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By Richard (Rick) MillsAhead of the herdAs a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information?When I entered the business world, three-fourths of the world was closed ? China, Russia, Vietnam, India, most of Africa.

- Tabcorp completes de-merger of Echo Entertainment- Brokers question value in both entities- Assuming no M&A activity both stocks appear fully pricedBy Chris ShawTabcorp ((TAH)) has completed its de-merger, with the gaming and casino assets commencing trading as separate entities yesterday, as Tabc...

Ahead of the central bank’s decision, the Australian dollar was over a third of a US cent trading at 107.13 US cents down by 40 US cents from Monday’s 107.53 US cents.

Frequent travelers across the Asia-Pacific, specifically from Australia to Singapore, can take advantage of the new arrangement between Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines.

Global resource company BHP Billiton has announced the start of its oil production in the Gulf of Mexico following the lifting of deep-water drilling ban on the area imposed last year by US President Barack Obama.

By Greg PeelAs noted in Nuclear Ist Verboten last week, May ended with the uranium spot price down US50c to US$56.

No real change for the AUD/USD with the pair remaining trapped in the trading range, with support seen at 1.0600 and resistance at 1.0780

Economists heralded that the current condition of home owners being spared from another interest rate increase this month is only for a short time.

The Greens, under the leadership of Adam Bandt, will release today a proposal that would introduce a new profit tax on Australia’s four largest banks.

Australian billionaire CLIVE Palmer on Monday announced he had "secured" an extra $1.2 billion funding commitment from China's Eximbank, giving him the funds necessary for his $8 billion Galilee Basin China First coal project in Queensland.

By Greg PeelThe Dow fell 61 points or 0.5% while the S&P fell a more substantial 1.1% to 1286 and the Nasdaq dropped 1.

By Richard (Rick) MillsAhead of the herdAs a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information?When I entered the business world, three-fourths of the world was closed ? China, Russia, Vietnam, India, most of Africa… In 2010, the entire world is wide open, ...

By Greg PeelMorgan Stanley analysts note that while the recovery of housing supply in the UK remains relatively weak post-GFC, real household disposable income growth continues to be weak.

The US employment trends index fell from a downwardly-revised reading of 100.1 in April (previously 100.5) to 99.7 in May.

Here it is, early June, and markets are already wondering when they can expect the announcement from the People’s Bank of China about an interest rate change.

Despite considerable efforts by the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the European debt crisis remains intractable.

As the previous Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, Alan Greenspan was once considered the most powerful and influential man in the world.

Australian businesses are being urged to implement succession planning in their internal recruitment processes in order to win the ‘war for talent’.

Amid the growing popularity of the iPad and other touch-screen tablets, research firm International Data Corporation said June 6 that worldwide shipments are now expected to grow by just 4.2 percent in 2011, down from its February forecast of 7.1 percent.

As world markets ended up disappointingly with a tepid performance on Friday, analysts expect some negativity spreading, but the good market support for the Australian share markets will hopefully hold it up at today's trading day.

For the past couple of weeks we have observed that the markets are revisiting 2010 and have become more volatile and uneasy as a result.

A pair of conferences in California this week will focus on new services and software for consumers that are delivered over the Internet.

US non-farm payrolls (employment) rose by 54,000 in May, well down on the 232,000 increase in jobs in April and short of economist predictions for an increase in jobs of 150,000.

Markets in the Asia-Pacific region have remained quiet at the end of Monday's trading as public holidays in China, Hong Kong, and South Korea have kept only Tokyo's Nikkei and Australia's S&P 500 working until the afternoon.

Australia has generated fewer jobs in May, according to a survey made by the ANZ Bank, which was reflected in lower job placements posted online or on newspapers.

Amidst swirling reports that it is working on a $4.9 billion takeover of Centro Properties Group’s Australian assets, Lend Lease Group revealed on Monday two upcoming projects worth an estimated $1 billion that will keep the company busy over the next three years.

Lend Lease Group has secured two contracts worth a total of more than $1 billion.

John Brumby, Alexander Downer and John Lord have been announced as independent Directors to sit on Huawei Australia’s newly-established Board of Directors. The Board will be charged with overseeing Huawei’s local strategy and developing further inroads into the Australian market.

A survey of bank, insurance and financial services employees had found more than half selling customers unnecessary financial products, just to reach management driven performance targets.