Jamelle Agbuis

Yesterday we promised to try and figure out the Australian dollar's behaviour using the Grattan Institute's new report on the mining boom. Analyst Jim Minifie's work isn't a bad read because it has lots of pictures. His key points are that Australia can transition quite well into and out of a mining boom, but we've failed to make the most of our latest one.

Here is a short comparison between the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the leading phone from LG, the LG G2. The LG G2 has been in the news from past few days, and here we bring it's comparison with the leading and the most successful launch of the year, the S4.

A lot of kids are using Android Phones as opposed to the adult Android Phone users. Some of the reasons would be the navigation, the user interface, and the applications.

In the good times generosity abounds. Everyone gets to share in the spoils. Investors, fund managers and financial planners all make money. It is only when the good times stop investors sharpen their focus on the genuine value derived from fees.

It may seem odd to some and it's certainly not an ideal solution to everyone, but a French nurse has come up with a rather novel scheme to help gay couples provide their adopted infant children with a healthy start in life.

A civil lawsuit was filed against Bank of America for misleading investors in an $850 million mortgage-bond deal known as BOAMS 2008-A offered in 2008.

So tiered up while losing your keys and more tired after willing to find but not getting where it could be. Now this is for you, the device which is on pre order in UK can help you with your HTC Device to identify the placement of the Keys while keeping the HTC Fetch as the Key Chain.

Golf legend Jack Nicklaus believes a number of players will have an opportunity to win the year's final major when the USPGA Championship tees off at Oak Hill on Thursday.

Callum Newman's weekend Daily Reckoning took on a whole new meaning this morning. The Australian Financial Review reports that China just stopped all imports of milk powder from New Zealand.

The White House is casting about for a new Federal Reserve chairman. Three candidates have their mouths open, hoping to snag the hook: Janet Yellen, Larry Summers and Don Kohn.

Plenty of amusing stories are making the rounds today. Like the bond salesman who fooled Royal Bank of Scotland into thinking he had access to wealthy clients. After touring their trading floors and meeting clients and executives, it turned out the oddly named KK Ho wasn't a bond salesman after all. Just an employee facing an imminent layoff.

Markets continued their summer trading behaviour last week. Up a little, down a little...meandering...strolling...not in a hurry to get anywhere. The end of the week found the Dow about where it began...and gold a bit lower.

Apparently, few are paying attention to the data on chlorella. Despite articles on chlorella's nutrient and detoxification capacities, health conscious folks are not rushing the shelves of physical or online stores to make sure they get their daily doses of chlorella.

The era of robotic, factory-produced test tube hamburger meat is nearly here. Yesterday, the first stem-cell-grown hamburger "meat patty" was grilled up and consumed by taste testers who declared it edible. The burger cost $332,000 to "grow" in test tubes, a project spearheaded by vascular biologist Mark Post of Maastricht University, reports The Guardian.

Herbal teas have been treasured for their tastes and healing properties by virtually all civilizations on Earth since prehistoric times.

In a deal that has shocked the industry the Seattle billionaire Jeffrey Bezos known for creating one of the Internet's most innovative companies has bought the Washington Post for $250 million.

Commonly we are aware that sugary foods are associated with piling on some extra pounds, and even an increased risk of suffering from obesity among teens and adults. But according to a new study even five year old kids who consume sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks, juices and other sweetened drinks daily are at a higher risk of having obesity problems than those kids who have sugar-sweetened drinks often.

A lot of times we see Facebook Scam pages with crazy liberal giveaways of Disneyland tickets, iPads, iPhones and supermarket vouchers. The prizes seem too good to be true as the offers seem to come from Industry Leaders .We all know that some posts are scams, but others seem legitimate.

Gary Woodland holds a seven-point lead at the Reno-Tahoe Open, a tournament which uses the Modified Stableford scoring system.

Tiger Woods carded a two-under-par 68 to establish a seven-stroke lead at the Bridgestone Invitational on Saturday.

I've just completed a heavy schedule of talks at the Agora Financial Investment Symposium in Vancouver. All my talks centred on information economics, Web startups, and the productivity of the internet and its meaning.

If the riches of the drug trade tempt you, leave them behind and do this: find a way to get quality milk powder to Chinese mothers. You'll find a hungry market of worried parents with cash in hand - wads of the stuff.

Another day of piddly trading, with piddly losses for both stocks and gold. So let's turn back to our thoughts.

The market has called Bernanke's bluff. The melt-up is on. After spending the past few months trying to convince the market that the US economy is improving, putting an end to QE and zero interest rates, the market isn't buying it.

NEW claims for US unemployment insurance benefits unexpectedly dropped to a five-year low. The number of applications dropped from 345,000 to 326,000 for the week ending July 27. The reading was the lowest since January 19, 2008, when claims stood at 321,000 amid the financial crisis. Analysts on average had expected a slight rise to 345,000 claims from the unrevised prior week's figure of 343,000.

So finally, the Moto X is out, and we almost know everything about the device including an expected price tag, specifications and much more. So you think you know almost everything about the device, and trying to move on? Stop and get a look over here, we present a list of specifications that Motorola didn't unveiled officially with the device.

Well, the mother of all rumors and speculations just got revealed and got out of sheets. Yes, you got it right, it's the MOTO-X device of what all the world is talking about.

Tiger Woods won the Bridgestone Invitational by seven strokes on Sunday after carding a final round 70.

Well, there's 10 minutes of our life we're not getting back. This morning, out of begrudging necessity rather than desire, we read the latest statement on monetary policy from the Federal Reserve.