Durbo's Double Delight - Luke Durbridge Claims Australian Road Crown
Western Australia's Luke Durbridge has pulled off a herculean in the Elite Men's road race at the Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships to claim his second green and gold jersey in five days, becoming the first male in the professional era to win the time trial and the road race.
Overexposed to the Curse of Once-Off Economic Growth
The good thing about digging holes is that you can fill them back up again. You get two bursts of economic activity from the one project. Heck, you could employ two people to do the job instead of just one. A hole digger and a hole filler.
China’s GDP: Still Making Up the Numbers
Well here we go. Let the countdown begin. China's fourth quarter GDP numbers come out on Friday. We reckon most of the run up in the All Ords to 4751 has been in anticipation of good news. If form holds, stocks will trade down once the news is in.
Jaguar Land Rover to Add 800 Jobs in Solihull Due to 2012 High Car Sales
Jaguar Land Rover to Add 800 Jobs in Solihull Due to 2012 High Car Sales
6 Provocative Financial Predictions for 2013 and Beyond
Someday, someone will fund an academic study identifying the crevice in the human brain that craves year-end predictions for the coming 12 months. Wherever it resides, it is undeniably strong and far more prevalent among the populace than the craving for news about, say, the 'fiscal cliff' or the New York Jets' quarterback saga.
A Sing in the Top of the Aussie Dollar
Jacob Lew has been nominated to be the next Treasury Secretary of the United States. Mr Lew is an Obama Administration loyalist and insider, and is committed to the President's strategy of taxing his way out of America's $16.4 trillion deficit.
Sandy Hook AR-15 Hoax? Still No School Surveillance Footage Released
Here at Natural News, we have a reputation for asking intelligent questions about things that don't add up. There are a lot of mysteries out there, and they deserve to be explored and questioned: Why is there still mercury in vaccines?
Sanjay Gupta and Tom Ridge Warn About Psychiatric Drugs in Mass Murders
For the first time ever, and for a brief moment in time, two knowledgeable and highly credentialed public figures have commented on the fact that psychiatric medications cause violence and must be considered suspect in the case of the Newtown shooter.
Abe Unveils $116bn Stimulus Aimed at Reviving Japan’s Economy
A $116 billion stimulus package has been approved as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to get the Japan's economy back on track after the dark times. The steps introduced by the Japanese government are aimed at forcing economic growth.
Ford to Add 2.200 Salaried Jobs in US as Demand for New Cars Increases
Ford to Add 2.200 Salaried Jobs in US as Demand for New Cars Increases
Nokia Back in the Game as 4Q Results Top Estimates
Nokia Corp. reported its smartphone numbers for the fourth quarter of 2012, stating that the results were beyond the company's wildest dreams.
Let the Iron Ore Wars Begin!
The iron ore price is quickly becoming a focal point in the dispute between resource bulls and bears. It's kind of like a Rorschach blot test for investors. What you see in the price may tell you more about yourself than it tells you about iron ore.
Can Banks Really Just Create Money?
It's the banks, not their customers, who actually wind up owing each other money...
Surgeons May Use Hand Gestures to Manipulate MRI Images in OR
Doctors may soon be using a system in the operating room that recognizes hand gestures as commands to tell a computer to browse and display medical images of the patient during a surgery.
Lessons in Contrarian Investing: Don’t Buy Because You Have To
The large rally over the last six months is beginning to have its desired effect. Investors sitting on the sidelines are now being forced into the stock market due to their fear of missing out on further upside.
Marks & Spencer Saw Drop in Clothing Sales During Christmas Season
On the the 9th of January, retailer Marks & Spencer PLC posted its third quarter results few hours earlier than expected as its data had been leaked by unknown source.
Here is your Obamacare, America: Health Insurers Raise Rates by Double Digits
One of the primary drivers behind President Obama's quest for Uncle Sam to take over one-seventh of the U.S. economy by engulfing the healthcare industry was that such a huge usurpation of the private sector would at least lead to lower insurance premiums for Americans.
Vitamin D Builds Stronger Muscles
Working out and want to build stronger muscles without dangerous steroids? Getting older and worried you are losing muscle strength? New research just published in the January edition of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, concludes there could well be an all-natural answer. An association between vitamin D and significantly stronger muscles was found that could not be explained away by other factors.
Fed up with Boring Life? Ready for Change? Gear up for Mars!
The colonization of the Red Planet is not only a topic of science fiction films or books; it is becoming a reality. More and more people believe that the human life on Mars is just a matter of time.
System D: An Economy that Actually Works
It's been around longer than any official, state sanctioned economy. Call it, if you like, the 'original' economy. It is resilient. It is adaptive. And it will continue to exist and thrive regardless of whatever financial crisis slams the rest of the world in the future.
Prevent Heart Attacks by Eating More Carrots, Sweet Potato, and Tomatoes
This study took 1031 men in the Kuopio region aged 46 to 65. Researchers took their blood levels of lycopene, alpha and beta-carotene, retinol, and alpha-tocopherol, then followed up over several years.
Why Australia’s Trade Deficit Can Only Grow Our Woes
Why Australia’s Trade Deficit Can Only Grow Our Woes
Don't Try to Lose Belly Fat Without the Help of These Four Foods
Don't Try to Lose Belly Fat Without the Help of These Four Foods
MGM China’s Plan of New Casino in Macau Approved
MGM China Holdings Ltd, a venture between Pansy Ho and MGM Resorts International, received an approval from the Macau authorities to build a second casino in the world's No. 1 gambling hub, according to a statement released on the 9th January.
Expensive Brains: The Stock Market’s Killer Drone Technology
We'd like to interrupt your regularly scheduled Daily Reckoning with the news that a US drone strike in Pakistan killed eight people over night, according to Wired Magazine.
Baby Smiles Provide Clues to Healthy Development
Parents and babies smile, laugh and coo at each other, but scientists still have a lot of questions about how these interactions help infants develop.
Obese Moms Risk Having Babies With Low Vitamin D
Women who are obese at the start of their pregnancy may be passing on insufficient levels of vitamin D to their babies, according to a new Northwestern Medicine® study.
Hand Signals for the Blind
I wrote the following article almost 40 years ago in my third year of medical school. It was published in The Tupper Times, Dalhousie Medical School, December 1976. I think the only reason I wasn't kicked out of med school was because nobody was around for the Christmas holidays when it was published!
California Fitness Insanity: City Demands 15 Percent of Fitness Instructors' Revenues for Training People in Public Parks
It is a burgeoning trend all across the country, especially as increasing amounts of people couple their personal fitness goals with local community-building efforts. But fitness groups that meet and train with paid instructors at public parks throughout the city of Santa Monica in California could soon face increased costs as a result of new user fees being considered by local officials.
Healthcare Companies Bribing Customers with Gift Cards if they Get Mammograms
The cancer industry is getting so desperate to recruit new customers that it is resorting to cheap gimmicks and bribery to convince women to get screened for breast cancer.