The AUD has fallen below USD 0.9300 for the first time since September 2010 after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that the US Central Bank's stimulus measures would end in mid-2014.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
As expected, QE tapering is coming; as expected, $85 billion a month is here to stay in the interim; as expected, a timeline was given and as expected these changes to the current programme are conditional to the state of the underlying economy.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Evan Lucas, IG Markets Strategist
It's been two years since a devastating magnitude 9 earthquake hit Tōhoku, Japan in March 2011, of which a resulting tsunami erupted and seriously impacted the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Japan is now grappling after it found out that the groundwater at the nuclear plant contained above average levels of a radioactive substance called strontium-90.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Esther Tanquintic-Misa
In US economic news, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke reiterated its commitment to buying $85 billion in bonds per month given still-high unemployment. However the Fed did highlight that risks to growth and employment have lessened in recent months and as such it was likely that it could slow the pace of its bond purchases later this year and look to end the QE program by mid-2014.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Craig James, CommSec Chief Economist
Bundaberg, severely hit by massive floods brought by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald in early January, has recovered. On Wednesday, after more than five months forced suspended operations, one of Queensland's biggest sugar exporters was able to export the raw commodity again.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Esther Tanquintic-Misa
UFO sightings are being linked to the eruption of Mexico's Popocatépetl Volcano aka Popo on Monday. Paranormal speculators are linking the alleged UFO activity to the eruption, saying it could not have been a coincidence. However, the UFO itself remains a debated topic even as a video clip of the sighting has gone viral.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Arlene Paredes
The U.S. Naval Academy filed on Wednesday rape charges against three Naval football players for the sexual assault of a female midshipman in April 2012. The incident happened at an off-campus house in Annapolis.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Vittorio Hernandez
Supermoon 2013 heralds weekend of natural disasters, predict soothsayers.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 by Hannah Osborne
13-year-old killed girl he was babysitting by practising wrestling moves on her, say New Orleans police.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 by Toyin Owoseje
The chief of United States National Security Agency (NSA) has justified the activities of its PRISM surveillance program saying it has helped fend off many terrorist attacks within the country and abroad since the September 9/11 attack.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 by Karuna Chandwani
The same-sex marriage legislation gets a big boost from the South Australian Parliament as it supports the idea of allowing gay couples to marry. The upper house of SA Parliament passed a motion in approval of marriage equality laws in New Zealand. Labor MP Gerry Kendelaars introduced the same-sex marriage motion.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Reissa Su
UFO sightings are being linked to the eruption of Mexico's Popocatépetl Volcano aka Popo on Monday. Paranormal speculators are linking the alleged UFO activity to the eruption, saying it could not have been a coincidence. However, the UFO itself remains a debated topic even as a video clip of the sighting has gone viral.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Arlene Paredes
It's been two years since a devastating magnitude 9 earthquake hit Tōhoku, Japan in March 2011, of which a resulting tsunami erupted and seriously impacted the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Japan is now grappling after it found out that the groundwater at the nuclear plant contained above average levels of a radioactive substance called strontium-90.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Esther Tanquintic-Misa
With the Indian economy slowing down to 5 percent in 2012 from 9 percent two years ago, the country is taking another beating amid a spree of recent incidents where women were brutally raped and attacked. More and more women tourists are hesitant to visit India, fearing similar attacks.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Jacob Cherian
Bundaberg, severely hit by massive floods brought by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald in early January, has recovered. On Wednesday, after more than five months forced suspended operations, one of Queensland's biggest sugar exporters was able to export the raw commodity again.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Esther Tanquintic-Misa
IBM Australia is looking to let go of 1,500 jobs in a move to send jobs offshore to New Zealand and Asia. Local jobs held by around 1,200 to 1,500 Australians are affected as their jobs have been found to be redundant. The figures are comparable with Ford's plans to cut 1,200 jobs when the company leaves Australia in 2016.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Reissa Su
ANZ Bank considers cutting 600 jobs and plans to send head office jobs to New Zealand or the Philippines to as part of its cost-cutting measures.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Reissa Su
It's been two years since a devastating magnitude 9 earthquake hit Tōhoku, Japan in March 2011, of which a resulting tsunami erupted and seriously impacted the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Japan is now grappling after it found out that the groundwater at the nuclear plant contained above average levels of a radioactive substance called strontium-90.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Bundaberg, severely hit by massive floods brought by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald in early January, has recovered. On Wednesday, after more than five months forced suspended operations, one of Queensland's biggest sugar exporters was able to export the raw commodity again.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Esther Tanquintic-Misa
All eyes are on the forthcoming baby of Prince William and Kate Middleton even as the royal couple prefers not to know in advance through technology the gender of their baby. However, there are speculations the baby would be a girl based on an alleged slip on the part of the mother.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Vittorio Hernandez
IBM Australia is looking to let go of 1,500 jobs in a move to send jobs offshore to New Zealand and Asia. Local jobs held by around 1,200 to 1,500 Australians are affected as their jobs have been found to be redundant. The figures are comparable with Ford's plans to cut 1,200 jobs when the company leaves Australia in 2016.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Reissa Su
ANZ Bank considers cutting 600 jobs and plans to send head office jobs to New Zealand or the Philippines to as part of its cost-cutting measures.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Reissa Su
Nexus 5 is now linked to the Sony i1 Honami as the device goes live revealing specifications. Ever since LG announced that no Nexus is being manufactured from their houses, spectators are now searching which company is going to make the upcoming Nexus 5.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Ryan Inoyori
Motorola handset XT1055 has been spotted paying a visit to FCC requesting compatibility with LTE networks of AT&T, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon which indicates that Moto X Phone will become available to most U.S. network carriers.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Ryan Inoyori
FCC listings indicated that Asus is reportedly working on a mysterious tablet that can potentially or directly go against the line of Google’s Nexus. With the pending release of the Google Nexus 7.2 and increasing hype, Asus is testing the waters to penetrate the same market.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Precious Silva
A year after Facebook Inc's fumbled IPO, Wall Street remains slow to recognize what Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg argues has been an across-the-board improvement in its business.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Alexei Oreskovic
Nexus 5 is now linked to the Sony i1 Honami as the device goes live revealing specifications. Ever since LG announced that no Nexus is being manufactured from their houses, spectators are now searching which company is going to make the upcoming Nexus 5.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Ryan Inoyori
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It’s not even Christmas time but iPhone lovers would surely want to see to rival-killing feature jumps for the rumoured iPhone 6, which according to analysts is most likely slated for a release date between January and March next year.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Erik Pineda
Retina display panel will not arrive with the iPad Mini 2 this year, a new report said. Instead, consumers should expect the 7.9-inch iOS 7 tablet to sport a new look and a faster processor under the hood.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Erik Pineda
Motorola handset XT1055 has been spotted paying a visit to FCC requesting compatibility with LTE networks of AT&T, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon which indicates that Moto X Phone will become available to most U.S. network carriers.
