FNArena is surveying investor sentiment in Australia in an effort to generate, over time, a gauge similar to the AAII Investor Sentiment Survey in the US.
Microsoft is launching on Monday, Sept 23, the next-generation Surface tablet in New York City. The event is by invitation only, reports CNET.
A commotion happened on Friday morning in front of an Apple store in Pasadena, California over the non-payment to homeless people who fell in line on behalf of people who want to buy the newly released iPhone 5S or 5C.
Despite 0.3 per cent fall today, this still was an eventful and largely positive trading week for many markets around the world. Local shares edged higher by 1.08 per cent, US stocks are up 1.69 per cent and Germany's DAX is 2.1 per cent firmer (both the US and German markets have one session remaining this week).
Businesses that pursued innovation are more than twice as likely to improve their productivity, than those that do not, according to figures released Thursday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The Australian market cracked through a five year high on Thursday, thanks to the announcement of continued stimulus from the US central bank. Investors are taking a breather today, with local stocks down around 0.4 per cent.
In what has to be its most drastic move yet to rein in its country's pollution crisis, the Chinese government will be coming out with a monthly list of 10 most polluted cities and 10 cities with cleanest air. Australia could be at risk with this as China has likewise ordered coal-reduction targets for its provinces.
Apple App Store features young aussie’s LoungeBuddy Travel App
Honda NSX, a unique sportscar, is coming to Australia
Apple did not just reveal their two handsets, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, but it also provided a sneak on the new iOS7. Following the sneak peak, the new iOS 7 came this September 18. Now people can update their iPad, iPhone and iPod with the new operating system.
By Greg PeelThe Dow fell 40 points or 0.3% while the S&P lost 0.2% to 1722 as the Nasdaq gained 0.2% on a 1.
Three robberies within 48 hours hit different retail outlets in Toronto, Canada. In the latest incident, keeping with the high-end character of the fashion outlet, the robbers rode a white BMW X5 and stole $100,000 worth of items on Wednesday from a Prada shop.
RadioShack and Staples Outlets have removed the Amazon Lockers after a year of letting the online shopping site drop off the customer ordered items in lockers.
Apple continues to have a big week as it finally unveils the iOS 7. Not to mention, the tech giant has also just unwrapped two of its phones: the iPhone 5S and 5C. Additionally, Apple has also unveiled their latest operating system interface: iOS 7. What’s the verdict?
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) remains one of the most widely followed stocks in the world despite critics saying that Apple is no longer an innovative company with the recent launch of its latest products, the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S.
Apple iOS 7 download “error occurred” message frustrates users
Google Doodle, in celebration of 194th birthday of Léon Foucault features an interactive Foucault pendulum
Pope Francis is now in a bottle. Well, his scent at least. American fragrance maker Excelsis Fine Fragrances has released a new scent that pays homage to the "humble and down to earth" personality of the half-year old supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic church. A dab of this scent would probably make someone smell heavenly, or smell like a saint. Just hope it won't make criminals smell as appealing too.
New Zealand has the fifth highest job turnover rates in the world, according to the Kelly Global Workforce Index. Experts said that New Zealanders are willing to take risks and change jobs more often in a reviving economic environment.
The Australian share market is hovering at 5 year highs at lunchtime in the East on Thursday, following a spectacular night for US stocks which saw the Dow Jones Index close at a record high.
The popular adage that in life the only permanent things are change and death could possibly be altered if tech giant Google would succeed in its ambitious venture to solve death.
By Greg PeelIn the past two months, the US economy has shed 347,000 jobs, notes the UK Telegraph's Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, roughly comparable with the rate of loss seen post-GFC.
BlackBerry unboxed on Wednesday the Z30 smartphone, hoping the device would boost the finances of the ailing Canadian company, which is set to lay off 40 per cent of its employees by yearend.
BRW Magazine released on Wednesday its 2014 Young Rich List for Australia which was topped by two software entrepreneurs who established the company Atlassian, now valued at $550 million.
With Tourism Australia pushing for Australian wine and food through the Restaurant Australia campaign and official government statistical data confirming more wine exports to China, it is little wonder that beer drinking in the country down under is going down.
By Greg PeelThe Dow rose 147 points or 1.0% while the S&P gained 1.2% to 1725 and the added Nasdaq 1.3%.
I was in Uruguay and then Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week. I met with a variety of interesting people on my trip. One of them is a guy who writes a blog from Buenos Aires, OfWealth.com, under the pen name 'Marco Polo'.
At the close, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) eased by 0.3 per cent ahead of the Federal Reserve's statement on monetary policy tomorrow morning. The two biggest sectors of the Australian market (the miners and financials) headed in opposite directions and played a balancing role for local equities.
In some good news for the agriculture sector in Australia, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) says the country’s gross value of farm production is expected to achieve a record of $49 billion in 2013-14.
Apple confirms iPhone 5s and 5c Sept 20 release date.
