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Anti-trust regulators in South Korea raided Google's offices in Seoul on Tuesday.

As British parliamentary hearings on the Murdoch empire's phone hacking scandal resumed Tuesday, James Murdoch's credibility came under more doubt.

Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz was fired on Tuesday by the technology company's board of directors. The 62-year-old Bartz was informed of her removal only by phone.

Speaking only days before the 10 year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the mayor Michael Bloomberg has earlier in the week described lower Manhattan's recovery and facelift as "one of the greatest comeback stories in American history" according to New York Daily News.

- SNB caps the Swiss franc- CSL exposed to USD/CHF- AUD might find further supportBy Greg PeelBack in 1978 the German economy was in a sorry state and funds were flowing steadily out of the German mark and into the safety of the Swiss franc.

Facebook is facing another lawsuit and in Northern Ireland this time as a father sued the globally popular social networking site for its lack of security measures that reportedly allowed the man’s young daughter to display her racy images on the website.

Australian retailer Harvey Norman said on Tuesday that his business continued to survive despite the competition from offshore portals that do not charge Australia's goods and services tax and import duties on items costing less than $1,000.

Yahoo Inc. has confirmed that it has fired CEO Carol Bartz and has named Tim Morse, Yahoo's chief financial officer as interim CEO. Several senior Yahoo executives were also named to the newly formed executive leadership council while the company searches for a permanent CEO.

- Stockmarket falls impact on economic growth- Impact is felt by both corporates and consumers- Danske Bank suggests US economy may be less resilient going into 2012By Chris ShawOver the past month, fear of recession and ongoing uncertainty with respect to European and US debt issues has seen equity...

By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 100 points or 0.9% while the S&P fell 0.7% to 1165 and the Nasdaq lost 0.

The US ISM non-manufacturing survey rose from 52.7 to 53.3 in July - ahead of expectations. The pickup in service sector activity was supported by a rise in new orders and exports. Encouraginly the prices index also rose.

U.S. stocks dropped for a third straight session as investors continued to flee risky assets and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index notched its worst ever three day start to September

Popular retail stores are telling distributors and wholesalers to stop selling products online if they have the same in their stores, claims eBay. Responding to draft recommendations released by the Productivity Commission last month, eBay managing director (Australia and New Zealand) Deborah Sharkey alleged on Monday that certain unidentified Australian retailers had taken an anti-competitive approach to block the availability of products at online sites.

The Dutch government reported on Monday that a hacking attack on a Dutch Web security firm in July led to the issuance of fraudulent certificates for major Web sites, including that of the Central Intelligence Agency and Twitter.

Sony announced Monday that its first two Sony Tablet devices is already available for pre-sale and will be available in shelves.With so many tablets being launched in the market today, I thought about listing reasons why I should be buying tablets from the Japanese Electronics giant instead of the Apple's iPad and the tablet imitations (if you believe Apple's claims in its lawsuits), and later do some little research to verify if my first impressions were correct.

Construction of the telecommunication infrastructures required in the full roll out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) is now in full swing, with NBN Co. announcing on Tuesday that initial works are set to commence on Geraldton, Western Australia on October

Qanta's long-haul pilots have described today’s ruling by Fair Work Australia, regarding NZ-based Qantas subsidiary Jetconnect, as disappointing and concerning.

The NSW Government would punish all NSW households with a solar levy power price hike, while power companies continue to get cheap and often free solar power, the Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) warned today.

If the federal government's succeeds in blocking the $39 billion AT&T merger with T-Mobile the biggest winner could be Overland Park-based Sprint Nextel Group.

The NSW Government’s move to hike mining royalties would immediately hit Commonwealth infrastructure spending as well as plans to boost superannuation and cut company tax, the CFMEU Miners Union said today.

The Australian dollar was dragged down by a fresh wave of uncertainty from comments made by Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens.

Bent on chipping away at Qantas' dominance in Australian business travel, Virgin Australia said Tuesday it will provide media streaming as well as wireless Internet access.

The headline rise in housing finance in July is no cause for the Reserve Bank to raise rates, according to peak building and construction organisation Master Builders Australia.

Much more is needed to stimulate an under-performing housing sector, the Housing Industry Association says.

Property developers have welcomed the NSW government's move to scrap stamp duty exemptions for existing homes, arguing it will help improve affordability and boost construction

A recent survey of rural confidence by agricultural lender Rabobank revealed that farmers are feeling less confident for the year ahead.

The Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA) has reduced interest rates for one and three-year fixed interest rate home loans by 0.16 percent.

By Greg Peel"Beyond the near term, growth is still likely to be at trend or higher, unless the world economic outlook continues to deteriorate.

Australia's oil and gas firms have launched an information campaign to convince the public of the benefits of CSG and erase negative public perception of the industry.