Jamelle Agbuis

Australian inflation data for the December quarter dominates the coming week.

Fears about a surge in prices of beef and orange juice in the US, plus rising fears about the health of soybean corn crops on Brazil and Argentina, are starting to dominate commodity markets.

It's been six years since the dawn of white-nose syndrome - a bat-killing fungus that's sweeping west across North America - but the disease is so fast and stealthy that scientists are still struggling to keep up.

A down-on-her-luck South Carolina homeowner is jailed for refusing to clean up her junk-filled front yard. Upon her release, good samaritans step in to help make things more aesthetically pleasing.

How a 1,000-pound butter sculpture became an alternative power source for an entire farm.

A 3,500-year-old bald cypress tree known as "The Senator" burned to the ground in Big Tree Park in Longwood, Fla., earlier this week, bringing forth mournful comments from the people who lived near it and from around the globe.

Aussie Sharks head coach John Fox has named a 19-man train on squad as his team heads towards the London Olympic Games in the second half of 2012.

Identifying threats to health freedom and freedom of health speech often requires connecting the dots between seemingly unrelated verbiage in one piece of legislation and a trade agreement, for instance, or reading between the lines to identify the full intent or scope of a provision or phrase added to an unrelated bill.

2012 Santos Tour Down Under will be held in Adelaide and regional South Australia from 15-22 January 2012.

The weaponization of vaccines just took another leap forward in America with the recent air-dropping of rabies vaccines by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Using a battery of small planes based out of Del Rio, Texas recently dropped 1.8 million edible vaccine packets over 7,700 square miles of rural Texas.

On January 18, 2012, thousands of websites from around the world came out in protest of two pieces of legislation that threaten to censor the internet as we know it.

The outcome of a recent Fair Work Australia (FWA) decision has highlighted the importance of maintaining and consistently reviewing internal social media policies.

At the start of each year, we simultaneously reflect on the past while making plans for the future.

Big global investors have started 2012 in a better mood than they were at the end of 2011.

In his first report for 2012, AMP Capital Investors' chief economist and strategist, Dr Shane Oliver peeks into his crystal ball.

Could the gold boom of the past 10 years be about to peak?

As companies struggle to get ahead of the skills shortage, the federal government has increased the number of skilled migrant visas - the 457 visa - available and many businesses are beginning to take advantage of the visa program.

Like its rivals, Rio Tinto and Fortescue, BHP Billiton is gung-ho about 2012, despite many commentators being just as gloomy about the outlook for iron ore, Chinese steel and coal.

Think Tank Property Finance expects 2012 to yield more positive conditions for commercial property.

Aggregator Vow Financial has kicked off the year by launching a series of webinars that will be open to all brokers via their Facebook pages - not only its member brokers.

The HIA has claimed the gloom hanging over home building looks set to continue, and has called for a "three pronged attack" to address the sector's woes.

Despite international market volatility, Australian organisations intend to increase permanent headcount over the course of the next three months, according to new data released today.

One of Australia's leading public health research bodies, The George Institute, has launched a new smartphone app which gives a Traffic Light rating based on the amount of total fat, saturated fat, sugars and sodium per 100 grams - green for 'low', amber for 'medium' and red for 'high'.

On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, NaturalNews.com went "dark" to protest SOPA, the "Stop Online Piracy Act" that is actually a thinly-veiled government censorship effort.

Specialty Fashion Group got publicity yesterday for its weak Christmas performance as sales, revenue and earnings fell for a second December half year period in a row.

The World Bank's warning of a possible new global recession much deeper and longer lasting that the 2008-09 slowdown certainly got attention yesterday.

As we head into 2012, many of us will be resolving to lose those few extra pounds, save more money, or spend a few more hours with our families and friends.

Stephen Brown, acting chief executive of the RFU, insists that Stuart Lancaster is in the running to be England coach on a full-time basis.

Sale boss Steve Diamond's disciplinary hearing relating to two counts of verbally abusing match officials has been postponed.