Jamelle Agbuis

Global and Chinese crude steel production slowed in October to their lowest levels in 10 months, figures from the World Steel Association this week confirmed.

Nov 24, 2011

Homeloans expects to fund as much as 25% of new business through its recently launched Accelerate product.

Nov 24, 2011

Test your knowledge: What duo hosted the parade nearly as long as Al Roker? What happens to all those balloons in the off-season?

Nov 24, 2011

Daniel, the dog who survived the gas chamber at a county pound in Alabama has found his new forever home in New Jersey.

Nov 23, 2011

What dogs, cats even hummingbirds do when they get wet

Nov 22, 2011

In Las Vegas, the metropolitan area with the highest number of foreclosures in the country, a number of bank-owned McMansions have literally gone to pot and been converted into indoor marijuana farms.

Nov 22, 2011

My new dog is awesome. But I have a two-week vacation coming up, and I need to find a place for him while I'm away. How do I find a good boarding facility?

Nov 22, 2011

The US healthcare system is a mess, as both health insurance and medical treatment costs continue to soar exponentially year after year. But one way some companies are helping to address this dire situation is to begin penalizing workers that represent the biggest drain on the system (smokers and the obese) with higher healthcare premiums.

Nov 22, 2011

Ford reveals the new, more fuel-efficient 2013 Ford Escape at the L.A. Auto Show.

Nov 22, 2011

Keep your health, sanity, and sense of humor wherever you are going this holiday season.

Nov 22, 2011

Once upon a DogTime, we adopted a cat.

Nov 22, 2011

Here are the five steps that need to happen during any major business adjustment and some of the pitfalls to avoid along the way.

Nov 22, 2011

Mining areas have proven the big winners of the Queensland property market, dominating the state's growth suburbs.

Nov 22, 2011

When people come to see me all clogged up and on eight different pills, and they’ve got chest pain when they walk half a block, they usually don’t need a whole lot of convincing.

Nov 22, 2011

Do you ever read career advice, especially for new entrants into the job market, and feel like the important qualifiers, "Yes, but..." and "So..." are too often missing?

Nov 22, 2011

Cameron Clyne, chief executive of Australian banking major NAB who controversially passed on just 20 basis points of the 25 basis point cut enacted by the Australian central bank, despite the fact that the lender posted a 19.2 per cent increase in full year net profits on $5.5 billion is in line for a large pay hike.

Nov 22, 2011

Source says the comedian is looking for input from the former President on the food served in her new all-veg restaurant.

Nov 22, 2011

There was no good news for shareholders in steelmaker OneSteel Ltd at yesterday's AGM in Sydney.

Nov 22, 2011

And Perth-based internet service provider iinet has confirmed its intention of buying Canberra-based TransACT for $60 million.

Nov 22, 2011

A new Italian government headed by Mario Monti, a respected economist and former European Commissioner, has replaced the government of Silvio Berlusconi, who had dominated Italian politics for 17 years.

Nov 22, 2011

The Canadian housing market continues to function in a consistently insensitive manner. It's like it fails to realize that the rest of the free world is hurting, and this persistent, and seemingly abnormal, growth is bound to cause more offense than awe.

Nov 22, 2011

St. Lucia is increasingly seen as one of the world's most interesting property markets. The island is in many ways comparable to neighboring Barbados, but St. Lucia's property prices are about 40% to 60% lower.

Nov 22, 2011

An unexpected trade deficit in October for Japan, thanks to a surge in expensive energy imports, such as LNG, while exports fell for the first time in three months.

Nov 22, 2011

An ingenious experiment in which tiny parcels of light, or photons, are produced out of empty space has confirmed a long-standing theory that a vacuum contains quantum fluctuations of energy.

Nov 22, 2011

In an absurd attempt to fight back at federal regulations that greatly limit the amount of junk food that can be served as part of government-funded school lunch programs, Congress has proposed a new spending bill that classifies pizza as a "vegetable." Reports indicate that the bill would allow for just two tablespoons of tomato paste to be considered a serving of vegetables.

Nov 21, 2011

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has launched a new pilot program that bribes air travelers to "voluntarily" surrender personal and other information in exchange for an expedited and less-invasive screening experience at the airport.

Nov 21, 2011

Professional networking comes naturally to me and I am rigorous about maintaining my profile and business contacts.

Nov 21, 2011

Jeep used to be the No.1 SUV brand in the world, but that was way back in 1999 when sales topped 554,446 vehicles in the United States alone. Then came the GFC and Chrysler’s free fall into bankruptcy in 2009, and many were convinced that the automotive group was terminal.

Nov 21, 2011

More than 2.1 million Australians are intending to buy a new car in the next four years, according to new research by analyst Roy Morgan.

Nov 21, 2011