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Tuesday afternoon trade for the ASX200 was marked by new highs being made in successive hours. The exception being the final hour of trade, when sellers gained some traction following comments from the Federal Treasurer. Mr Hockey spoke of the outlook for the 2013-14 Federal Budget deteriorating. The impact was modest and not enduring. The Aussie dollar dipped and recovered not long after the comments, although it had been in a downtrend all day. December 10-year bond futures were trading at 95....

lobal sugar prices have risen to a one-year high after a fire broke out at several warehouses in the southern Brazilian port of Santos last Friday, destroying some 180,000 tons of sugar in the process.

The animal cruelty revealed by a video secretly taken at a couple of Alberta farms is shocking, according to Mercy for Animals Canada.

Who would not want to work for big companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook? But how could one get a job in these "most wanted employers' companies?"

Analysts’ prediction for the Apple Inc Oct 22 Event

The ASX200 has been well supported in early trade on Tuesday. The index made successive highs in the first hour of trade. Significantly this price action was supported by solid volumes.

Harbin City, capital of China's Heilongjiang province of 11 million people, has been enveloped by a chockfull of smog so thick authorities have been forced to cancel flights and suspend classes. Residents are scared out of their wits as the smog, expected to last for at least the next 24 hours, could become recurring as the country enters the winter season.

Facebook fixes status update glitch and allows graphic content to be posted again

Troubled Canadian phone maker BlackBerry released on Monday the BlackBerry Messenger apps for iPhone and Android users. The release is almost a month delayed because of problems.

By Greg PeelIt's not what struggling uranium producers want to hear. The spot market has gone dead quiet.

By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 7 points while the S&P was flat at 1744 and the Nasdaq gained 0.2%.Bridge Street pushed to a new five-year high yesterday as traders took the lead from another solid gain on Wall Street on Friday and a near one percent Monday rise in Japan.

Trouble seems to hound the bad pairing of Microsoft's Windows 8.1 OS and Surface RT tablets that the tech giant had to pull out the OS's update for the device over reports of failure to start or the blue screen of death popping up on the display.

Playing video games is one of the favourite things Australians do to while away time. The findings of the Digital Australia 2014 report commissioned by the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association released on Monday found that 70 per cent of the respondents play video games and 86 per cent of Aussie parents play it with their kids.

Despite pulling away from fresh five-year highs reached earlier in the session, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) still ended 0.5 per cent higher by the close. The miners were the biggest contributors to the gains. BHP Billiton (BHP), which is scheduled to issue its quarterly production numbers tomorrow, rose by 1.26 per cent today.

Apple will be hosting a press event on Tuesday, October 22. As reports indicate, Apple will be launching a series of products like the 2013 MacBook Pro, iPad 5 and iPad Mini. As the market waits for one of the biggest names in tech to release its products, there are concerns whether Apple can still deliver sales and reception like it used to. A look at the growth sales of iPads and iPhones can help shed sight of what lies ahead for the tech giant.

Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock reached another record high at $685.50 on Thursday afternoon, while Topeka Capital's Brian White set his yearly target a notch higher at $1,111.

Honda has fired up its new Formula One engine for the first time as it prepares to return to motor sport's premier category with McLaren in 2015.

Planning a career? Here is something that will help you chalk down a plan. LinkedIn, the social networking Web site for professional purposes has recently unveiled their list of “Most in Demand Employers, 2013.” The valuable listing of the top employers can help you identify the path to follow to fulfill your ambitions.

Barely a week after the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake, the Philippines' Central Visayas region has again been struck by a 5.4 magnitude quake on Monday morning, one of the thousands of aftershocks of the original temblor.

Apple Gold iPhone 5s, jokingly dubbed as “The Kardashian Phone” runs a print ad with The New Yorker

As the two South Korean tech giants race to get a sizeable part of the flexible phone market, it become an opportunity for phone users to learn more about new features of smartphone that were not available commercially a few years ago.

New Zealand has gained its highest migration rate in 10 years with fewer Kiwis leaving Australia, according to Statistics New Zealand. The country had more people arriving than departing with 2,740 migrants in Sept. 2003. The figure is the highest number of migrants since Jul. 2003.

Apple faces court for unwanted iOS 7 downloads

I've just spent a harrowing weekend reflecting on Thomas Paine's Common Sense, the pamphlet that came out in January 1776 and turned the public toward seeking independence from Britain. I say harrowing because the distance between the ideals found in this pamphlet and those of today's America is so vast as to make it nearly unrecognisable.

With the US political circus behind us (for now), investors are taking the opportunity to buy up, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up by 0.7 per cent and cracking a five-year high in the process. The US S&P500 index (a measure of the performances of American's 500 biggest companies) cracked through an-time high on Friday.

PDF file attached.Corporate bonds offer an alternative to equity investment in providing a fixed "coupon", or interest payment, unlike equities which pay (or not) non-fixed dividend payments, and a maturity date, unlike equities which are open-ended.

Several reports came out over the weekend of the poor sales of Apple's iPhone 5C, placing more doubts on the accuracy of the Cupertino-based tech giant's claim that it sold 9 million units of the 5S and 5C combined. Besides the dubious sales of the device, there are also reports of Apple slashing the production of the 5C and prices in the grey market dropping to almost half of recommended retail price.

Of 100 global cities assessed by the Reputation Institute, Australia's Sydney topped the list of most reliable city published over the weekend by Forbes Magazine.

By Chris Weston, IG MarketsIt generally pays to follow the money and respect the trend; however sometimes it can also be worth thinking like a contrarian, and getting ahead of the curve.