Thursday, June 20, 2013 by Ryan Inoyori
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The Department of Education (DoE) said that default on student loans climbed to 7.0 percent in fiscal 2008, up from 6.7 percent in the prior fiscal year - yet another manifestation of the sluggish economy and bleak jobs market.
Friday, September 17, 2010 by Palash R. Ghosh
Big brother China has beaten India for the first time in the number of students to US management schools.
Friday, September 17, 2010
The share of foreign students coming to the United States has been going down every year since 2000, shows a study released by an international body comprising the developed nations of the world.
Friday, September 17, 2010
If there is one single benefit to the US due to the recession, it is that more people are studying in colleges than ever.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
The recession has caused all sorts of difficulties for CFOs: falling earnings, tumbling stock prices and, occasionally, knotty negotiations with lenders.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Irvine, California-based Fisker Automotive will debut the first factory-built Karma at the upcoming 2010 Paris Motor Show this October.
Friday, October 01, 2010
BMW is voluntarily recalling 350,000 cars worldwide due to a possible brake problems that the world's biggest premium carmaker said have not caused any accidents.
Friday, October 01, 2010
General Motors Co posted an annual sales gain of 10.5 percent in September amid evidence that the U.S. auto market remained stuck in a slow-moving recovery at the start of the fourth quarter.
Friday, October 01, 2010
Top automakers finally have electric cars ready to purr into dealer showrooms. Now the question is whether the charging infrastructure and electricity supply are up to the task.
Friday, October 01, 2010
Europe's luxury carmakers fear no double-dip thanks to a fresh supply of wealthy customers in emerging markets who have just earned enough money to buy their first Mercedes-Benz or Ferrari.
Friday, October 01, 2010
A monthly gauge of online labor demand in the United States edged up in September from a month ago and was 16 percent above the reading from a year ago.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
U.S. private employers unexpectedly shed jobs in September, reinforcing the belief that the U.S. Federal Reserve will embark on another round of monetary policy stimulus to support the economic recovery as early as next month.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Private employers unexpectedly cut 39,000 jobs in September after adding an upwardly revised 10,000 jobs in August, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
U.S. Treasury debt prices climbed on Wednesday, pushing benchmark note yields to the lowest since January 2009, after ADP Employer Services said private payrolls unexpectedly contracted in September.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
The best part of my job is reuniting candidates with their self-confidence. In today's job market I know it is so difficult to remain positive and to not take rejection personally.
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 by Samantha Nolan
New research confirms that women plagued by morning sickness in early pregnancy are less likely to miscarry.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
The three winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry all developed new ways to make carbon atoms stick to one another -- a mundane-sounding process that in fact underlies the very basis of life.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Health regulators plan to spend millions of dollars to step up their scientific prowess in a move that officials say will help quickly get new treatments to patients and protect the public against possible health threats.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Republicans could keep their promises to stop healthcare reform even if they cannot repeal it, simply by blocking legislation needed to pay for it, one expert argued on Wednesday.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Americans die sooner than citizens of a dozen other developed nations and the usual suspects -- obesity, traffic accidents and a high murder rate -- are not to blame, researchers reported on Thursday.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
I battle desperately not to climb aboard Queenstown's romantic-adventure band-wagon; but I fail miserably.
Monday, September 27, 2010 by Kip Brook
After two and a half years of renovation costing $ 29 million, the five star luxury hotel Pera Palace in Istanbul Turkey opened its doors to guests.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Even as your contemporaries sail to the Caribbean to celebrate to Christmas, you take a different course.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
The largest of the Seychelles archipelago, Mahe is an African island rich with hidden treasures.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
You just have wait till 2015 for a trip into the space, as US aerospace giant Boeing and Space Adventure have tied up to put tourists into low-level orbit in a futuristic capsule.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Uggs Australia get a lot of grief in the fashion world, but they're undeniably comfortable and now they're more fashionable as well.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 by Carly Zinderman
Stunning actress Keira Knightley turned heads in Paris the other day while filming a sexy new ad campaign for Chanel.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise got cozy at the premiere for 'The Romantics' in New York City and we were on hand to report on Katie's latest style antics.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Those wanting to up the ante on their backyard "stay-cation" and holiday hospitality should consider Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet's extravagant outdoor kitchen, which is more like an outdoor cooking "resort.
Monday, September 27, 2010 by Merilee Kern
Emerald Jet Charter announced that it now is offering helicopter travel along with chartering private business jets.
Monday, September 27, 2010 by James Rothaar
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