Grain growers in Australia's South Australia and Victoria have been advised to implement necessary measures as prevailing dry weather conditions are expected to continue for at least the next three months, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
- Market leading container position- Broker sentiment positive- Moelis sees further upside availableBy Andrew NelsonRoyal Wolf ((RWH)) is a stock that has begun to garner increasing attention since listing in 2011.
Toyota Motor Corp. does not stop in its attempts to expand. It is widely rumored that the Japan's automaker is to reveal its plans to start production of Lexus cars in the United States. Interestingly, it seems that Toyota Motor Corp. is striving for the title of the No.1 in the US luxury ranking which the company lost back in 2011.
The continued financial crisis in large and small economies across the world, has led to academics revisiting the concept of debt in the context of borrowing. Currently, the US debt is 74 percent of its GDP and analysts predict that the numbers will remain the same in the next ten years, causing a lot of concern for both sides: policy makers and taxpayers.
As the world grows more dependent on technology, people who use laptops, PCs, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices also develop bad habits on their usage along the way.
Greg PeelThe Dow rose 152 points, or 1.1%, while the S&P gained 1.0% to 1578 and the Nasdaq added 1.1%.
It was an almost counter intuitive day for the local share market on Tuesday which managed a solid improvement of 1% not withstanding a weaker than expected reading on Chinese manufacturing.
Smart sensor technology, specifically the ability to control a smartphone interface, is a not a monopoly of Google-Motorola, a U.S. court said, thereby ensuring that the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 6, Nexus 5 and the X-Phone will continue to display such capability.
Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways is planning to enter a fourth strategic alliance with Latam Airlines in a bid to boost its international business, particularly on the thriving Latin American market.
By Andrew NelsonThe low volume drop in uranium prices booked the week before last drew out some new buyers last week.
After tech experts from CNET picked in March the Surface Pro table as the best high-end Windows 8 tablets in the market, a month after, another tech Web site pointed to the same tablet as best Windows 8 machines you can buy.
By Peter Switzer, Switzer Super ReportMe old mate Craig James of CommSec says the answer to all questions is pretty well "China!" Our high dollar, our budget deficit, lower commodity prices, even the current lower share prices are all linked back to China.
Instagram's 100 million users could soon earn money from the images they post on the Web site using its popular photo sharing app.
By Greg PeelThe Dow closed up 19 points, or 0.1%, while the S&P gained 0.5% to 1562 as the Nasdaq added 0.
By M. Ayhan Kose, Prakash Loungani, Marco E. TerronesThe Great Recession has been followed by a 'Not-So-Great Recovery'.
Monday saw a fairly constructive tone of trade to start a holiday shortened week. Weekend developments helped lift the spirit of investors. There was relief that the Italians had formed a Government at long last. Asian markets specifically were relieved that the G20 Communique presented no obstacles to the ambitions of the Bank of Japan in relation to its quantitative easing program.
U.S. cellular carriers are already accepting pre-orders online, including AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile, but the Verizon network is still not offering any Galaxy S4 in the meantime. It remains a mystery why Verizon hasn't announced any pre-orders for Galaxy S4. What happened and why is it still a bum?
Samsung will go telepathic and telekinetic features as their next big thing on upcoming devices. Some of these are already present to their current devices, including Galaxy S4 with eye-tracking and hovering sensors. What are the possible mentally manipulated features that Samsung has on its sleeves?
A new strain of Android malware was discovered by LookOut Security. It infected millions of Android running devices globally. The manifestation is a Russian-looking clone apps now spreading fast online.
It was a big week for apps last week as big tech companies and developers released new ones. Here are the top 7 picked by Web site Mashable, which called these as not-to-be missed apps.
United States network carriers selling Samsung Galaxy S4 released the latest details of pricing and release dates for new customers who wished to own the device. Most of the known network carriers such AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile allowed pre-orders on their Web sites with competing prices.
Reports said that Google next-edition Nexus device would be the Nexus 4 made by LG with a newly enlarged standard 32GB internal storage, 4G LTE and possibly be the first smartphone to run on the new Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie OS.
If parents and adults had paid more attention in the previous years to the complaints of children that they have been sexually abused by members of a religious church or community, the burgeoning number might have already been nipped right in the bud early on.
The Australian sharemarket is improving for the second consecutive session, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up 0.2 per cent. Most major global markets ended higher on Friday night which is helping lift equities this morning. Local shares have just had their second worst week of 2013 however.
With the cause of infection and transmission still unknown, the number of deaths due to the new influenza A H7N9 virus has risen to 20. The number of infected likewise jumped to 102 over the weekend.
Tsinghua University, one of China's universities which trained many of China's top leaders, is bound to receive a $300 million donation from no less than an American mogul, Blackstone Group investment company founder Stephen Schwarzman.
At $12 off-contract price tag, the Gongkai Phone may appear a steal for consumers. The device features 260 MHz processor, 8MB of RAM and a two-colored OLED screen in a snap-together plastic case.
One of the major reasons behind the popularity of tablet computers is that they are smaller and more portable than laptops. But what if there is one that weighs just 1.9 lb and measures 10.77 millimetres? Would you still go for the less powerful tablet or instead buy the Blade 13 Carbon laptop being introduced by Inhon, a Taiwanese tech firm?
Fortescue Metals (ASX: FMG), the third largest iron ore miner in Australia, is forecasting the rise of iron ore prices between $139 and $140 a tonne in the short term due to low iron stocks, particularly in China.
The Australian share market made a modest gain today, in a week in which investor sentiment was impacted by a sharp sell-down in the gold price, worries about Chinese economic growth and a downgrade for global growth from the International Monetary Fund. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) added 0.2% today, but was down 1.9% on the week.
