utah, is 71-year-old Julie Rose who joined the unique beauty pageant created for Filipina grannies in the U.S. on the dare of a friend.

Current Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop hinted on Tuesday that the Nokia brand could disappear since Microsoft, which acquired the Finnish technology company in September, could drop the brand on smarthphones in the future.

Despite two Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) cadets being found guilty of streaming videos over Skype while one of them was having consensual sex with a female cadet, the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court on Wednesday decided not to send the two young men to jail for their offences.

An Instagram war has erupted between the reported suitor of Miss Universe Philippines Ariella Arida and DJ Mo Twister, a Filipino disc jockey and radio talk show host. The root of their word war is Ariella's response to a question in an ANC interview over her lack of communication skills.

Three events over the past 24 hours have influenced markets and currencies. Firstly, last night a report showed there were fewer jobs created in the US over Sept than many had hoped. This reduced the likelihood of an imminent tapering in the Fed's current stimulus strategy and also pushed markets and the Aussie dollar higher. Secondly, this morning, the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed that prices rose by a more than expected 1.2 per cent over the September quarter; all but wiping out...

Diamond industry giant De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds entered into a joint venture to develop the Gaheho Kue diamond mine in Northwest Territories.

The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is rising for the seventh straight day; up 0.2 per cent and sitting at around a five year high. This makes it the longest winning streak in nine months and comes courtesy of some worse than expected US jobs numbers overnight.

Barely a year from the Mayan Calendar end-of-the world prediction, another round of Doomsday prophecies loom as American evangelist Billy Graham joins other prophets of doom in predicting an Apocalypse soon.

Tony Chan Chun-chuen, the former lover of Hong Kong's richest woman and currently facing charges of forgery, has renounced this week Chinese geomancy as evil and was baptised as a Christian.

Hollywood actor Corey Feldman is releasing on Monday, Oct 28, his memoir titled Coreyography. The book recalls the rape and other forms of sexual abuse he and Corey Haim suffered as young actors from men whom they worked with and considered friend.

Hans Tung of Qiming Ventures in the new partner of GGV Capital, a cross-border venture capital company that has its focus on China and the U.S. Mr Tung, a venture capitalist who support the Chinese phonemaker Xiaomi that is now growing valued at $10 billion, is the sixth general partner of GGV.

Is Taiwanese phonemaker HTC following the footsteps of the once-giant Canadian tech firm BlackBerry? Reports said that the fortunes of the company that impressed the tech world with its HTC One smartphone is on a downhill, having lost 70 per cent of its market share and 90 per cent of its market capitalisation since its glory days in 2011.

Tuesday afternoon trade for the ASX200 was marked by new highs being made in successive hours. The exception being the final hour of trade, when sellers gained some traction following comments from the Federal Treasurer. Mr Hockey spoke of the outlook for the 2013-14 Federal Budget deteriorating. The impact was modest and not enduring. The Aussie dollar dipped and recovered not long after the comments, although it had been in a downtrend all day. December 10-year bond futures were trading at 95....

The Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) provincial parliament approved on Tuesday same-sex marriage, however, the federal government is threatening a court challenge.

Blake Skjellerup, the openly gay speed skater of New Zealand, plans to compete in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He also intends to openly defy Russia's law against public display of support for gay right by wearing a rainbow pin on his uniform.