Jamelle Agbuis

Social media conversations on house prices are dominated by the opinion that they are unsustainably high.

NextGen.Net has announced the appointment of Tony Carn as its new sales director, with Greg Mitchell stepping in to fill a combined general manager of sales role at Homeloans.

The pain of the morning commute is getting worse according to a new report – and easing the morning struggle is becoming an issue for employers.

Borrowers are expecting more interest rate cuts in the months ahead, a survey has found.

A big day for Metcash yesterday, with a reasonable and a convincing win over the ACCC on its $200 million takeover of the Franklins supermarket chain in NSW.

The resources boom powers on, according to the September quarter private investment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday.

Differences in recommended serving sizes on like-for-like Australian food products are making it “near impossible” for shoppers to compare the nutritional content of the products, according to new research by Sydney-based medical research body, The George Institute.

A dramatic end to November overnight with markets in Europe and the US soaring on the news that six major central banks had moved to ease funding pressures and China made its first monetary policy easing in three years.

A HR manager has been murdered in Thailand after the escalation of a work dispute.

In a corner of a typical urban shopping centre tucked away in Florida sits what looks like a tiny service lane way. Except behind the timber gates is an entry into another world. Its been transformed into something else.

We finished off yesterday poo-poohing the idea that China's monetary policy makers can do anything to halt China's bust that follows its boom.

It was good timing for Rio Tinto to hold its quarterly investor update yesterday; the bounce on markets on reports of moves to try and fix the eurozone crisis offset an escalation in warnings from the company about the impact of the volatility on customer demand and sales.

It's not quite clear why Qantas shares rose strongly yesterday. After all the airline confirmed what analysts have been warning for a month, that the industrial action and airline grounding in late October and early last month would cut earnings.

A train crash sort of week ahead? The usual suspects are there: Europe, China and the Australian economy and budget position, not to mention the UK's financial and spending outlook.

There's been so much talk about European government bonds lately - as the IMF considers loaning money to Italy and all - but let's get back to Australia, where 10-year government bond yields are plunging.

Could this be the crucial week for the euro, the eurozone and financial stability in Europe and the rest of the global economy?

At a fundamental business level, social media is a useful additional tool for communicating and collaborating with customers, colleagues and new business prospects.

Creator Scott Amron has come up with an innovative solution to the little stickers on our fruit. Vanishing Fruit Wash Labels. Yep, those annoying little stickers actually might be useful for the consumer!

According to Bloomberg, last week was the worst Thanksgiving week for US markets since 1932, when the Depression deepening after a string of bank collapses sent economies around the world plunging into a deep freeze.

So is this the "Big Bazooka" than many have said that Europe needs to convince sceptical markets that the eurozone crisis can be controlled and conquered?

Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss.

Going green has been a popular initiative for some time, but the commercial sector has been slow to pick up the trend. Only now are commercial buildings beginning to go green in a variety of ways, and are doing so for both financial and environmental benefits.

NAB Broker will pay 65 basis points up-front to all brokers from 1 January 2012, as part of a wholesale change to its broker channel segmentation strategy.

NAB's major bank competitors have all reacted to NAB Broker's commission restructure by saying they plan no immediate changes to their own broker remuneration structures.

Effective safety measures require a combination of behavioural-based safety (BBS) programs, and modern psychology techniques, leading safety specialists have said.

The Chinese authorities have succeeded in making good on their promise to lower property prices, but this bid to make housing affordable for the greater half of the Chinese population mightprove particularly costly for the Chinese economy as a whole.

GuestLogix Inc. the leading global provider of onboard retail and payment technology to airlines and the passenger travel industry, today announced it will establish GuestLogix Asia Pacific operations, located in Hong Kong, underscoring the Company’s continued focus on growing market share in the region by expanding its local presence and leveraging its relationships with current partners.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) invited both U.S. and Russia to attend the East Asia summit, where leaders from 18 nations discussed territorial claims in the South China Sea, democratic reforms in Myanmar, natural disasters, currency, trade and other issues.

Low-doc lenders need to provide brokers with better education, Pepper Home Loans has said.