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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.

By Jonathan BarrattIf you told the market in Sept 2010 that stimulus was going to remain in play for the foreseeable future, the gold price would have rocketed head.

We've seen a slight squaring off of risk plays, with equities marginally lower. Despite the minor selling, most asset classes just continue to maintain some fairly tight ranges as global markets remain in a lull phase. US fiscal negotiations are also keeping some investors at bay and prompting some caution in most asset classes. There was limited reaction to a US durable goods report which came in at +0.1% versus 0% expected. New home sales data also came in relatively in line with consensus....

Amazon introduced on Wednesday its third generation Kindle Fire tablets, marked by the letters HDX. The new tablets features 7-inch and 8.9-inch screens and have a mid-October shipment schedule.

It seems to be comeback time for shamed tech entrepreneurs. After, Kim Dotcom's plans to enter politics and his decision to quit Mega to pursue other projects, it is now the turn of disgraced anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee. McAfee, 67, aims to make the Internet safer for everyone and promises to launch a new cyber-security company to do so.

In US economic news, orders for durable goods - goods expected to last more than three years - rose by 0.1pct in August, in line with expectations. Excluding defence and aircraft, orders rose by 1.5pct, just short on the 1.9pct expected rise. New home sales soared by 7.9pct in August to a 421,000 annual rate, in line with forecasts.

By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 61 points or 0.4% while the S&P lost 0.3% to 1692 and the Nasdaq dropped 0.

Having learnt its lessons from the botulism scare caused by tainted milk products made by Fonterra, New Zealand is not taking any chances this time and immediately halted the export of another major agricultural product.

Apple Inc's shares may just reach $600, following reports that the company sold 9 million units of new iPhones in three days. The speculations over a deal with China Mobile may also fuel Apple's stock surge along with recommendations from some of the most respected market analysts.

An Apple iOS 7 hoax advertorial had been reportedly destroying iPhones