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Spratt on top from start to finish

Australian Amanda Spratt has taken out overall honours in the Tour de Feminin in the Czech Republic after leading the tour fom start to finish.

Heartworm drugs for pets; Big Pharma's cash cow

In a seemingly diabolical plot, veterinarians and pharmaceutical companies have teamed up in a marketing campaign to frighten pet guardians into giving year-round heartworm preventatives to their cats, as well as dogs.

Carbon tax?

For quite a while now Australia has been talking about adopting a carbon tax; but will it be a good option to decrease our carbon emissions?

The 'vision thing' in leadership

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.

Australian Dollar Outlook 7/21/2011

The Australian Dollar is holding its recent move above USD 1.0700, as sentiment remains positive, even if slightly subdued, regarding European and US Debt problems and plans.

Windows 8: The death of malware? The death of anti-malware?

There is a lot of buzz about a recent set of tests by NSS Labs that show the Smartscreen reputation system in Internet Explorer 9 head and shoulders and most of the rest of the body above the competition in blocking malware on the web.

Mac OS X Lion is here, and I don't like it

As announced late yesterday during Apple's fiscal 2011 third quarter earnings call. OS X 10.7 released today. It's yours for 30 bucks, if your Mac has Snow Leopard and Mac App Store installed. Otherwise, you're buying something more first, either OS X 10.6 or a new Mac.

ASIC claims licensing success

ASIC has claimed success as it has completed the initial licensing of the credit industry, and has warned it will take a tough stance on unlicensed activity.

Daily Forex Forecast 7/21/2011

Australian Dollar: The release of the July RBA board minutes on Tuesday signalled an air of caution as far as any near-term rate rises are concerned pushing the Aussie down a third of a US cent in the process.

World Market Overview 7/21/2011

The Australian share market closed strongly firmer, following its best performance in over a week after a compromise was reached in the US to lift America's debt ceiling. However, local traders said the rally could be short lived because of ongoing debt concerns in Europe.

Australian Stock Market Report 7/21/2011

US existing home sales fell by 0.8pct in June to a 4.77 million annual rate. Economists had tipped a result near 4.90m. The median home price was up 0.8 per cent on a year ago.

Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss

MIT's researchers have discovered a way to blend carbon nanotubes, current media darlings of the chemistry world, with an existing material used for storing heat energy.

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