World-leading solar researchers and industry members in Australia are collaborating to develop new ways of generating zero-emissions electricity using a printing machine to produce solar cells.
FNArena has added another video to its Investors Education section on the website by ATW founder and trader Jerry Simmons.
Australian retail-to-coal conglomerate Wesfarmers today posted $11.7 billion sales across its retail chains, a 5.8 percent increase in the fourth quarter from a year earlier.
Owners and managers in Australia are warned of cyber security risks and are advised to take the necessary measure to protect their businesses from hacking.
Aussie Home Loans has called on the Reserve Bank to show restraint next Tuesday, August 2, when the RBA board meets again to decide on the course of interest rates.
By Greg PeelThe Dow fell 198 points or 1.6% while the S&P lost 2.0% to 1304 and the Nasdaq plummeted 2.
The Great Australian Dream could remain just a dream with house prices moving from being affordable to severely unaffordable in the last 10 years.
Markets in Asia, Europe and the US were sold down for a second day in the past three on these fears.
Despite yesterday's higher than expected inflation figures, does anyone seriously expect the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates next Tuesday? Certainly all that silly talk about a rate cut has been exposed for what it was: nonsense, even though Westpac was sticking to its call yesterday.
Rio Tinto's NSW-based majority owned subsidiary, Coal and Allied, has revealed the benefit of not being a Queensland-based coal miner and exporter in the six months to June 30.
Throughout the history of agriculture across the globe, farming has always been a diversified sector of the economy. Small, self-sustaining, family farms were the order of the day in most cultures.
An armed man approaches an innocent old lady on the street, shoves his gun in her face and screams, "Give me everything you own!" The little old lady, flummoxed but determined, angrily answers back, "Screw you! I'm not giving you one red cent!"
By Greg PeelQuick! Everyone running screaming back to the other side of the listing boat again!The thing about central bank interest rate moves is that they're always difficult to get right in terms of timing, but rarely are they difficult to get right in terms of direction.
US stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, in the third consecutive day of losses, as investors feared the country's debt-ceiling standoff could force a default or downgrade of US Treasury debt.
More than 300 jobs are expected to be lost under plans by Telstra to relocate some services to India as well as other offshore locations.
With the resources sector poaching limited labour from other states with the promise of huge wages, business heavyweights are warning that the rest of the Australian economy is not prepared and cannot compete.
Companies often claim that people are their best asset. For that to be true, it is important to invest in employees through training and other learning opportunities.
US durable goods orders fell 2.1pct in June after a 1.9pct increase in the prior month. Excluding transportation orders rose by a modest 0.1pct. A proxy for business spending - Non-defence capital goods orders excluding aircraft - slipped 0.4pct after a 1.7pct rise in May.
Anticipation in the consumer electronics world is soaring for the launch of Apple's iPhone 5, which is rumored to be hitting store shelves this fall. About 35 percent of consumers plan to purchase the latest iPhone upon its release, according to a survey by PriceGrabber, a part of online shopping site Experian.
Mozilla announced on July 25 that it is planning to launch its own mobile operating system. Tentatively called "Boot to Gecko" or B2G, the OS is based from Mozilla's open-source "Gecko" layout engine that is already in use with other Mozilla apps like Firefox.
Microsoft announced Tuesday the next version of the Windows Phone operating system, code-named Mango, has been delivered to manufacturers and carriers.
While at the start it was Google Plus that was highlighting Facebook's shortcomings, Facebook is now turning the tables around by providing a one-stop-shop (it's free) that would aid businesses take advantage of Facebook's mass user base.
AFTERNOON REPORT
(4.30pm AEST)Higher than expected inflation data, coupled with the ongoing stalemate over the US debt crisis, saw local stocks lose ground today. White House officials are still confident a deal to raise the US government´s borrowing power will be agreed upon before the August 2nd deadline, however the worry now is that the US could still have its AAA credit rating downgraded.
Industry groups in Australia have expressed concern as the value of the local currency surges pass the usual parity against the U.S. dollar. Is the rising Australian dollar a blessing or a curse to the domestic economy?
By Greg Peel"I'm sure people are sick of hearing me say," said Glenn Stevens at the Anika Foundation address in Sydney yesterday, "Australia is in the midst of a once-in-a-century event in our terms of trade.
Zynga Inc., the largest developer of games on Facebook, will offer a version of "CityVille" in China, the world's biggest Internet market.The free online game, named "Zynga City", will be offered through an alliance with Chinese internet service provider Tencent Holdings Ltd. The game will be launched in open beta on Tencent's Pengyou network in the next few days. The game will be later accessible on QZone, China's main social games platform. Tencent had about 101 mil...
- Campbell Brothers lifts earnings guidance at AGM- Increase reflects strong lab testing volumes and benefits from recent acquisitions- Valuation is an issue for some stockbrokers, but Macquarie upgrades to OutperformBy Chris ShawThe laboratory services market remains strong if AGM commentary from C...
Almost always, Apple never fails to please its loyal followers and tech watchers, the same way that it did last week when the Cupertino, California-based tech giant unveiled the upgraded MacBook Air that is juiced up by Intel’s Core i5 and i7 processors.
Struggling industrial conglomerate Alesco Corporation seems to have emerged from a couple of years of tough times, losses and lean profits.
Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens has once again demolished a storyline from the investment markets that had developed about retailing and consumer spending.
