Jamelle Agbuis

By this point, it's generally believed that CBS News Capitol Hill Producer Jill Jackson broke the stoy of Osama bin Laden's death with one tweet at 10:32pm EST.

The broker has been ranked number one in the Topfranchise survey rating Australia's best franchisors. The Topfranchise survey, launched three years ago by research company 10 Thousand Feet, has seen Smartline take top ranking each year. Smartline CEO Chris Acret said the ranking was particularly important as it reflected the sentiments of Smartline's franchisees.

Friday brought the release of the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy statement and a hawkish tone sent the Aussie rallying, finally topping out at 1.0800 before the markets closed.

Australian shares closed marginally weaker despite recovering from earlier lows caused by step falls overnight in commodity prices.

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The smartphone wars are fully engaged, with no clear winner in sight -- if there will ever be one -- despite the Nokia-Apple horse race.

The Australian dollar opens this morning at a rate of 1.0742 against the greenback, losing major ground against the US currency for a third consecutive day.

U.S. stocks fell Wednesday, pressured by disappointing economic data, weaker commodity prices and lackluster earnings reports.

European shares fell for the second straight day on Wednesday. Commodity prices continued to slide, US economic data was weaker than expected and investors fretted that China would continue to tighten monetary policy. In London trade shares in BHP Billiton lost 2.6pct with Rio Tinto down 3.3pct. The FTSEurofirst index fell by 1.4pct with the German Dax lower by 1.7pct and the UK FTSE was down by 1.6pct.

A big pullback in commodity markets sparked a sell off in the commodity currencies overnight, with the AUD falling back below USD1.0800.

Although HR professionals may get their degrees from universities, there are few of us who would look to the higher education sector for lessons in succession planning.

Mr McKellar said the strong Australian dollar was underpinning record levels of car affordability.

"With the new process, what happens where and when is a lot more explicit and consistent," Firefox Release Manager Christian Legnitto said in April.

Automatic Data Processing today reported that private sector jobs increased by 179,000 in April. That was well off the 200,000 new jobs that a consensus of economists' had earlier forecast and, worse, a significant decline of 22,000 jobs from March's 201,000 newly created positions.

Australia''s currency declined very slightly yesterday for the first time in five days as there was a general move back into the US based currency.

The Australian share market closed in negative territory on broad-based losses as the impact of the strong local currency on forthcoming corporate earnings results weighed on investors.

The Reserve Bank of India has lifted rates by more than expected, hiking policy rates by 50 basis points. The repo rate rises to 7.25pct with the reverse repo up to 6.25pct.

Australia''s currency declined very slightly yesterday for the first time in five days as there was a general move back into the US based currency.

U.S. stocks kicked off May with slim losses, as the energy sector followed the price of oil lower and investors couldn't sustain a morning rally that followed the death of Osama bin Laden.

The US ISM manufacturing index eased from 61.2 to 60.4 in April but ahead of economist forecasts centred on a result near 60.

Brisbane and Perth have both seen price falls of more than 3% over the last year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

NAB has extended its offer to pay the $700 mortgage early exit fee charged by CBA and Westpac for customers who choose to switch to NAB.

Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan said next week's federal budget is forecasting an additional 500,000 jobs, with the aim of reducing the nation's unemployment rate to 4.5%.

CEO of Employer Brand International Brett Minchington said that social media, like job boards, newspapers and employee referrals, need to be part of an integrated recruitment strategy and measured for business impact.

The Australian dollar moved to a new 29-year high on Friday as the dollar continued to slump against most major currencies. The combination of stronger than expected inflation data during the week from Australia, combined with a dovish outlook from the FOMC has continued to drive investors into high yielding currencies.

Markets around the world welcomed the announcement from US President Barack Obama, that the Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden had been killed.

The Australian dollar continues its march upward trading in the 1.0990’s this morning after equity markets, gold, oil and commodities in general continue to trade higher and the USD remains weak.

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