Jamelle Agbuis

The release of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 is getting closer. Users of Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems might be in shock as Windows 8 brings revolutionary changes. New Windows 8 has got a completely new look that will force Microsoft Corp.'s customers to learn how to use it.

Speculations are rising in the market that Nokia will report yet another quarterly loss and diminishing cash reserves prior to Nokia's upcoming smartphone launches next month. Nokia is struggling hard to regain grounds that it has lost to its arch rivals in the smartphone sector Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc.

For a period of almost three months now, Google Inc.'s shares have tenaciously retained near high records, almost 30 percent of which has been fuelled by the rising optimism regarding internet advertising. In spite of this fact, there is a fear on Wall Street that Google Inc.'s shares might just be running out of the stream.

Conventional medicine will never cure cancer. Sad, but true, western-trained physicians are too heavily invested in "treating" disease, while ignoring the true cause of (most) chronic health problems. Let's face it - even if you cut a tumor out of the body or shrink its size - you'll need to know more about curing cancer.

Agora's own globetrotting value investor, Chris Mayer, recently returned from a fact-finding expedition to the mysterious land of Myanmar, cut off to western investors for the past half century.

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of breast cancer. It is harder to detect, grows the fastest, spreads earlier to other parts of the body and recurs more often.

Just as there is capitulation selling to the downside, there is capitulation buying to the upside. That is, people just give in to their emotions and sell or buy, depending on the prevailing mood. There's no real rational analysis involved, just a tremendous urge to join the herd. Humans have an innate desire to 'herd'.

Just kidding. The world's financial system is still on track for a reckoning. We just don't know if it will be another 10 years of Japan-like zombie land...or something more sinister and sudden.

Investors are betting on the Fed... they're betting on the 'central bank put', the idea that central banks have their backs, and will make sure the downside is protected. How? With as much cash as it takes.

It just goes to show how confused things are on the ground when property developers and recent homebuyers are struggling while the economic talking heads babble about a renewed Australian property boom. Welcome to a world full of monetary distortions.

Stroke continues to rank as the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., permanently disabling and needlessly taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of adults every year.

More than 85 percent of the seafood consumed by Americans is imported, with much of it coming from China, Vietnam, and various other Asian countries that have a not-so-consistent track record of food safety.

Researchers from North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new technique that uses sound waves to rapidly separate selected collections of cells for use in biomedical research.

An estimated 20 million people are alive today as a direct result of tuberculosis (TB) care and control, according to the WHO Global tuberculosis report 2012.

The Coca-Cola Co. and Sanofi SA decided to start a venture to launch a line of 'beauty drinks' in France. The 50-50 partnership aims at diversification of products and entering a new market for both the Coca-Cola Co. and Sanofi.

The weak outlook of Intel Corp. drove away all lingering hopes for the revival in the demands for PCs by the end of this year. Intel fourth quarter margins and revenue went through a setback thereby pushing their shares 2 percent lower than original.

So much nonsense in the news this morning, we hardly know what to laugh at first.

Nigel Farage never elicits a neutral reaction...ever. His brutally honest remarks inspire either love or hate - kind of like country music, calvados or the Kardashians.

The more you look at it, the more the Fed's big QE program announced in mid-September looks like a big fat nothingburger. The S&P 500 closed at 1465 two days after the Fed's announcement. It's now at 1440. By comparison, the All Ordinaries are up about 3.76% in the same time. Gold is down 2% since the 'golden cross' on September 20th, when the 50-day moving average crossed above the 200-day moving average.

We never liked history as a child. It's just a bunch of stuff that's already happened. But when you're young, you don't realise there's a lot of history yet to come. And it helps to be informed about what's been if you want to know what's going to be.

What will happen this week? Probably, about the same thing.

Citrus fruits have long had a reputation for high concentrations of healthful nutrients such as vitamin C, and recent research continues to uncover new health benefits from many citrus flavonoids.

If you strive to feed your family an additive-free and nourishing diet, the scariest part about Halloween in your family may be the flood of processed candy that's about to come streaming your child's way.

It will come as no surprise to health-minded individuals that compounds from natural fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds directly alter genetic expression to promote health and prevent many chronic diseases. A number of prior studies have extolled the many virtues of eating an apple each day to prevent cardiovascular disease, stroke and cancer.

The most tragic figure in quantum physics may not have to die after all.

'Argo' actor and director is committed to helping the war-torn Congolese people receive access to opportunities for economic and social development.

If only a small portion of your grocery budget to go toward fair trade products, what are the most economic choices?

MillionPlus.com.au, the luxury property website from the team behind Thehomepage.com.au, has just relaunched with a new more elegant look, better features and cutting edge cloud based technology.

How stupid and intrusive can government possibly get? Pretty stupid and intrusive, it turns out. The latest outrage is a plan by Australia's health fascists to raise taxes on cheap wine so people will stop getting drunk on it.