Erik Pineda

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers immortalised his name when he snatched the Super Bowl XLV this year, prompting sports pundits to line him up with elite quarterbacks that are mostly owners of Super Bowl rings.

Qantas Airways warned that the looming pilots strike could significantly hamper its operations and result to flight delays or even cancellations in the event that threats of walk-out push through.

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens believes that the current cash rates were at their appropriate levels and they only appear tight because most Australians have become wiser in handling their cash flow.

Global mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd has decided to extend its $3.9 billion takeover bid for Africa-focused collier Riversdale Mining Ltd following the latest move by the target’s shareholder of upping its stake on the coal miner.

The milk controversy sparked by the price war between Australia’s major supermarkets has reached the halls of the parliament, prompting Independent Senator Nick Xenophon to call for a probe on the matter.

The newly-established climate change commission now counts an Australian of the Year recipient as its new head following its initial gathering on Thursday.

The Queensland government is eyeing the possibility of using to its advantage the media mileage gained by the state, owing much to the devastations wrought by the back-to-back disasters of flood and cyclone in January.

Australia’s unemployment rate firmed up to a two-year low of five percent in January basing on the latest labour data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday, which also showed that some 24,000 additional jobs were spawned by the economy in the month.

Consumer electronics maker HP unveiled on Wednesday three new products that the company said were designed to directly compete with tech giant Apple’s leading gadget offerings.

Giant telecommunication firm Telstra Corporation and National Broadband Network Company finally agreed on the details that would facilitate for the actual roll out of the federal-sponsored National Broadband Network project.

Australia’s current credit rating of AAA would not be harmed at all even in the event that the federal budget surplus target needs to be pushed back to provide the necessary leeway for the government’s rehabilitation program.

Queensland authorities have granted permission for banana growers to sell their produce from plantations flattened by cyclone Yasi, which hit the coastal areas of the state last week.

Tough market conditions and expensive price tag discouraged Japanese beverage firm Asahi Breweries from further participating in the $11 billion demerger plan of Foster’s beer division that carries the VB, Carlton, Draught and Cascade brands.

Giant supermarket operator Woolworths confirmed reports that recruitment firm Ergon Zehnder is on the lookout for new executives that would fill up vacancies in the retail group.

Barely three months afters its privatization, QR National announced on Wednesday that an estimated 3000 workers would be given options for voluntary redundancies, which the company said would be initiated in April.

Shoppers are more likely to hit the stores in February, according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer confidence survey released on Wednesday.

Fair Work Australia issued a ruling on Tuesday that favours a dismissed employee, who was reportedly fired for alleged gossiping against fellow workers and staff.

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways rebuffed claims by Australia’s national carrier Qantas Airways that foreign airlines are deliberately flooding the market with extra capacity, leading to floundering revenues for most of the airline firms.

Brisbane Airport has been lauded by the country’s corporate watchdog for the period covering 2009/10 while Sydney and Melbourne airports are grappling with services and car parking issues for the same period.

Fancy an iPhone in your hand that closely resembles the iconic brick-like mobile phones of the 1980s? A British accessory manufacturer found a way to fuse the two generations of tech icons by introducing a phone holder that brings in the retro feel of the then-emerging mobile phone elite usage.

Former Philippines army chief and defence minister Angelo Reyes reportedly committed suicide on Tuesday by shooting himself in front of his mother’s grave at a sprawling memorial park near the capital Manila.

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan confirmed earlier projections by economists that a slow down would characterise the first three months of the Australian economy as it starts to absorb the impacts of the twin disasters that ravaged the northern states of the country from December last year through the last week of January.

The federal government appears backpedalling from an earlier commonwealth health reform agreement that guarantees government funding for the bulk of required finances for Australian public hospitals.

Its earlier announcement of operations commencement by March this year could see bits of delay, according to Chi-X Australia Pty, as the definite timetable competition guidelines set to be released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) appear far from realisation.

Concessions offered by the beleaguered government of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were rejected as opposition leaders demanded on Monday for the immediate end of his 30-year rule as demonstrations calling for his ouster entered their 14th day, which has rattled this North African nation.

Anchored on the inspired passes by star quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers roared through their seventh Super Bowl ring by securing a fiercely-fought 31-25 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers on the game’s XLV edition held on Sunday (US time) at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium.

Properties initially assessed as damaged by the Queensland floods have been reduced by up to 70 percent, according to the latest estimates released on Monday by the Insurance Council of Australia.

The Queensland floods notwithstanding, job availabilities flashed in newspapers and online ads surged in the month of January, according to the latest ANZ Job Advertisements Series survey published on Monday.

Thai oil firm PTTEP will keep its license and will be allowed continuous but monitored operations in Australia despite the 2009 Montara oil spill incident in Timor Sea.