46-year old Milanese tax attorney Salvatore Rossi, his wife Giulia, and their three-year old daughter Alessandra are travelling up the A9 on the Italian Autostrada from Milan to Switzerland at 110km. The speed excites little Alessandra who whoops with glee. But it makes Giulia nervous and she tells Salvatore to slow down.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 19, 2012
Local stocks are reversing some of yesterday's spectacular gains, pulled back by weakness in offshore markets overnight. European markets ended mixed despite Greece's pro-bailout New Democracy party claiming victory in the weekend poll, as Spanish borrowing costs jumped pressuring markets. A rally on US Markets was limited as investors feared the Euro debt crisis would continue to worsen. At lunchtime in the East, the broader All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is down 17.8pts or 0.4pct to 4166.1.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 19, 2012
By Andrew NelsonIt was another slow week on the spot uranium market last week despite news of the restart of two Japanese reactors that were idled in the aftermath of last year's Fukushima meltdown.
Admin System Jun 19, 2012
Australians' strong concerns about animal welfare put us at odds with Asian live export markets; but sharing our food production technologies gives us a potential advantage.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 19, 2012
Victorian Ports Minister Dennis Napthine said on Monday that the state government would keep the Port of Melbourne in public hands and would even invest $400 million at Webb Dock.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 19, 2012
Once upon a time, Spanish Banks, on account of its meticulous banking practices, were credited as one of the most reliable pillars of the Western Economies to withhold the pressure of global liquidity crisis.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 19, 2012
Even if Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart invested $86 million into Fairfax Media last week after she upped her stake to 19 per cent, the company still needs to wield its axe and chop off some jobs and costs.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 19, 2012
One of the things that was noticeable during the recently concluded WWDC 2012 was the lack of iMac details. Before the big event, there were a lot of speculations regarding Apple's iMac but all of these speculations were halted when there was no mention or even a hint of iMac during the said event.
Mary Elaine Ramos Jun 19, 2012
Microsoft has stayed silent regarding the release date and specs of Xbox 720. Microsoft has not even mentioned even a whisper of Xbox 720 at this year's E3. All that is about to change as a new leaked document revealed details about the all-elusive Xbox 720 from Microsoft.
Mary Elaine Ramos Jun 19, 2012
By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 25 points or 0.2%, but the S&P rose 0.1% and the Nasdaq jumped 0.8%.The world's central banks stood ready.
Admin System Jun 19, 2012
While the yearly gathering last week of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Beijing, China drew delegates from different airlines around the world, in the next 12 months attendees in the next summit could be down.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 18, 2012
Just how popular are smartphones and tablet computers these days? Popular enough that according to a new study, print books could soon tread into the same decline road that CDs and other physical audio form had taken in the past years.
Erik Pineda Jun 18, 2012
A comparison website noted the growing gap of rates between small business loans and residential mortgages. When banks pass on Tuesday the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) overnight cash rate cut to small businesses, the average rates for secured loans would have gone down by 100 basis points to 7.53 per cent.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 18, 2012
The local share market has staged a relief rally on news Greece appears set to remain in the Eurozone. The pro-bailout New Democracy party claimed victory this morning and appears likely to form a government, sparking a buying frenzy across Asia as investors pick up assets which have been heavily battered over the past month. At lunchtime in the East, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is up 55.9pts or 1.4pct to 4162.9.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 18, 2012
Thank you to readers for their feedback to Monday's Daily Reckoning. We were expecting some outraged hate mail at our scepticism. Instead it was only thoughtful and often sad stories from people who had to personally experience the issues we raved about.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 18, 2012
Australian consumers should anticipate another round of marketing war between the country's supermarket giants as Woolworths (ASX: WOW) disclosed plans to boosts its market share of fresh food to 36 per cent from the current 28 per cent.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 18, 2012
Microsoft just unveiled its preview for the upcoming Windows 8 release. Majority of the response regarding Windows 8 has been positive and Microsoft is hoping that this positive thoughts would help in coming up with a tablet worthy of being an "iPad killer".
Mary Elaine Ramos Jun 16, 2012
The Porsche Boxster remains the cheapest way into the German car maker’s sports car range – and may well continue to do so as the company continues to dither and deliberate over a new, smaller entry-level sports car.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 15, 2012
The release of Apple's iOS 6 during the recently concluded WWDC 2012 have prompted new hints of a possible release date for the highly anticipated iPhone 5. Aside from that, there are also rumors about the new possible features that could be included in Apple's iPhone 5.
Mary Elaine Ramos Jun 15, 2012
One of the topic that was briefly discussed at the recently concluded WWDC 2012 was the news about Apple TV and the features that it will contain.
Mary Elaine Ramos Jun 15, 2012
Fair Work Australia (FWA) favoured Qantas in the air carrier's row with aircraft engineers on the need for maintenance checks on newer jets before takeoff. Instead of engineers performing the check function, it would be done by the pilots.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 15, 2012
After a shaky start the Australian share market is gaining some traction at lunchtime in the East, on the back of a strong rise on Wall Street. Markets there rose on news that major central banks are preparing for controlled action if the Greek elections being held this weekend result in financial market turmoil. After two hours of trade, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is up 14pts or 0.3pct to 4103.8.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 15, 2012
Problems continue to haunt Nokia as the Finnish mobile phone giant said on Thursday that its June quarter results may not be too pleasing to investors, who were rattled enough in the previous periods as the once mighty global phone maker gradually loses its market leadership.
Erik Pineda Jun 15, 2012
All tides turn. Last night a major sporting tide may have done just that...
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 15, 2012
The successful takeover of Xstrata by Glencore might turn the company into the fourth largest miner globally. It has been billed as the "merger of equals" by industry observers and insiders alike.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 15, 2012
By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArenaI joined Twitter. Not because I am curious what this celebrity has to say about her kids, or to read that another one is waiting for a connecting flight, impatiently.
Admin System Jun 15, 2012
Despite her busy schedule attending court hearings on legal disputes with her three estranged adult children and the heirs of her father's former business partner, Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart geared herself for another battle.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 15, 2012
By James Stanley, Trading Instructor, FXCMThere are many different ways of looking at support and resistance, with few as compelling as the study of 'psychological whole numbers.
Admin System Jun 15, 2012
The release of Apple's iOS 6 has caused many people to anticipate the possibilities of this new OS in their Apple devices. In line with that, there is also a high demand of related information regarding iOS 6 like iOS jailbreak, feature list and beta download information.
Mary Elaine Ramos Jun 15, 2012
The recently released 2012 Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display is considered as one of the best MacBook by Apple. In order to determine if this is true, an in-depth review about this MacBook model is in order.
Mary Elaine Ramos Jun 15, 2012
