Keep Your House Sustainable for the Future
All of us are becoming more aware of the need to encompass sustainable living into the future. Gone are the wasteful days of using electricity as though there was no tomorrow and the utter waste of fuel in all its forms has been nothing less than disgraceful.
What Tank Should you Get for Aquaponics?
Choosing a tank suitable for aquaponics is probably a no brainer. Many people grab the first thing that suits their budget, but not all tanks are the same and some can positively damage your health and kill all your fish.
Results: Beach, ROC Ride The Oil Price Surge
Oil and gas producers Beach Energy and Roc Australia have continued the recent solid earnings reports of the country's hydrocarbons sector.
Homesales.com.au Passes 100,000 Property Listings and Launches Rentals
Homesales.com.au one of Australia's fastest growing real estate sites, has topped the 100,000 listings mark.
Coca Cola Amatil’s Growth outside Australia Offsets Poor Australian Results, but Alcohol to Drive Improved Future
Coca Cola Amatil (CCA), the publicly listed group that owns the Coke franchise in Australia and the Asia Pacific, has reported increased net profit after tax ( up 19.0 percent), increased total sales (up 6.9 percent) and increased earnings per share (up 18.3 percent) for its financial year ended 31 December 2011 compared with the previous 12 months.
Banks: Regulators Warn Banks Not To Ease Lending Rules
For the second time in a week a senior financial regulator has warned our banks against relaxing their lending standards on home loans.
Mainstream Column Admits Vaccines Cause Cancer in Pets
Did you know that vaccinating your cat with the typical, recommended feline vaccination schedule may lead to your furry friend developing cancer?
Anti-Cancer Fungus Found to Naturally Eat Away Plastic Waste
What if it was possible to eliminate much of the world's otherwise very-slowly-biodegrading plastic waste using a natural Amazonian fungus?
Results: Write-downs Produce Losses At Caltex, Gunns
As expected Caltex Australia has reported a big loss for 2011 after taking into account the $1.5 billion write-down in the value of its two oil refineries in Brisbane and Sydney.
WikiLeaks Discloses 5 Million Stratfor E-Mails
In an exceptional alliance between Anonymous and the secret spilling site, WikiLeaks began leaking portions of a massive lot of e-mails Sunday night from the private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting Inc (Stratfor), based in Austin Texas, which the Anonymous had obtained by hacking the company.
Profits: Virgin Outplays Qantas
Virgin Australia 1, Qantas 0, and falling further behind?
Profits: Media, The Black Hole Grows Deeper
The Australian media industry has become a black hole that shows no sign of disappearing, judging by the flow of weak interim and full year figures this week for groups from Fairfax Media to Foxtel, Seven West Media and Network Ten.
Profits: Iluka Booms, IAG Recovers, Toll Steady
The group yesterday revealed a net profit of $541 million, more than 15 times higher than its 2010 takings.
P&G’s Restructuring Strategy Includes Slashing 5700 Jobs
The consumer product maker giant, Procter & Gamble, has developed a strategy to save $10 billion. The strategy involves cutting 5700 jobs, accounting to a remarkable 10 percent of the company's non-manufacturing workforce of the total number of employees associated with P&G.
World’s Most Expensive Cars
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.
Vitamin D and Cancer - Nine Facts "they" Won't Tell You
Before, to be diagnosed with the big C seemed to be an implied death sentence. Patients even go through a stage of self-denial. Who can blame them? Conventional medicine paints a rather bleak future for cancer patients and the remedy it offers does nothing to improve their quality of life, nausea and falling hair not to mention.
2012 NWPL Week 5: Hunter to Make the Most of Key Weekend
Week five of the National Water Polo League continues this week with just four matches being played as a result of the senior training camps in Canberra and Sydney.
Broken Hearts may Actually be Able to Cause Death
The expression "he/she died of a broken heart" is often used to describe someone who has died after having been depressed for a long time. Usually that person drinks or drugs himself/herself to death after a desperate period of loss, bitter disappointment, or environmentally induced depression.
Western Medicine Finally Recognises Meditation as Treatment for Mental Illness
After thousands of years Western medicine is finally recognising the benefits of meditation to treat diseases including mental illness. Under the disguise of MBCT, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, meditation is being accepted as a way to treat various conditions in the field of mental illnesses.
Cancer Therapy More Potent When It Hits Two Targets
Simultaneous targeting of two different molecules in cancer is an effective way to shrink tumors, block invasion, and stop metastasis, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have found - work that may improve the effectiveness of combination treatments that include drugs like Avastin.
Energy Network within Cells may be New Target for Cancer Therapy
Mitochondria, tiny structures within each cell that regulate metabolism and energy use, may be a promising new target for cancer therapy, according to a new study.
Understanding a Woman’s Heart Means Knowing What to Look For
Reyna Robles was always the first one up and the last one to bed: she possessed more than enough steam to come home from her full-time job, prepare a meal for her husband and children, take her dogs for walk and help her kids with homework.
How to Avoid Jet Lag
Jet lag dogs even the most frequent of flyers. Here's how to keep yourself well-rested and ready to take in the sights.
Australia v Great Britain Test Series: Stingers Hat Trick
The Aussie Stingers, Australia's women's water polo team, has made it three victories in five days with a 15-6 demolition of Great Britain at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
Warne Added to Hall of Fame
Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne will on Monday be inducted into Australian cricket's Hall of Fame.
Markets: But Markets Still End At Four Year Highs
The Australian stockmarket will open weaker today as investors eye the latest surge in oil prices (see top story), which threatens the gathering rebound on global markets.
Commodities: Oil’s Surge Starts To Worry
Very quickly, the rising price of oil and petrol has emerged as the most significant obstacle to the nascent recovery in global economies and markets strengthening in the next few months.
First Cable Network for Dogs Launched
Is your dog a couch potato in desperate need of some quality television programming while you're at work? If you and your four-legged friend happen to live in the San Diego area, you're in luck.
Scientists Baffled to Discover that Venus' Spin is Slowing Down
Scientists mapping Venus's surface with the European Space Agency's Venus Express orbiter recently received a shock when features on the planet's surface appeared to have moved up to 12.4 miles from where they were expected to be, reports National Geographic.
Overseas Player Reports 11/2/12: Aussies return to Euro action
In Goup C reigning champions Partizan Belgrade gained a much needed 9-5 victory over Vasas in order to keep their quarter finals hopes alive.