Christine Gaylican

Australian mining firm Cape Alumina (ASX: CBU) has announced the good results and drilling potential in its Bauxite Hills mines.

Driving and facebook can be done at the same time thanks to the next generation of luxury cars from Mercedes Benz, Audi, Land Rover, and Volkswagen, you would not be missing out on your social networking or emails while on a road trip.

Fathers in Australia are urged to do more in their households as women take on a shared role of earning for the family.

Australia's top mining resources firms Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum have criticised plans to put a fixed price on carbon emission, without a clear form of compensation or exemption for local businesses and industries.

The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) has consolidated efforts with the consumers group to protect the public against fraud and other cyber crimes.

Earth has to brace for the Sun's new activity after a long and deep sleep, scientists at the Institute of Science Education and Research said today.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a timetable giving its provisional approval allowing new trading platforms to operate in Australia with the first entrant Chi-X starting in October.

The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to maintain cash rates at 4.75 percent would redound to more consumer confidence and spending. Nevertheless, it should be extended to strengthen local businesses.

As people get more excited of how the redesigned iPad would look like this week, Mac fans could not totally forget their lingering yearning for the new iPhone5.

Australia's economy managed to advance 0.7 percent in the last quarter of 2010 in spite floods and torrential rains that hit the northeast parts of the country.

Sales from Australia's commodity exports are seen growing to $255 billion in the next 12 months to be driven by growing world demand, a report of the Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics & Sciences (ABARES) said today.

Australian commuters' daily stress maybe prolonged as production of the commuter trains set to be launched in a month is still hounded by setbacks left and right.

Sales from Australia's commodity exports are seen growing to $255 billion in the next 12 months to be driven by growing world demand, a report of the Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics & Sciences (ABARES) said today.

The Australian stock market has indefinitely been derailed by its new system, prompting officers to close the market earlier today.

Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens today has issued a warning that China's slowing growth will impact on Australia's economic prospects.

It would be another long night for the search and rescue operations in Christchurch City in New Zealand as they try to find more survivors from the rubble left by the devastating earthquake that left 75 dead and more than 100 others still missing.

The International Monetary Fund has assured that the world economy can shake off the negative impact of a sudden surge in oil prices due to the continuing political turmoil in the Middle East.

People who are able to commit crimes called as white-collar ones because they involve credit card fraud and software hacking have different brain structures that are almost quite capable of superior business executive skills.

Australia's latest Bureau of Statistics report on wages showed workers in private companies have had pay increases in the last two quarters.

As the continuing violence in Libya surmounts and Colonel Muammar Gaddafi would not step down, Europe has begun to evacuate citizens still stranded in the country.

An Australian is one of the confirmed 75 persons who perished in the devastating earthquake that rocked Christchurch, New Zealand yesterday.

The federal government is getting ready to evacuate some 80 Australians from Libya as the heightened violence could not be quelled by any peaceful means.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says 65 people died in the earthquake that devastated Christchurch today.

Is the US economy really on the rise? Are American consumers becoming more gung-hoed and spending on lattes and other luxuries given up during the downturn?

The New Zealand dollar was shaken and dropped for the first time in five days after an earthquake hit the city of Christchurch, destroying parts of the central business district and cutting off some telecommunication lines connecting the city.

Christchurch City in New Zealand was devastated by another earthquake with a 6.3 magnitude that sent residents into panic as aftershocks were strong.

Australia's third largest mining firm Rio Tinto has announced that production at its coastal operations in the Pilbara region continue to be hampered by ongoing weather issues associated with Tropical Cyclones (TC) Dianne and Carlos, that are likely to impact on shipped tonnage for the first quarter of this year.

Daytona 500 car driver Michael Waltrip got some bashing for causing a car wreck on six other cars on Lap 29 at yesterday's race.

Australia's second biggest oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd, has reported a 7 percent increase in profits to $1.58 billion in 2010 attributing it to high prices and record output at its North West Shelf natural gas project.