Jamelle Agbuis

Five days out from the RBA's next cash rate decision, Australian banks are again flagging that they may stay put on rates.

Fair Work Australia (FWA) announced yesterday that private-sector employers in the social and community services (SACS) industry will be hit with a wage increase requirement ranging from 19% to 41% to be phased in over the next eight years via the industry modern award.

Employer demand for international graduates in 2011 increased to levels not seen since before the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, according to a new report.

Christel Boeljon of the Netherlands came from three strokes behind overnight leader So Yeon Ryu to claim a one stroke victory at the Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters.

One of Australia’s leading diabetes experts has criticized a report of a study published in the journal Nature, on February 2, 2012 that was written by Dr Robert Lustig, Dr Laura Schmidt and Dr Claire Brindis of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Kieran Pratt of Australia birdied the second play-off hole to win his first Asian Tour title at the Zaykabar Myanmar Open presented by Air Bagan on Sunday.

Former Australian champion, Will Walker, 26, will return to racing this season after almost three years off the bike due to illness.

Tournament favourites France got their 2012 Six Nations campaign off to an ideal start on Saturday with a 30-12 victory over Italy in Paris.

One of Australia's leading consumer product surveys, Product of the Year, today released its third annual survey results for innovative new products in the Australian supermarket retail industry. Product of the Year was established 25 years ago in France and currently operates in 28 countries worldwide.

Ireland's rematch with Wales following their World Cup defeat by the Welsh will be a cracker, promised Irish coach Declan Kidney.

What do business leaders expect from their Human Resources function? We constantly hear the phrase, "strong business acumen required" for senior HR appointments but this is also increasingly the case for roles within the early HR career market. What does this mean for early HR career professionals is the main subject of this month's Instep.

Australian women's national water polo head coach Greg McFadden has announced the 17 players that will continue final preparations for this year's London Olympic Games, dropping two players from the group that began the Olympic campaign last year.

A wave of borrowers could be seeking out brokers should the banks choose to sit on their hands after any RBA rate cuts.

For a third year in a row, world markets have had a strong start to the year, but so far 2012 is the best of the three.

Central bank meetings in Australia, the UK and Europe will dominate the coming week.

The good jobs figures for the US in January, and then those late doubts about Greece, ended up confusing traders and gold slumped the most in five weeks on Friday.

Who would have thought the US could get to a position where it could even think of getting investors to pay the government to lend it money.

Its 25 years since the turnaround at Woolworths was kicked off by retailing legend Paul Simons who decided to use the phrase: 'The fresh food people" to tag the struggling retailer to make it different from the then dominant Coles Myer.It worked, kick starting a comeback from Woolies that is part of Australian corporate lore as Simons' successors, especially Roger Corbett revamped not only the retailer, but the entire supermarkets business by chasing gains from suppliers to stores. ...

Trade data out yesterday for December, the second quarter and the first six months of the 2011-12 financial year put the lie to suggestions that our minerals boom has been derailed or is sagging as a result of the drop in iron ore and coal prices late last year.

Research by Gallup has demonstrated that organisations with high levels of engagement routinely outperform their competitors; they are 27% more profitable, they have 38% above average productivity and have 50% higher customer loyalty.

We've all known that 2011 wasn't a good year for housing or house prices, and this week we have had that confirmed in spades.

More than three quarters of prospective employees are turned off a job/employer by a long recruitment process, according to a recent survey.

Some of Australian women's water polo's brightest prospects will come together in the coming weeks, as the born 1993 national train-on squad for the 2013 FINA World Junior Championships has been announced.

Australian shares had a very solid month, among the best of major markets and outperformed the US and some European bourses.

Just as we had mixed news from the Japanese and Australian economies on Tuesday, yesterday we got the same story from China with two surveys of the country's manufacturing sector producing very different results.

The 2012 National Water Polo League is just around the corner and the Victorian Tigers women's team will head into this year's season with added confidence after recruiting three of Australia's leading players.

Lutein has long been hailed for its ability to help protect against, and even reverse, the devastating effects of age-related macular degeneration. But a new study published in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine suggests that grapes may work even better than lutein at mitigating age-related blindness due to their high levels of antioxidants.

Memorizing board certification test questions and relaying them to other doctors soon to take the test themselves has become common practice among radiology doctors seeking to become board certified.

More parents are taking control of their birthing options by choosing home births, says a new study from the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). Statistics released in late January say home births in the United States have risen by nearly 30 percent between 2004 and 2009.