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A cooling property market has pushed renovation costs up by a whopping 8.11% for NSW homeowners.

Studies show that outsiders have a higher likelihood of getting dismissed within the first three years of taking on the job. Evidence further shows that outsider CEOs often fail to deliver the expected turnaround of the organisation.

A woman developed a hump back after years of alcoholism but refused to see a doctor for five years, post the condition, as she found it cool.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull questioned whether the benefits of increasing the GST would be worth the difficulties of doing so.

The cannabis study suggests that for every five years of marijuana exposure, a user forgets one word from a list of 15, compared to one who doesn't smoke cannabis.

Taking a step forward towards cancer treatment, scientists, using a new cancer test ONCOblot®, detected a molecular marker indicative of the presence of mesothelioma, 4-10 years in advance of the symptoms appearing.

Porsche is looking at strong growth and a new direction in innovation.

Drugs used in antiretroviral therapy that help in HIV cure make patients obese or overweight, and drug therapy may bring down HIV numbers to undetectable levels but never cure completely.

China National Chemical Corporation is pursuing a US$43 billion (AU$61bn) takeover of a major Swiss agricultural firm, Syngenta, marking the largest acquisition ever made by a Chinese company.

The doctors will start a synthetic cannabis medical trial on 10 Victorian children who suffer from severe epilepsy.

The newest vehicle to come from Special Vehicle Operations for the Jaguar brand is here, the new Jaguar F-TYPE SVR.

Although party drug ketamine has proven to be highly effective in treating severe depression, more research is needed to better understand its long-term benefits and risks.

Spring cleaning is on the books for Yahoo, after CEO Marissa Mayer confirmed during Yahoo's Q4 earnings call that she would lay-off 15 percent of staff, close five offices, and axe services like Games and Smart TV.

Panic is spreading fast with the spread of Zika virus in the West and health experts are increasingly urging pregnant women to stop travelling to zika-infected countries.

Australians are swapping mortgage forms for credit card and personal loan applications, with consumer credit demand rising 9.7 percent in the December quarter of 2015, as compared to the same period in 2014.

Australia should not be complacent about maintaining its top credit rating, which depends on achieving budget repair and a more diverse economy, Treasury secretary John Fraser has said.

In a schizophrenia breakthrough, scientists discovered that a spike in single gene C4 dramatically increases a person’s risk of developing schizophrenia.

Facebook’s quarterly revenue is a mighty impressive figure, and increasing at a more rapid pace than Google's.

Sedentary women suffer more severe menopause symptoms than active women and a Latin American study has linked sedentary lifestyle to a plethora of health problems.

After posting losses every year since 2010, American Apparel’s bankruptcy plan has been confirmed in court.

BuzzFeed has been served with a $11 million defamation lawsuit by Central European News (CEN) and its founder Michael Leidig over its 2015 article, “The King of Bullsh*t News”.

Tuberculosis in China is a major problem and its rising treatment costs force low-income households and individuals to sacrifice basic necessities.

Mystery shrouds the disappearance of a transcript which revealed the agreement between Apple and Google with regards to Google’s search option on iPhones.

After a rocky few weeks for Australian financial markets, China’s latest economic data release should come as a relief.

It’s a world in conflict where people are unsure of the future as income disparity rises and world leaders are discussing key issues at the Davos meeting 2016.

Wine Australia says cheers to the world as its wine export figures reach $2.1 billion, the highest since 2007, and China makes it possible to a great extent.

Barclays is exiting from Australia and around 80 Australians will be losing their jobs.

Microsoft has targeted major players in the wearable technology segment such as Apple, Samsung and Fitbit with its Band 2 that is now available in Australia.

Disruptive technologies - enhanced or new technological innovations that displace conventional and established technology - can create opportunities for new products, new markets, and new ways of conducting business.