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It is but expected, Apple will not sit idly while Samsung gallops its way to new heights of success via the new Android flagship Galaxy S IV and the tech giant claims four reasons why iPhone remains the best smartphone option.

Google and LG are reportedly collaborating anew for an October 2013 release of the more powerful Nexus 5.

By Andrew NelsonThe FNArena Database shows six Buy calls and two Hold calls and nearly 14% upside to the consensus price target for oil & gas explorer/developer Oil Search ((OSH)).

Existing rankings of the best and easiest places to do business are created, namely, for those who seek the opportunity of expanding their businesses but they are not sure where exactly to do it and which place gives countless opportunities to earn money, just to say it in the simplest way.

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Tech analysts said over the weekend that South Korean giant Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, would likely continue to attract buyers, particularly Asians.

Philips has beaten South Korean tech giant Samsung in rolling out the world's first transparent TV for commercial sale. TP Vision, which is a joint venture between Philips and TP Technology, unboxed on Thursday the PDL8908 DesignLine television sets which feature a unibody glass chassis from the top to the floor.

Australia's largest gambling business, the Crown Casino in Melbourne, lost $32 million to a foreign high-stakes gambler who used an Ocean Eleven-style heist, reports said.

Online file-storage service Dropbox announced over the weekend its purchase of the new iPhone email application Mailbox.

The analyst principally responsible for the production of this research report is: Howard Humphreys, Director & Lead Research Analyst, Seismic ResearchAsian stocks plummet on Cyprus deposit levyThe euro fell to its lowest level this year against the dollar, while Japanese and U.

The Australian sharemarket rose by 1.7 per cent today, largely making up for three consecutive days of weakness. Even when taking into account today's gains, the All Ordinaries index has slipped by 0.16 per cent over the past five sessions. Since the start of January 2013, the local market has jumped by 9.96 per cent, making it the best start to a new year in 21 years. Today was the biggest daily improvement for the All Ords since mid-July 2012.

A study by Flurry Analytics found that apps the average smartphone user spends two hours daily with app, twice the amount of time spent in 2011. While many apps are considered productive, one alarming discover of the report is that 43 per cent of the apps were for games such as the popular Angry Birds.

Everything that loyal Samsung fans had waited for were there but one oversight emerged – the Galaxy S4 will skip out the wireless charging previously seen on competitions like the Nexus 4.

Let's kick off today's Daily Reckoning with a chart. It might give you an important clue into just what's going on in the global economy.

Fairfax Media has today announced that the Commercial Real Estate brand will be adopted for all commercial property media assets across print and digital via commercialrealestate​.com.au

As far as we're concerned, the most interesting thing to happen this week is the fact that the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) now has a market capitalisation equal to that of BHP. Or at least we thought it did after glancing at this article. Which just goes to show you shouldn't believe everything you read.

HOUSL last week announced that Greg Ellis, the CEO of REA Group (RealEstate.com.au) has invested in the HOUSL business.

When you get too much credit growth, you usually get goods and services inflation as a result. That's especially the case in developing economies that don't have sophisticated financial markets to soak up all the credit growth and translate it into 'beneficial' asset price inflation.

Simon Walker, the director general of the Institute of Directors, sharply criticized UK's banks such as Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland for offering excessive employee compensation in the form of wages and bonuses. Moreover, Simon Walker has underlined that UK's banking industry is being harmed by bankers' short-term self interest as banks are breaching the bonus cap formulated by the European Union.

The rumours, at least most of them, proved true and Samsung Galaxy S4 generally came out as consumers would want it to be – thin, light, smooth, eye-candy, power-packed and brimming with features that seem to convince every penny is worth the buy.

ASUS began releasing Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update for Transformer Pad 300 in early March, and it is the first non-Nexus tablet to receive one. ASUS released a full 4.2.1 ROM for the TF300 available via OTA or direct download.

After three sessions of losses, local stocks are back in the black today, being lifted by another win on Wall Street and strength in European markets.

How is Apple dealing with the increasingly rising market threat that is Samsung? The iPhone maker, it appears, is playing the Galaxy manufacturer’s game – selling as many handsets as conceivable to all market segments.

The two most popular social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter, are adding features to their Web sites in a bid to improve user experience and entrench their hold on the market.

Australian flag carrier Qantas (ASX: QAN) is determined to regain its lost glory as the country's premier airline. In a bid to get a larger slice of the domestic market it partly lost to Virgin Australia, Qantas said it will double the capacity for every plane that Virgin deploys.

Nexus 5 has inspired two interesting ideas that render a very powerful and attractive image of the upcoming Google device – a power-packed CPU that breaks the 2.0GHz barrier with a price tag of less than $100.

While too many eyes are trained on Samsung Galaxy S4 at the moment, the tech giant is collaborating with Amazon to keep its outgoing flagships’ brisk sales and the result – the Galaxy S3 now sells for a penny while the Galaxy Note flies away for as low as $US70.

Had estranged Rinehart daughter Hope Welker listened to her younger sister, Ginia, she would not have complained of having only $60,000 in the bank and no funds to hire a cook and nanny as well as money to send her children to school in New York.

By Greg PeelThe Dow rose 83 points, or 0.6%, while the S&P gained 0.6% to 1563 (2 points shy) and the Nasdaq added 0.