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Passengers of Jetstar who flew with a dead Kiwi male on board the trip from Singapore to Auckland were offered by the air carrier $100 as compensation. The offer was in the form of travel vouchers.

Economist Steve Keen has predicted that a housing market price 'swan dive' is about six months away.

Police officers confirmed on Friday that they had helped Apple search for a "lost item" in a San Francisco residence but did not find anything.

While August was a rough month for stockmarkets, investors and governments in Europe, Japan and the US, the coming week is shaping up as a nasty replay and reminder of that instability with Australia, Europe and the US are each facing a major test of sentiment.

A flood of important data, meetings, decisions and announcements this week, mostly political and economic in Australia, China, the US and Europe.

Brokers should focus on what they are really good at when it comes to creating an ideal diversification mix for their business, according to Macquarie Bank.

By Michael PettisMarkets have been crazy this month, but rather than try to wade through all the news, much of which doesn't seem to have much informational content, I thought I would duck out altogether and instead make a list of things I expect will happen over the next several years.

By Kathleen Brooks, Research Director UK EMEA, FOREX.comI think the markets have made up their mind: QE3 isn't going to be as fun as QE2.

A welcome lift in new orders and sales took the services sector into positive territory in August according to the latest Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI®). The seasonally adjusted index rose 3.3 points to 52.1 in the month (readings above 50 indicate an expansion in activity).

US non-farm payrolls (employment) were unchanged in August, well below forecasts for a 70,000 lift in jobs. Private payrolls rose by 17,000 and hourly earnings fell by 0.1pct. But the household survey showed a 331,000 lift in jobs and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.1pct.

Investors dumped stocks and sent Treasury yields to record lows Friday as a dismal jobs report renewed fears of a recession.

According to various sources, online retailer Amazon.com is selling its own tablet brand -- a 7-inch tablet at first -- that would have an entry-level price of $250. Sure it's more expensive than the $99 HP TouchPad, but the TouchPad sale is only temporary as it HP is only getting rid of remaining inventory.

By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArenaI joined Twitter. Not because I am curious what this celebrity has to say about her kids, or to read that another one is waiting for a connecting flight, impatiently.

Still H-P CEO Leo Apotheker's decisions, which some say border on the impulsive and the decisive, are raising more questions than answers.

Three of the most innovative apps for mobile phones are now available in the market.

At this year's IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics and home appliances show, Samsung CEO Choi Gee Sung said Samsung would never acquire webOS. Korea-based Samsung already has the Bada mobile OS, which is popular in China and other parts of Asia, and it's relying on Google's assurances that it remains committed to Android partners. Motorola also has a deep portfolio of patents that can be used for Google's counterstrike against Apple and others.

Half of the wealthiest people in Asia will be from China by 2015, shows the latest Julius Baer Group and CLSA Asia Pacific Markets study published on Aug. 31.

Metcash expects to conclude its acquisition of Franklins by end of September 2011.

Hitachi, Sony, Toshiba merge their LCD businesses and with200 billion yem funding from Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) aims to develop next generation technologies

IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics and home appliances show, could be host to a device that would topple Apple's iPad.

Glencore announces plans to acquire Optimum Coal as the company is bullish of coal demand in the international market

Rent at Pitt Street Mall in Sydney jumped 33 percent putting it in the fourth spot among the world's most costly real estate properties, Cushman & Wakefield said in its latest report.

Woolworths' retail liquor giant ALH Group has acquired the Compass Hotel Group Ltd's portfolio of 12 hotels and bottle shops in Perth.

Unable to reach a pay hike agreement, Toyota Australia workers go on strike cripping the Altona manufacturing plant

Toyota Australia was forced to stop production at its Altona vehicle manufacturing plant today as employees took protected industrial action in the form of a 24 hour stoppage.

National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) has been granted by Bank Indonesia, the Central Bank of Indonesia, a licence to establish a representative office in the country.

The developer of the award winning game "L.A. Noire" has entered administration according to a report from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

Jetstar, Australia's low cost carrier, is looking at expanding presence in China to fuel the company’s long-term growth

CSR has announced a restructure of its Viridian Glass business that will cause about 110 redundancies, in a bid to lift profits.