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Peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots and almonds are all closely related fruit trees with very similar pits. In all these fruits, the pit must be broken open to reveal the almond-shaped kernel within.

Inflation and interest rates will grab the headlines in Australia this week with the all important June quarter consumer price index figures due out on Wednesday.

The coming week here and offshore will be dominated by Australian inflation, Japanese production data, the first estimate of US second quarter economic growth, and the early forecast for the UK economy, not to mention the continuing US second quarter profit season, and the start of the Australian June 30 reporting rush.

The Dow industrials' decline came as most major market indexes around the world finished with gains. Even so, the blue-chip index finished with a strong weekly advance after several days dominated by concerns over debt negotiations in Washington and Brussels.

Australia has everything to play for, and every advantage it could hope for, but it also has every chance of blowing its future prospects. So says a 16-page special report in the May 2011 issue of the internationally recognised journal, The Economist.

A quick lunchtime study of the passersby on St George's Terrace will confirm what you already know as a manager: Perth is growing in cultural diversity by the day.

Specialist recruitment firm 2discover has signed on as official event partner for the Australian HR Awards.

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So there I was. Seated and sweating bullets. You see, I'd been asked some questions about the future by a journo of the future.

In news this week, on Tuesday Go Gecko Pty Ltd went into Voluntary Administration leading to the closure of 2 Go Gecko stores with 6 more facing a review by the Administrator.

Contrary to popular belief, diet soda and other foods and beverages made with artificial sweeteners like aspartame are not healthy, and they do not bring about weight loss.

Before administering the new procedure, TSA agents will be required to attend a weekend seminar on manual breast cancer detection techniques.

In what a capped a good week for the Australian Currency, data out on Friday showed import prices rose by 0.8 percent for the month of June increasing by much a larger degree than economists forecast.

US congressional leaders struggled over the weekend to come up with a plan to prevent the government defaulting on its debt payments and to allow government social security payments to continue to made.

A story of two halves for the Aussie over the last 24 hours. The currency rallied to a high in Asian trade of 1.0770 after France and Germany announced they had agreed on a Greek debt restructuring deal.

U.S. stocks surged closer to multi-year highs Thursday, as hopes for a major budget deal in Washington and efforts to contain Europe's sovereign-debt crisis whetted investors' risk appetite.

Google has become a little bit more social with the launch of its +1 Like button available to be added to any website.

Take away coffee addicts can be worse for office productivity than smokers.

Perth properties have experienced 15 consecutive months of price decline, the REIWA has said.

One in three British workers has lied to their boss in order to take time off, new research has shown.

The Australian Human Rights Commission’s Graeme Innes has said there is a growing trend of immigrants adopting Western names in the hope it will get them hired.

Global steel production, an important indicator for the Australian economy and resources sector in particular, continues to grow with an 8% rise in June from June 2010.

Big global and regional fund managers continued to dump European shares in July, but were more optimistic about Japan and Chinese growth.

While the Federal Government is making half-hearted commitments to energy efficiency, trail-blazing architecture firms like G-O Logic Homes and Victoria's own Sunpower Design are proving that sustainable housing need not cost an arm and a leg - nor necessitate the owning of a hair shirt.

The Australian BMX Cyclones have wrapped up their preparations today at the Sleeman BMX Supercross Track in Brisbane ahead of their departure to the 2011 UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.

(NaturalNews) Radio host Patrick Timpone, creator of One Radio Network (www.OneRadioNetwork.com) joins the NaturalNews Radio Network today with a daily broadcast of his two-hour show.

The Australian Dollar rallied above USD 1.0800 overnight as equity markets rallied after EU leaders agreed on a bail-out package for Greece

The Philadelphia Fed business activity index rose from -7.7 to +3.2 in June. The increase was the first since March. Encouragingly across the sub-indices, new orders, hiring and shipments recorded a healthy improvement.

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