Jamelle Agbuis

With the festive season fast approaching, so too is the onslaught of office Christmas party - and a liability suit waiting to happen for those employers who do not adequately prepare.

In this midst of this great recession and the global economic crisis, one specific sector is still in desperate need for talent: engineering. Global construction and civil engineering companies are no exception, as transformations around the world are creating a boom of civil engineering jobs.

When it comes to family travel, few vacations fit all. Some clans are theme park junkies, or sybarites, or scholars. And then there's the rest of us, simply looking to catch up with relatives and friends in a relaxing setting.

It's one of the top concerns of people everywhere -- how do we grow our own food for superior nutrition and food sovereignty? How do we store an emergency food supply that can get us through a crisis when conventional food deliveries to grocery stores may be cut off?

Sydney's tight rental market has shown some marginal improvement, new figures suggest.

The RBA minutes showed a split on decision to cut rates, with arguments for both easing and a policy "on the tight side of normal".

Urban lifestyles are taking off as single dwellings become prohibitively expensive.

Aussie consumers have no plans to jump into the property market, even though savings are up and mortgage stress is down.

AAIC Bullion Refineries Group Limited (ABRG, Frankfurt Xetra: 1AB) today announced the appointment of Ms. Shareena Martin as Group Finance Director.

Some commentators would have you believe that the country's banks are about to fall on hard times as the eurozone problems lift the cost of money and make life generally tougher for financial stocks.

In a report, published online Nov.10 in the journal Diabetes, the Johns Hopkins scientists say the real culprit appears to be insulin sensitivity in the ovaries and the pituitary.

A two-part snapshot of innovative new research at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital.

Lock the Gate responds to Santos withdrawal from Spring Ridge

Grandparents love to boast about their grandkids' accomplishments, and now a new study gives them credit for helping their young grandchildren be a little kinder and - in some cases - a little smarter.

Udo Schuklenk and a panel of five other Canadian and international experts, have published a report in the journal Bioethics that calls for the decriminalization of assisted dying.

Airdrop is a a lo-tech air harvester aims to alleviate the effect of drought on agriculture.

Credit cards may soon go the way of the dinosaur as increasingly mobile smart phones usurp plastic for instant payments.

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The aviation industry is going to be key to economic growth, whether that’s through green aviation or commercial flight, through military aircraft development or recreational flight teams. Whatever the method may be to encourage the aviation industry, growing this industry is vital to growing a country’s economy as well.

You can get away with carrying a lot less than you think.

China's hospitality industry is doing well right now as three major hotel chains in the past announced this week that they will be opening new hotels in China. China has become a very important market in the hospitality industry as more and more people are choosing to visit China while more Chinese are making visits around the country and staying in hotels in China.

Glowing waves in California are attracting surfers and kayakers. What is causing this eerie, otherworldly phenomenon?

Aussie consumers have no plans to jump into the property market, even though savings are up and mortgage stress is down.

A new study has found young professionals are seeking inspirational work environments that accommodate social media, device freedom and remote work options - and they're prepared to take a lower salary to get it.

More banks have made cuts to their fixed rate product suites, with one lender discounting below 6%.

Female veterans' homecoming can be complicated by their experience of the hyper-masculinity of the military, Paula J. Caplan writes in this excerpt from "When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home: How All of Us Can Help Veterans."

Men's bodies are making political news these days; Chris Christie's girth, Scott Brown's nudity. Caryl Rivers says that's changing the body politic and giving guys a taste of what women have long endured.

SEAT is developing its first fully electric vehicle. Called the SEAT Altea XL Electric Ecomotive, SEAT hopes to put the technology into production in 2015.

We are living through a time of great awakening. The people of our world are beginning to open their eyes and realize the stunning depth of the scams and collusion taking place all around them.