The Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA) forecasts the average Aussie shopper will splurge around $1,280 during the Christmas yearend holiday, boosting the national economy for the last month of 2013 by about $30 billion.
Clash of Clans brings the inner barbarian of people in a battle to protect villages, level up troops and dominate the game. It is a combat strategy that allows people to compete with other players but also work in teams. Players have to make sure their camps are hard to break through and they have the strongest troops to conquer.
The Australian sharemarket managed to benefit from the strength in offshore stocks overnight, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) rising by 0.9 per cent and closing back above the 5300pt mark. US shares have more than doubled in value from the lows hit in 2008, closed above 16,000pts for the first time on record overnight and the DOW is 22 per cent firmer this calendar year.
Apple Inc. launches a mini web site, ‘Life on iPad’ which takes owning an iPad to a whole new level
After four straight days of weakness, the Australian sharemarket is surging higher, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up by 0.9 per cent. All sectors are in the black with the energy stocks the standouts. US stocks closed above 16,000 pts for the first time on record last night - American shares have more than doubled in the past five years.
Apple Inc's iPhone may soon be offered by China Mobile as the Chinese carrier revealed its plan to introduce a new brand in December 2013.
Australian Automobile Association (AAA) has launched best cars of 2013. AAA has selected 13 cars for this year's Australia's Best Car Awards. The list aims at assisting motorists and new car buyers in making the right choices for their future investment.
The Rolling Stones concert is causing South Australian taxpayers a whopping $450,000
Xbox One now available in Australia announcing the gamebeat, as Sony PS4 sold 1M units in 24 hours
People looking for the ultimate combat and strategy game can find "Clash of Clans" worth their time. The primary point of the game is to protect clans, conquer villages and train troops. Looting is the name of the game and the better players loot, the more things they can do. Nonetheless, leveling up comes with a price. Players have to protect their villagers from raids and make sure their troops are at par to conquer other parties. Fortunately, there are a number of tips and tricks people...
A number of "Clash of Clans" hack tools and cheats can help avid players level up and accomplish a lot with their troops and village. A good hack tool should work on different types of operating system like Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7 as well as Mac OS X. It should also work on Android and iOS devices.
By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArenaI joined Twitter. Not because I am curious what this celebrity has to say about her kids, or to read that another one is waiting for a connecting flight, impatiently.
By Greg PeelThe Dow rose 109 points or 0.7% to 16,009 while the S&P gained 0.8% to 1795 and the Nasdaq jumped 1.
Apple (AAPL) has been experimenting with sensors starting with the TouchID. Following its fingerprint venture, it appears Apple wants to put Xbox’s Kinect technology to its line of products. The tech giant has acquired 3-D chip producer PrimeSense. The company was behind Xbox’s Kinect and it seems Apple wants to put the same feature on its iPhone, iPad and MacBook products, too.
There was a continuation of US dollar strength as unemployment claims and the US flash manufacturing PMI readings came in ahead of consensus. Unemployment claims fell to 323,000 and this reading was also well below analysts' estimates of 333,000. Effectively this brought the 4-week average claims down 7,000 to 339,000. This saw the continuation of the tapering talk theme and resulted in the dollar index holding its ground above 81. At the same time US 10-year yields traded at the highest leve...
In US economic news, new claims for unemployment insurance fell from 344,000 to 323,000 in the latest week, below forecasts for a result near 335,000. Producer prices fell 0.2pct in October, in line with forecasts. Excluding food and energy, prices rose by 0.2pct, ahead of forecasts for a 0.1pct gain. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve index eased from 19.8 to 6.5 in November. And the Markit flash manufacturing gauge rose from 51.8 to 54.3 in November.
With the holidays fast approaching, the search for the best toys continues. Considering the number of iPod touch or iPad owners, it is interesting to find the multitude of toys people can control and play with. Below are the coolest iPad and iPhone-controlled toys people can buy for Christmas.
The Australian sharemarket fell once again, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) ending 0.4 per cent lower by the close. This makes it the longest losing streak for local stocks in five months. Minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting were issued overnight and showed that the US central bank hasn't ruled out the possibility of a reduction in stimulus in the 'coming months'. This together with a weaker than expected reading on the health of China's manufacturing sector this aftern...
Apple Inc. failed to trademark the term “startup” in Australia
Apple Inc, Samsung and Microsoft's idea of putting a "kill switch" in smartphones to deter theft has been rejected by mobile phone carriers. According to San Francisco Attorney General George Gascon in his Twitter account, wireless carriers discarded the kill-switch proposal. Mr Gascon also suggested that carriers are thinking of income first before security of smartphones.
Optus starts trial for 4G home wireless broadband for home business owners
Optus, which is also known as SingTel Optus Pty Limited, has reportedly started its fixed wireless broadband trial in four Australian capital cities namely, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. This move was done in order to check if a reliable 4G signal can indeed replace fixed broadband connections in several urban areas.
Nowadays we all know it as term for mad discounts and shopping craziness, but above all, when it comes to business, as billions worth Black Friday deals.
The Australian share market is in the red for the fourth time this week, despite hopes we would see a rebound today.
Africa will have to spend between $200-350 billion a year in climate adaptation costs by 2070, if the current global temperature rises by more than two degrees Celsius, according to a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Tuesday.
Latest news could lead you to one conclusion: Seems like Elon Musk is having fire trouble in last six weeks.
As H.L. Mencken opined, 'The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable.'
It is the task of today's Weekend Daily Reckoning to speculate on a profitable trade for 2014. But before we get there it helps not to forget that the whole financial system is rigged.
The OECD (Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation) is out with its latest global outlook, warning Australia about the blindingly obvious. That is, labour costs and house prices are too high, which threatens our competitiveness on the global stage.
The central banks of Japan and the US are killing the private market for government debt. The massive and unprecedented bond-buying programs for Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) and Treasuries have driven yields so low that investors are now simply stepping aside from involvement in that market entirely.
