China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is planning to go public in the US after it failed to reach an agreement with the Hong Kong stock exchange in regard to a listing there.
Staying away from French fries to avoid weight gain? Not anymore, Burger king launches Satisfry. A low calorie and low fat Fries, which will not let you, avoid your urges for eating out.
Organisers of the Taipei leg of the world-renowned Color RunTM event are currently in the hot seat for allegedly dumping into the city's Dajia Riverside Park the remnants of the coloured powder it had doused on the marathon runners on Saturday.
Are Australians losing their confidence in Australian banks that 1 million Aussies have moved out their accounts from these lenders in the past 12 months?
Paul Allen, the owner of Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers, topped the list of 34 richest sports team owners in the U.S. with a net worth of $15.8 billion.
In yet another confirmation of the impending darker days ahead for the once top Canadian tech firm BlackBerry, T-Mobile U.S. said over the weekend that it would no longer have BlackBerry smartphones in its stores nor air ads for its slow selling devices such as the Z10.
While Australia's liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expected to profit when it starts export of the commodity, consumers, however, may be at the losing end with price of LNG expected to triple.
The Australian share market defied the gloomsters today, to notch up a third consecutive session of gains taking stocks to a fresh five year high. It was also the seventh weekly win for the share market.
Apple buyback programme might be underway; is Carl Icahn net long or net short Apple?
With the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) International Mobile Roaming Standard taking effect Friday, Australian customers will have fewer shocks and surprises with their mobile bills.
Samsung Galaxy Gear, companion device for Galaxy Note 3, goes on sale in Australia, Oct 3.
Friday morning has seen the ASX200 maintain the constructive tone that has been a feature of recent days. The index appears to be accepting prices at higher levels on improving volume. At lunch time on Friday the market remains within sight of the best levels of the last fortnight. Equally significant is the fact that multi year highs are a part of the picture, with the index hitting new 5 year highs this morning. This last point is significant when considering the general back drop which is bei...
Crown’s Chairman, James Packer, changes the name of the game
China is inarguably working to achieve so many things right now. Aside from racing to have cleaner and improved air quality by 2017, it only has set its sights to launch its own space station by 2023.
Russia's law banning "gay propaganda" doesn't defy the charter of the Olympic Games, and so the winter event will proceed as scheduled in 2014 at Sochi, the International Olympic Committee announced on Thursday.
Microsoft is continuing its aggressive attempt to beat competitor Apple by expanding its trade-in programme for old Apple devices in exchange for vouchers that could be used to buy new Microsoft gadgets.
By Greg PeelThe Dow closed up 55 points or 0.4% while the S&P gained 0.4% to 1698 and the Nasdaq added 0.
The uptrend holds for a 15th week. The market is back at peak levels and Monday will be the end of a very good quarter for the markets.
The Maestro, Alan Greenspan, has a new book slated to hit shelves Oct. 22. Its title: The Map and the Territory: Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting.
Have equity investors already priced in 'QE Forever'? If so, is there nowhere left to go but down?
The Australian share market has managed to finish higher for a second consecutive session, despite another night of selling on Wall Street and generally weaker sentiment across the Asian region. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) finished the day's trade up 18 points or 0.3 per cent to 5288.2pts.
Analysts predicted that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a “STRONG BUY” as Stock Price Up and Higher
The resolve of yesterday's buyers has been tested today in early trade on Thursday. Similar circumstances to Wednesday were in place at the open of trade after US stocks ended lower for a 5th day on the trot. The declines for US indices weren't sinister, although the related statistics were less than encouraging, for example the SP 500 finished at the lows of the day; more importantly the index settled below the 1700 mark. As a result the local market saw selling from the outset, at its wo...
Four years since China blocked Facebook after activists used the portal to communicate their vendetta, the country has decided to partially lift the ban but only in select areas, particularly the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ). Twitter has likewise been granted albeit only with the same limited access. However, Chinese netizens don't seem to be excited over the latest announcement in their microblogging hemisphere.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) issued an apology to the disappointed Breaking Bad fans
New Zealand's sheep milking is predicted to be big industry for New Zealanders in the future with Blue River Dairy planning to invest millions of dollars in new equipment. Due to the decline of dairy exports, the trade deficit in New Zealand grew to $981 million or NZ$1.2 billion for the month of August. This is the biggest trade deficit for the country in five years. Exports slumped to their lowest since Sept. 2012 as dairy exports were down 1.8 per cent.
Coca-Cola, L'Oréal and Accenture are among the top employers in Canada for young people
The Australian Dollar is higher as the greenback is feeling the pressure over the approaching federal budget.
By Kathleen Brooks, Research Director UK EMEA, FOREX.comThe next four weeks are a critical test for Washington: will they avoid a government shutdown and the first even US credit default or not? First up is the budget tussle.
Since Microsoft just unboxed the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets, the tech giant has no immediate plans to release yet the speculated Surface Mini. CNET reports that the likely timetable for the Surface Mini would be sometime in 2014.
