Jamelle Agbuis

A train-on group of 18 has been named in the Australian born '94 women's youth squad that will take part in a week long test series against New Zealand, starting January 22.

Retief Goosen had every reason to feel good about the week ahead when he talked about himself on Tuesday ahead of the European Tour biggie, the Volvo Golf Champions.

England's Lee Westwood and Simon Dyson and Northern Ireland Open champion Darren Clarke have joined the strong field set to tee it up in the Shell Houston Open at the Redstone Golf Club on March 28.

The Australian women's water polo team, the Aussie Stingers, have begun their three match test series against the USA with a disappointing 13-12 loss at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Tuesday night.

Ian Ritchie will take over as chief executive of the Rugby Football Union on February 27.

Is Rio Tinto really that bullish about the outlook for 2012?

The surge in Chinese iron ore imports last November and December also helped Fortescue Metals shipped a record 14.77 million tonnes of ore in the December quarter, beating its own guidance.

Any class action from disgruntled mortgage borrowers under the NCCP has been deemed unlikely to succeed.

Wholesale aggregators have been lambasted for failing to deliver on their promise of building and supporting independent broking businesses.

The New Year period often means a plethora of performance reviews, which, depending on how they are administered, can mean a heavy time burden for HR directors and their teams.

The evidence of the slow landing in China's economy was strewn across the annual economic data released yesterday.

HR directors at the world's biggest firms are using left-of-centre tactics in the interview room by asking simple questions about the company and its business.

The long boozy lunch may be a thing of the past for employees in some white-collar industries as many Australian businesses, including law firms, IT companies and medical clinics, introduce workplace drug testing.

Managers who work remotely are likely to give less feedback, make their employees feel less empowered, and create employees who are less satisfied with their employment than those in the office full-time, according to a new study.

U.S. imposed sanctions on China's state-run Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp, along with two other firms, for trading refined oil products to Iran.

Captain Michael Clarke insisted that there will be no relenting from Australia when they look to wrap up a series whitewash over India come the fourth and final Test match in Adelaide, starting on 24 January.

Australia all-rounder Shane Watson is likely to stay on the sidelines for the final Test against India in Adelaide, according to coach Mickey Arthur.

It's only the start of the year and it already looks like it will be an interesting one for HR professionals.

A HR manager was forced out of his job after posting his CV on LinkedIn and ticking the 'interested in career opportunities' box, a tribunal in the UK has heard.

Excuse me for being slightly cynical, but didn't you just love yesterday's Leighton Holdings spin campaign?

Despite a post New Year burst of gloom about retailing, online shopping and employment, the reality is that the Australian economy has remained where it was in December, doing a bit better than many media reports suggest, and doing poorly as the same media reports suggest.

Friday the 13th saw the eurozone crisis dragged back to confront investors larger and small around the world.

Europe's 2011 woes returned from their Christmas holidays earlier than expected thanks by the Standard & Poor's ratings downgrades and investors here and offshore will have to be very careful.

Well, after a month off, nothing much has changed.

Some of our most vital export markets are facing a worsening in growth prospects for 2012.

It's not 'new' news, given the damage done to share portfolios over the past six months or so, but we had further confirmation yesterday that the poor performance of equities is going to be bad for the country's listed investment companies and broking firms.

In an enthralling extratime contest between two of sport's most intense rivals, the Aussie Sharks have fallen agonisingly short in the men's gold medal match going down 11-10 to the USA at the Water Polo Pan Pans in Melbourne.

The extraordinary feats of the Australian gold medal winning women's water polo team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics have been further recognised during a presentation ceremony at the Water Polo Pan Pacs in Melbourne.

The Australian Barbarians have gone within inches of pulling off the great shock of the 2012 Water Polo Pan Pacs missing a last second shot to settle for a 9-9 draw against the world number six-ranked USA men's team in the last game on day six of the tournament.