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By Kathleen Brooks, Research Director UK EMEA, FOREX.comThe ECB has been the most hawkish of the major central banks so far this year, but maybe not for much longer.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said Queensland will need additional investments for its power generation sector to meet the expected deficit by 2013 to 2014.

Suzlon Energy Australia has announced plans to invest $1.3 billion to put up a 600 megawatt wind project on the Yorke Peninsula, according to Premier Mike Rann.

The availability of rental homes in Melbourne continues to improve, the July rental vacancy rates from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria shows.

An increasing number of organisations are implementing workplace diversity and inclusion initiatives, largely driven by HR.

The Federal Government has announced plans to cap childcare subsidies after a 16-month political stall.

The cult of visionary leadership flatters those who have the chutzpah to reach out and pull success from the air, but failure eventually and inevitably follows for all but a very few.

Vacancy rates have remained tight in July, staying at 1.9% for the second consecutive month.

Vast changes to the reverse mortgage market in tandem with the recent NCCP introduction is leaving a large pool of older borrowers without access to funds.

Australia is one of the top favorable investment hubs recommended by leading global bond fund manager Pacific Investment Management Company (Pimco) on Wednesday.

Bernanke, speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, said the central bank's policy panel would meet for two days in September instead of the scheduled one-day meeting to discuss any more stimulus.

Household incomes in 2009-2010 showed no change from the year before, ABS figures have indicated.

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and consumer advocacy group CHOICE continue to disagree over the choice of different front-of-pack methods for food product labels to display nutritional information about the food.

Even though there was a small improvement in building approvals in July, it wasn't convincing.

The Dow closed up 20 points or 0.2% while the S&P rose 0.2% to 1212 and the Nasdaq gained 0.

HP has promised to produce more TouchPads after consumer demand saw the $99 tablet flying off the shelves.

The US Conference Board reported that its consumer confidence index hit a 2-year low of 44.5 in August, down from 59.2 in July. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index measure of 20 metropolitan cities eased by 0.1pct in seasonally adjusted terms in June. In unadjusted terms, prices were up 1.1pct.

- A downgrade of French debt would be extremely detrimental to global sentiment- A new French budget is due next month- Economists fear the government is too optimisticBy Greg Peel2011's version of the 2010 euro-debt sell-off began in April as Greece once again hit the spotlight, followed rathe...

U.S. stocks rose Tuesday as talk of the Federal Reserve implementing yet another round of quantitative easing helped push the market higher for a third straight session.

Salmonids, predominantly consisting of trout and Atlantic salmon, have surpassed rock lobster as Australia’s highest earning fisheries product.

Apple has hired Nicholas Allegra aka “comex”, the 19 year old hacker famous for his one-click iPhone jailbreak site JailBreakMe, which makes removing the restrictions on Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices as simple as clicking a link.

The Australian Coal Association (ACA) on Tuesday has questioned the results of the Grattan Institute research on the impact of the proposed carbon tax on the coal, LNG and steel industries.

Even the gods have been playing favorites. Samsung was scheduled to unveil on Aug. 29 the Galaxy S2 in the United States, the world's largest economy. But what could be a record launch of "the best smartphone that is not an iPhone", we have Hurricane Irene causing massive blackouts, billions in damages, and at least 44 deaths. Aug. 29 would have been a brilliant timing, as Tim Cook is still rearranging the furniture at Apple's executive offices after being abruptly asked to succe...

Amazon's newest tablet could be the best rival to Apple's iPad but only if the online retailer is willing to swallow selling the tablet at a loss, according to a study by Forrester Research.

The Australian Steel Institute (ASI), the peak industry body representing the entire Australian steel supply chain, reiterated it is not proposing any form of mandates or other protectionism measures, but is calling for a more coordinated approach to assessing major project proposals more strongly linked to Australian Industry Participation (AIP) policies.

A 62-year old man with mesothelioma, a rare cancer caused by inhaling asbestos, has been awarded $1.15 million in compensation by a Victorian Supreme Court jury.

Australia’s home building approvals saw its first rise in four months, albeit still below economist forecasts.

By Greg PeelBuyers may have been eager to pile in back in March when spot uranium fell below US$50/lb in the initial Fukushima plunge, but having drifted to under that level once more on general nuclear energy uncertainty, there was no sign of such interest emerging last week.

The Australian sharemarket is gaining for the second straight day. The vast majority of sectors are trading higher, with the financials index up over 1 pct at lunch.