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The Australian share market made it ten wins in a row today, the longest winning streak since 14-28th July 2009 when stocks had 11 sessions of gains. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) rose 8.3pts or 0.2pct to 4919.1pts, its highest level since late April 2011.

Microsoft’s Surface Pro, powered by the full Windows 8 version, is coming out with an advertised storage capacity of 128GB and 64GB. But a new report has indicated that only a fraction of that memory will be available for users to enjoy.

Needless to say, so much anticipation is building up on the superpower smartphone Samsung Galaxy S4 and as we near its reported April 2013 launch tech experts are listing the specs they believe would make millions of jaws drop in awe.

The local market is improving for the 10th straight session, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) 0.2 per cent or 11.8 pts higher to 4922.6. July 2009 was the last time the market enjoyed such a long winning streak and shares are trading at their highest levels in 2 months.

Finally Nexus 4 is back on Google Play store and blog reports have indicated that buyers in the United States, Canada and Germany can start placing orders. They only need to wait maximum of 14 days for the smartphone to arrive.

A report released on Wednesday by the National Australia Bank (NAB) estimated that the number of jobless Australians would rise to 700,000 by the end of 2013. That means 50,000 Aussies would be added to the ranks of the unemployed.

Everybody's worried about America's middle class. Some say they're hurtin'. Others say they're disappearing. Most want to help them out.

Apple adds another attraction to its expanding tablet menu, this time by generously increasing the built-in storage capacity of the tech giant’s latest iPad model. No, this is not the highly speculated iPad 5 but analysts offered we can very well call it as the iPad Pro.

The social networking site Twitter said that worldwide data requests from government offices have risen by almost 20 per cent. In the July to December period, information requested government offices went up from 849 to 1,009.

Have you seen the news reports about the awful air pollution across China? Yes, I know. With all its breakneck growth over the past 25 years or so, the words 'air pollution' and China are almost one and the same. Still, right now, in the depths of winter, the air in China is unusually bad - even for China!

While you were off enjoying the Australia Day holiday, which was actually on Saturday, markets around the world mostly went up...again. This is all pretty standard in the era of the omnipotent central banker.

Research in Motion (RIM) will finally launch Blackberry 10 and this is one of the most expected event in technology of the once dominant OS in the United States. Currently, Blackberry owns only 1.1 percent of total market share in mobile devices which is now populated by Google's Android.

For 2013, oil and gas seem to be the "in" resource in Australia, while iron ore and coal are "out." Even Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest person, is jumping into the oil bandwagon by investing $4.25 million in Lakes Oil (ASX: LKO) by purchasing the company's unsecured notes.

By Greg PeelThe Dow rose 72 points, or 0.5%, while the S&P gained 0.5% to 1507, although the Nasdaq, weighed down by some poor mid-cap tech stock results, closed not quite a point lower.

Having risen 1.3% last week ,the local share market maintained its constructive note, rising by more than 1 on the Tuesday, the first day of a holiday shortened week . The Australian stock market tradeded at new 21-month highs despite the news pulse from US and European hemespheres being less than positive.Every sector measured by the ASX registered solid gains. The impact of the east coast storms was the main focus for insurers and miners as investors attempted to 'bottom line' the matter...

After few years, finally Toyota Motor Corp. got it. According to data released on the 28th of January, the Japan's company has discrowned US General Motors Co. and has become the world's top carmaker after 4 years.

Ryanair witnessed strong profits in its third fiscal quarter ended December as the company enjoyed extensive pre-holiday reservations. The increase in fuel prices, however, did not seem to affect the profits of the airline.

Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy is the latest high earner to do a runner from France. He wants to set up a private equity fund in London and will be escaping the 'tax the rich' environment in his former home. French actor Gerard Depardieu broke the same news a few months ago.

The maker of Cartier jewelry Richemont SA posted its third quarter results showing that sales in the period grew by approximately 5 percent at constant exchange rates and about 9 percent at actual rates.

Galaxy Note 2 owners on Verizon will be able to enjoy anew the excitement of flashing custom ROMs on the popular Samsung phablet, thanks to the bootloader unlock modification from XDA Developers.

The increase in consumer prices proved to be lower-than- expected in the fourth quarter, widening the scope for the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut down on interest rates to help lift the weakened economy. Also, the low rate of inflation pushed the Australian dollar to depreciate.

As more and more people wake up to the dangers of fluoride, chlorine, pharmaceuticals, and the many other toxic compounds found in municipal water supplies, the market for bottled water has exploded. But in the process, some major food and beverage corporations have unwittingly begun peddling that very same tap water in bottles as "pure," a deceptive labeling term that is the subject of a new trade controversy in Europe.

The Japan's Ministry of Finance informed that the annual trade deficit in 2012 increased to record $78 billion as the country saw its exports continue to decline due to a territorial dispute with China and prolonged crisis in Europe. The new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, tries to introduce new measures aimed at boosting the struggling economy.

The Australian share market continues to trade at 20 month highs, resuming trade after the Australia Day long weekend on a positive note. Investors are focusing on strong gains on offshore markets at the end of last week, rather than the subdued finish during Monday's session on Wall Street. In early trade, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) rose above 4900 points for the first time since early May 2011, after the Dow Jones Index added 1.8pct over the course of last week.

At last! The UK Green Deal energy efficiency scheme is due to be entirely launched on the 28th of January. The green initiative has been strongly backed by Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, and Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary.

Starbucks Corp. reported a 13 percent jump in profits in its first fiscal quarter which was driven by high-end sales in the US and China, where other cafes have suffered losses lately. The results matched the expectations of analysts who predicted similar high rise profits.

Santander UK is speculated to be eyeballing a £2 billion acquisition of Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks as it wants to bolster and expand its presence in the Great Britain.

Worldbex Services International (WSI), the leading events and exposition management company in the Philippines takes charge to another year of Asia’s largest and much anticipated building and construction trade show, the 18th Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition – WORLDBEX 2013 “ON SOLID GROUND” at the World Trade Center Manila and Philippine Trade Training Center this March 13-17, 2013 from 10AM to 8PM.