Jamelle Agbuis

What stopped the global financial crisis of 2008 from getting completely out of hand? Governments did. They bailed out, merged, financed, guaranteed, and handed out 'Get Out of Jail Free' cards for anyone who found themselves in trouble. Without government intervention, the financial system would've failed.

Rory McIlroy congratulated Tiger Woods on achieving golf's number one ranking on Monday.

Tuberculosis (TB) was declared nothing less than a world-wide health emergency by the World Health Organization 20 years ago. If you haven't heard much about the threat of that disease lately, does it mean modern medicine has it under control? Far from it.

There are these young people who have fantastic ideas and are lucky. One of them is Nick D'Aloisio - he is young, smart and incredibly rich. Just on the 26th of March, Yahoo Inc. informed that it bought a smartphone news app, which was developed by today 17-year-old buy, for rumored $30 million. The acquisition of Summly is one of the latest in an avalanche of purchases aimed at getting Yahoo Inc. more competitive in the tech world.

Natural Death of Sundance Takeover?

The scourge of oil spill will bedevil humanity. In last years, we have witnessed many oils spills. Some of them where small, some of them were bigger, but undoubtedly all of them had enormous impact on the environment.

On the 25th of March, Google Inc. is due to launch its new initiative, the Global Impact Challenge. The new competition will only take place in the UK where the Internet giant will try to find startups that "transform lives." A stake in the Google's Global Challenge is high as the £2 million prize will be divided among four winners.

After suspense was increasing to almost unimaginable levels, at last Cyprus secured a bailout, thus avoiding bankruptcy. It seems that negotiations were indeed dramatic, but the wraith of another crisis in Europe was headed off at least for the nearest future.

The dairy industry advertises pasteurized milk as the giver of strong bones and teeth. This can be observed by watching the numerous "Got Milk" commercials on the television. As celebrities show off their white mustaches, parents and their children are led to believe that pasteurized milk makes them strong and athletic.

When love is in the air, these individuals, who are crazily in love, decide to pop out the question: "Will you marry me?" And when it comes to an engagement ring, some will not be satisfied with an average one! They aim high as their love is heavenly.

Extra weight on your child might mean even greater risk for health complications than originally thought. According to a recent study appearing in the journal Pediatrics, it may also mean your child is deficient in one of the most important "vitamins" to overall human health and vital functioning -- vitamin D, a necessary contributor to healthy skeletal development in children, among other things.

The latter part of the 20th Century has seen an exponential increase in sugar consumption provided by the processed food industry's introduction of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and increased sucrose content in common foods and beverages.

The worst you can get from a government is tyranny. Tyranny comes in many forms, such as excessive taxation, reckless foreign wars, and persistent legislative attacks on individual liberty by psychopathic political meddlers.

March Madness is now in full swing. The Federal Reserve's Madness continues apace.

I am often asked, 'How can anyone not see the problems of growing debt in the US? Why can't we get a consensus to change?'

Divorce is a tragedy which leads to the independence of two people. No doubt that Rita Mae Brown was right -a divorce usually revolves around cash.

The always entertaining Eurosceptic politician Nigel Farage summed up how Europeans should interpret the Cyprus deposit theft : 'Get your money out while you can!'

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants taken by a woman during pregnancy do not impact her infant's growth over the first year, reports a new study from a Northwestern Medicine scientist.

Americans today live like there's no tomorrow. You can see this in the data regarding retirement. People behave like they will never retire, and the prophecy is self-fulfilling. Under these conditions, they won't.

This latest move by Stayz has that same destructive grab and run feel about it. Sort of reminiscent of RealEstate.com.au all over again.

With over $100 billion in the bank, we can safely assume Apple are going to be just fine for the medium term, Apple will also continue to make great products, however, their advances will only be incremental, and the judgement from the stock market will be harsh.

Laugh if you want, but in many cultures, 7 is the magical number. And today, on the 21st of March, Twitter turns 7 years old and these years were indeed magical. Without a doubt, microblogging social platform Twitter has remodeled ways of contemporary communication. After the birth of Twitter, nothing was the same!

It was inevitable... After all, YouTube has announced that it crossed the Rubicon as it has 1 billion monthly users. The world's most popular online video site hit the record amid increased viewing on mobile devices.

Newest preliminary data showed that China's manufacturing rebounded moderately in March after the world's second economy saw its factory activity slump in February due to the timing of the Lunar New Year holiday. The findings were welcomed with a relief as an increase in a key gauge might mean that the China's economy is after all on the road of recovery. Certainly, all this will help new Premier Li Keqiang to make the China's economy stand on its feet.

Property prices are rising quite strongly in Santiago, Chile's capital. The average "real" price of a new house in Greater Santiago rose by around 9% y-o-y to January 2013, according to the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CChC).

Are you ready to spend a rather hefty sum for arguably unforgettable moments? If yes, just be prepared to dive deep into your pocket as the world's most expensive holidays ever costs around $1.5 million or £990,000 per couple.

Queensland parents of children with a disability endure twice as much stress and worry as parents of typically developing children, according to the My Say survey.

Studying gene activity in tissue removed from injured knees, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that genes related to obesity and aging may contribute to the development of osteoarthritis.

New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) and the University of New England has found women experience more rude and disrespectful behaviour in the workplace, but they tolerated it by working harder.