Lucy Lawless was among seven people arrested on Monday after having boarded on Friday an oil-drilling ship owned by Shell.
Arlene Paredes
Feb 28, 2012
Besides using the Qantas labor row to its advantage, Virgin Australia aims to get a larger share of the corporate passenger market by offering premium lounges.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 28, 2012
Samsung had a sobering admission this week: Apple is getting its way in the ever-expanding tablet market, with one company executive conceding at the ongoing Barcelona Mobile World Congress that the Galaxy Tab product lines were not selling as expected.
Erik Pineda
Feb 28, 2012
Although online sales accounted for only 5 per cent of total retail spending in 2011, it grew at an incredible pace of 29 per cent while traditional retail store sales went up by a mere 2.5 per cent.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 28, 2012
The U.S. Navy has ordered two more join high speed vessels (JHSV) or catamaran worth $321.7 million from Australian shipbuilder Austal. With the two new orders, the total catamaran orders awarded to Austal has reached $1.45 billion.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 28, 2012
Barely a week after Telstra Corporation submitted its revised structural separation undertaking (SSU), the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave its approval for the $11 billion deal between NBN Co and the country's dominant telco to go ahead.
Erik Pineda
Feb 28, 2012
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) doesn't plan to -- and never did -- tout prototypes of future devices at the Mobile World Congress or at any other electronics exhibition; it doesn't provide teasers; and it doesn't intentionally misplace prototypes at a San Francisco, California-area bar.
Carlo Fernandez
Feb 27, 2012
Which is the world's most expensive car? Well, the title of 'world's most expensive car' is hard to award. There are a few cars that are priced in Euros or Pounds, which means their prices in U.S. Dollars depend on the day.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 27, 2012
Sony Ericsson's new smartphones will hit the market soon under the new division Sony Mobile Communications that rose from the ruins of the Japanese firm's failed partnership with the Swedish tech company.
Erik Pineda
Feb 27, 2012
WikiLeaks has announced on Monday the publication of millions of email exchanges obtained from controversial international security expert Strategic Forecasting Inc (Stratfor), which WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has accused of targeting activist groups.
Erik Pineda
Feb 27, 2012
For car maker Holden to maintain its two-model manufacturing facility in Adelaide, the firm needs $250 million assistance from the government, Holden Chairman and Chief Executive Mike Devereux said on Sunday.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 27, 2012
There is a possibility that Apple, Inc. (NYSE:AAPL) will take the victory the tablet wars due to the eminent release of iPad 3 and the slash on the price tag of the iPad 2.
Kristin Dian Mariano
Feb 27, 2012
The risk of the closure of Caltex Australia's Sydney and Brisbane refineries became higher after the oil giant announced on Monday $852 million loss for 2011. Caltex is currently reviewing its operations which could result in the axing of 800 refinery jobs.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 27, 2012
Many people are anticipating the Mobile World congress as top players in the smartphone industry are expected to launch their latest offering during the event.
Mary Elaine Ramos
Feb 27, 2012
Dell just unveiled the company's first ultrabook called the XPS 13. Dell also announced that they would begin shipping the company’s ultrabook to U.S. and Canada stores by next week.
Mary Elaine Ramos
Feb 27, 2012
Jetstar passengers are complaining of the budget air carrier's flight delays and postponement. The average delay of 25 per cent of Jetstar planes in January was at least 15 minutes.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 24, 2012
Pressures coming from U.S. attorney generals compelled six leading tech companies to provide more information to users who may be compromising their privacy whenever they download apps into their mobile devices.
Erik Pineda
Feb 24, 2012
The National Broadband Network nears its full realisation as Telstra Corporation submitted on Thursday its revised plan that will pave the way for NBN Co to assume control of the giant telco's national communication network.
Erik Pineda
Feb 24, 2012
Santos, a coal seam gas (CSG) mining company in Australia, admitted committing environmental errors in its Pilliga East State Forest operations. In a report to the New South Wales government which contained a review of its drilling operation, Santos said there were many instances of pollution, including leaks and spills, that were reported.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 23, 2012
Virgin Australia has benefited from the months-long labour dispute at Qantas by registering a first half profit of $51.8 million. It is more than double the $23.8 million the air carrier had compared to the same period a year ago.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 23, 2012
Australian consumers are forewarned of a fake telephone survey with the aim of defrauding them using their own bank accounts and other information.
Christine Gaylican
Feb 23, 2012
Crescent Wealth, Australia's first Islamic wealth manager, announced on Thursday that it has entered into an agreement with Saturna Sdn Bhd (a wholly-owned subsidiary of US based Saturna Capital) to act as the portfolio manager to the Crescent International Equity Fund to be launched later this year.
Christine Gaylican
Feb 23, 2012
The Mobile World Congress is kicking off in a week and most of the buzz about the new mobile devices center on which companies are announcing 4G LTE devices. LTE technology is set to overtake 3.5G as the dominant category in wireless infrastructure so mobile phone manufacturers are racing to provide phones that support 4G LTE technology.
ranina sanglap
Feb 22, 2012
SR Exports, Australia's largest producer of tomatoes, blamed on Wednesday the country's supermarket giants for their poor business which led to the agricultural company's voluntary administration and loss of 60 jobs.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 22, 2012
The much-awaited update for Research in Motion's (RIM) PlayBook tablet computer finally arrived this week, which allows the device to process email independently.
Erik Pineda
Feb 22, 2012
The Minerals Council of Australia is supporting the minerals resource rent tax. Mitch Hooke, chief of the council, told a Senate hearing in Canberra on Tuesday that the proposed 30 per cent tax on profits of large coal and iron producers is workable.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 22, 2012
Noisy drivers are the biggest neighbourhood nuisances in Australia, with dangerous drivers running a close second.
Jamelle Agbuis
Feb 22, 2012
Alcoa clarified on Tuesday media reports that it has offered Point Henry smelter workers job offers in Saudi Arabia to work in a joint venture project.
Vittorio Hernandez
Feb 22, 2012
Financial regulators in the US could finally be ready to switch the financial reporting measures for US companies to the globally accepted standards for accounting.
Lawrence Villamar
Feb 22, 2012
Foxconn Technology said this weekend that it would increase worker salaries at its Chinese factories by as much as 16 to 25 percent as it faces intense public scrutiny over the working conditions in at its factories.
ranina sanglap
Feb 22, 2012
