Vittorio Hernandez

The Australian sharemarket is in the red for the sixth time in seven trading days following disappointing U.S. jobs growth. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is 0.1 per cent lower, with the mining sector the lone improver at lunch.

After two of Kink.com performers, Cameron Bay and Rod Daily, were confirmed four months ago as HIV positive, the San Francisco-based porn Web company has found a new profit centre that does not expose their talents to sexually transmitted diseases.

The non-farms payroll print from Friday night showed than nothing in the market is linear.

In US economic news, non-farm payrolls lifted by just 74,000 in December, the smallest rise in three years. The unemployment rate fell from 7.0% to 6.7% - the lowest in over five years. US wholesale inventories rose by 0.5% after a revised 1.3% rise in October - suggesting that restocking would contribute to December quarter GDP.

London may be the world's most expensive city, but Sydney in Australia is the most reputable city in the world, a recent study by the Reputation Institute said.

In a landmark political decision on Sunday, Victoria Premier Denis Napthine announced at the launch of Melbourne's Midsumma festival, the city's yearly gay and lesbian event, that the criminal records of men who were convicted for engaging in gay sex in the past would be erased from state records.

The cast and crew of Emmy Award winning-show Modern Family is coming to Australia in February to film episodes for two weeks, Australian Capital Territory Deputy Chief Minister Andrew Barr disclosed on Thursday.

Besides the iconic Sydney Opera House, the Australian state of New South Wales could have boasted of another landmark that draws in millions of dollars in tourism revenues.

Hewlett Packard could possibly unbox a below $200 Android smartphone very soon, possibly this week, Techie News reports. It would be an entry-level phone similar to the Galaxy Note, with the emerging economies as the target market.

Hollywood actor Liam Neeson narrates that document about Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao titled Manny. Directed by Leon Gast and Ryan Moore, Academy Award winners, the docu focuses on the rise to fame of the poor boy from General Santos City to an international boxing icon but also touches on his misfortunes.

To use some nautical imagery, the ASX 200 on Friday was a sail boat in search of a breeze to fill its sails. As such moving air was hard to come by; this was reflected in some of the slightest volumes of the week early in th session.

The Australian sharemarket is slipping for the fourth time this week, with the All Ordinaries Index down by 0.2 per cent. Global markets did little to inspire investors, with European stocks dropping by around 0.8 per cent, while American equities finished a touch weaker.

Don't you wish your mum or dad or both parents were Norwegian? That' because if they were, the family then would have been millionaires.The event when all Norwegians become theoretical crown millionaires happened on Wednesday when Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, which was established in 1990, rose in value to 5.11 trillion crowns or $828.66 billion. With a population estimate of 5,096,300, that made everyone a millionaire.

Equities remain mixed heading into the non-farm payrolls data. Expectations are riding high after the private payrolls reading released yesterday smashed estimates. Unemployment claims data released in US trade also showed some positive signs coming in at a lower-than-expected 330,000 (versus 337,000), lowering the four-week moving average to 349,000. All this positive data continues to support the argument that perhaps the US economy is ready for a rapid measured winding back of stimulus.

In US economic news, monthly chain store sales rose 3.7% in December after increasing by 2.1% in November. US jobless claims fell by 15,000 to 330,00 in the past week.

Health experts have advice men not to wear very tight underwear because a warm environment in the groin area could affect the sperm negatively. Hence, some males prefer the looser boxer shorts over figure-hugging brief.

Microsoft has regained the top spot in a U.S. brand survey by Forrester Research, dislodging Apple which slid down to second place.

Terri-Jean Bedford, a Canadian dominatrix, has many questions to ask Prime Minister Stephen Harper what is the real definition of the phrase sex act. Getting a comprehensive and definitive response would help the North American nation in its national debate on the sex industry.

The animal rights group Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR) has confirmed a scandal that broke out about a year ago on the use of horsemeat as food for human consumption.

A day after speculations came out that Shell was selling its petrol retail and refining business in Australia, Business Insider reports that another oil giant brand, Mobil, is coming back to the Land Down Under after four years of absence.

The Australian sharemarket was in the red for most of the day, only to surge in late trade. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) rose by 0.17 per cent, with only the mining, telco and utility sectors finishing lower.

On top of its heavy losses in its international operations, Australian flag carrier Qantas suffered turbulence on Thursday when Moody's downgraded the air carrier's rating to junk.

With $1 billion app sales in December alone, Apple registered total app sales of $10 billion in 2013, reports said.

Sellers remain in control of the ASX 200 on Thursday, finding traction as the US jobs report wheels into sharper focus following the developments in the last 24 hours.

The FOMC minutes were the main event of the overnight session and really didn't bring too many surprises. With most Fed members supporting the decision to taper as the economic benefits of the program have diminished, the conversation has switched to whether we'll see a more deterministic path to winding back on asset purchases.

In US economic news, the ADP National Employment Report showed the private sector added 238,000 jobs in December - the fastest pace in 13 months. Analysts are looking for around 200,000 jobs to be added on Friday´s non-farm payrolls number.

Because of Egyptians' belief in certain deities, there are some anomalies surrounding the mummification of King Tutankhamun which a new study links to Osiris, the Egyptian god of the underworld.

Australians who travel overseas could enjoy the lower-priced offer of Vodafone to use the telco's roaming service for $5 a day in six more Asian countries.

The Australian live cattle export industry to Indonesia is expected to receive a boost in 2014, resulting in over 70 per cent increase of volume. It would reverse the large cuts made Jakarta the past few years in retaliation for the expose of mistreatment of the animal before slaughter and to reduce heavy reliance on imported Australian meat.