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.
Vittorio Hernandez Jan 29, 2013
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.
Jamelle Agbuis Jan 29, 2013
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.
Jamelle Agbuis Jan 29, 2013
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.
Jamelle Agbuis Jan 29, 2013
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.
Jamelle Agbuis Jan 29, 2013
What is the bestselling smartphone brand in the United Kingdom? For UK retailers, Samsung’s Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 easily comes to mind as a new report showed that British phone sellers are more inclined to introduce the handsets to consumers over Apple’s iPhone 5.
Erik Pineda Jan 29, 2013
After all, it seems that the long battle for Fraser & Neave Ltd. is over. Apparently, a group led by Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd. decided to withdraw from the race as it did not increase its bid to match Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi's offer of approximately $11.2 billion for the Singapore-listed property and beverage company.
Jamelle Agbuis Jan 29, 2013
Samsung is beefing up its tablet arsenal for 2013 with reports emerging that the South Korean tech titan is all set to refresh the Galaxy Tab 2 lines via the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.
Erik Pineda Jan 29, 2013
It's morning in the world again. Yes, the sunshine beat down upon Southbank this morning. Your editor was out for a stroll after an early morning breakfast with some visiting colleagues. The armies of marching (and cycling) workers betrayed no sign of citizens under siege during a great war.
Jamelle Agbuis Jan 29, 2013
Apple’s iOS 6.1 is out beta stage following updates from the tech giant that shoved its mobile platform into full version a few days after developers were first given a taste of software fixes deployed with the patch.
Erik Pineda Jan 29, 2013
By Andrew NelsonLast week was certainly a busier one in the uranium market, with nine deals done and nearly one million pounds of uranium changing hands.
Admin System Jan 29, 2013
Twitter launched its first video service client to iPhone and iPod touch users that currently have issues about inappropriate content. The app is called Vine which can be used to search pornographic video clips. Vine allows a user to shoot and upload high quality videos with a run time of 60 seconds, which also loops.
Vittorio Hernandez Jan 29, 2013
Nexus 4 is making its way to different markets around the world, courtesy of local Google partners. Its latest destination appears to be in the United States via giant retailer Best Buy, which plans to sell the LG-manufactured very soon, reports said.
Erik Pineda Jan 29, 2013
The Java 7 Update 10 on December 2012 was exposed to vulnerabilities against hackers and cyber criminals. The new update on Jan 13, 2013 has two new flaws which also makes it susceptible to digital attacks.
Vittorio Hernandez Jan 29, 2013
There are different theories why Apple continues to weaken while Samsung zooms past its main rival but once business partners. Some experts explained it to Samsung's engineering marvel and marketing expertise.
Vittorio Hernandez Jan 29, 2013
Australian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian's controversial radio show, Hot 30, got bumped off the air by a new interactive radio show aptly titled The Boot. Their call to the King Edward VII hospital in London to inquire about the state of Duchess Catherine's pregnancy led to the suicide of nurse Jacinta Saldanha who passed on the call to another nurse, who in turn, divulged the medical information, thinking it was the Queen herself who was on the line.
Vittorio Hernandez Jan 29, 2013
Thirteen McDonald's outlets the past two weeks across Australia had been using the fastfood chain's Aussie nickname, Macca's, to celebrate Australia Day. They will temporarily use that name until Feb 3.
Vittorio Hernandez Jan 29, 2013
The analyst principally responsible for the production of this research report is: Howard Humphreys, Director & Lead Research Analyst, Seismic ResearchAsian stocks advance on strong economic reportsReturning from the Australia Day public holiday, Australian stocks led Asian markets higher today, des...
Admin System Jan 29, 2013
-Significant increase to resource-Quality project excites brokers-Quick route to first goldBy Eva BrocklehurstPapillon Resources ((PIR)) is a strong contender in the West African gold play with its flagship Fekola gold project in Mali.
Admin System Jan 29, 2013
And there's only one currency that's not involved in the escalating currency wars. That currency is gold. So why is it continuing to lounge around, pretending that nothing is happening? We have a few ideas on that, but first let's look at the latest happenings in the currency war saga.
Jamelle Agbuis Jan 26, 2013
Inch by Inch. This sums up the progress of the market over the course of the last 5 days. A series of unspectacular daily gains which yielded a rise of 1.2% for the week. It's precisely this type of weekly improvement that has seen the market advance by more than 10% since the end of November. More than $6.5 Billion in shares were transacted on Friday, a figure substantially inflated by an option expiry the previous day. At its highest point of the session the market hit a fresh 20-month high...
Vittorio Hernandez Jan 25, 2013
Michael Garcia, a Laurenzo’s restaurant waiter from Texas, received internet recognition for defending a 5-year-old boy with Down syndrome against another customer’s offensive remarks. The waiter refused to serve the customer after hearing the remarks “special needs children need to be somewhere else.”
Jenalyn Villamarin Jan 25, 2013
Nokia is reportedly planning two flagship smartphone debuts for 2013. The first one was codenamed Catwalk, as reported earlier, while second thrust will be known as Nokia Laser, set to be exclusively distributed by Verizon later this year.
Erik Pineda Jan 25, 2013
Ahead of its scheduled previewing at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, pictures of the supposed Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 were leaked out.
Erik Pineda Jan 25, 2013
The “Django Unchained” film’s slave toy collectibles were supposed to bring more success to the Weinstein Company. Criticism from the African-American groups caused the company to discontinue selling the Django toys particularly on the virtual marketplace eBay.
Jan 25, 2013
Virtual marketplace eBay has pulled out from its shelves the controversial 'Django Unchained' toys after the Weinstein Company, the film's producer and likewise facilitated the creation of the toys, discontinued making them following complaints and criticisms from various African-American advocacy groups.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jan 25, 2013
The local sharemarket is higher for the eighth straight session, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up 0.4 per cent or 17.8 pts to 4851.6. Global markets rose overnight, with the Dow gaining for the fifth day while European equities aren't far off two year highs.
Vittorio Hernandez Jan 25, 2013
Crediting strong sales of its Galaxy S3 smartphone and Galaxy Note 2 phablet, Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., now the world's preferred mobile phone maker, has reported profits during the fourth quarter of 2012 has jumped tremendously to a record high 76 per cent versus a year ago.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jan 25, 2013
Samsung recently disclosed that the Galaxy S series handsets clocked more than 100 million in total unit sales, with the Galaxy S2 and the Galaxy S3 each registering over 40 million of shifted units.
Erik Pineda Jan 25, 2013
Samsung introduced in 2012 the feature called Smart Stay technology. The feature keeps the screen on by detecting via front-facing camera to determine if the user is looking at the screen. This feature is included to the Galaxy S3 devices, and it is not based on whether the user's eyes are closed or not.
Vittorio Hernandez Jan 25, 2013
