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They want the auction to be as peaceful and as successful as possible. Hollywood's Julien's Catalogue.com would not want to brandish the name of the former owner of the antique pieces of furniture and other art works from a mansion in Holmby Hills Estate.

Too many brokers have an "old school" approach to low-doc lending, a broker specialising in the loans has said.

As the 21-day conciliation process for Qantas and the unions ends on Monday midnight, another strike looms for the troubled Australian air carrier. The Transport Workers Union (TWU) threatened to pursue another round of industrial action unless the company improves its offer.

Parliament is set to vote on the $11-billion mining tax measure this week. House leader Anthony Albanese said the vote could be as early as Wednesday as soon as the federal government secured the support of the crossbenchers.

By Kathleen Brooks, Research Director UK EMEA, FOREX.comAt the time of writing Spain has gone to the polls and everyone is expecting the conservative Popular Party led by Mariano Rajoy to win.

By Rudi Filapek-VandyckAs reported by FNArena last week, US based trading guru Dennis Gartman had joined the ranks of many a market strategist believing that, despite ongoing uncertainty hanging over Europe, US and global equities were likely to grind higher into year-end, but his cautious optimism ...

Remember that coffee-table-sized tablet computer that Microsoft debuted in 2007 at the Consumer Electronic Show? Now those table sized computers are finally available for pre-orders from Samsung resellers in 23 countries, including the United States and Australia.

Sony Australia has announced the pre-order details for its next generation portable console, the PlayStation Vita for eager gamers.

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 8.9 at only 8.9 inches is smaller than Samsung's more popular Galaxy Tab 10.1 but this sleek, well-designed tablet proves that size doesn't matter.

Samsung Electronics Co, the Korea based smartphone maker, is expected to overtake Apple in the fourth quarter of the year, according to market report.

Kindle Fire was on the top spot among the leading android tablets when a survey was conducted to 2, 160 developers around the world.

Cloud computing is said to be the newest trend in information technology that most companies such as Apple, Amazon and Google had been incorporating into their services.

Google announced Wednesday Nov. 16, 2011 its newest service, the Google Music, a cloud based service that enables you to store and stream music.

Multi commodity explorer and miner Alkane Resources is edging closer toward development approval for its Tomingley Gold Project.

Samsung is now the No. 1 smartphone manufacturer worldwide, based on research by Gartner. The report also said the growth of mobile devices worldwide totaled 440.5 million units sold during the third quarter.

Details of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SL-Cass have been revealed in Germany, including some interesting images of the new aluminium body and chassis.

The Australia Statistics Bureau showed that during the period 2000 to 2011, renting outpaced home ownership in the country.

Fresh from its record earnings for the first half of 2011, global mining firm BHP Billiton stepped on the gas for the realisation its expansion projects in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, signalling the construction start of a power plant and an additional iron ore mining site.

Santos Mine informed a Parliamentary inquiry that it will back out of a planned coal seam gas (CSG) pipeline pipeline project in New South Wales's (NSW) central west.

Samsung Electronics has adopted design tweaks on its flagship tablet computer, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, in hopes of circumventing a court-induced ban for the product to be marketed in Germany, reports said.

Anittel Limited (ASX: AYG), a Sydney-based IT and telecom solutions and service provider, topped the Deloitte 2011 Technology Fast 50 Australian list released on Friday.

The backlash over excessive executive compensation continues in Australia when a seventh company had its remuneration report rejected by shareholders.

Cloud computing has ceased being an upcoming trend that techies talked about to becoming a reality that everyone uses in some capacity. Major tech companies like Microsoft, Google and Apple offer cloud computing services for users. The cloud is becoming the new front in the ongoing battle among these tech giants. So what is cloud computing? How do the cloud computing services of Google, Microsoft and Apple differ from one another?

. Both tablets are due to be released before the holidays with Amazon selling the Kindle Fire on November 15 and Barnes and Noble set to put its Nook Tablet on sale on November 17. So now consumers will have to make a difficult decision of what tablet to buy. Here are some of the strengths and weaknesses of each tablet that could make your decision easier.

Passengers of an Austrian airline were forced to pay $30,000 for the refueling of their flight in Vienna to get to their final destination in the U.K.

Buoyed by the success of its Kindle and Kindle Fire, giant online retailer Amazon may dip its finger further to the lucrative smartphone market as report emerges that another Kindle handset will be introduced to consumers as early as next year.

Local stocks are being heavily sold off in early trade, after US and European markets again slid into negative territory overnight on continued concerns about the Eurozone debt crisis. A headline suggesting Italy may not be able to receive bailout funds if needed also exacerbated the selling.

Maintenance workers have found a live carpet shark inside the seawater intake tank of the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant in Binningup, according to Water Corporation, operator of the plant.

Despite all the claims and counter claims about global warming, carbon taxes, and new sources of 'green' energy, one thing continues to standout when you look at the global energy scene: Australia is sitting pretty.