Jamelle Agbuis

This morning, several days after the first shocking reports of a young graduate student being attacked and seriously injured by chimpanzees at a sanctuary in South Africa, the story remains at the top of the news around the world. This morning I counted 1,321 stories from just the last 24 hours.

"The US seems to have gotten the worst of it," said a French friend this morning. We were taken aback. Everyone knows Europe is in a state of permanent crisis. The US seems solid by comparison, no?

"France is rotten," said a friend yesterday. "I don't know why you came back. Half the people are broke. The other half are crazy...

Gift from Matchbox Twenty frontman and wife Marisol will help struggling homeless pets in Puerto Rico.

Why are manufacturers suddenly advertising that their products are made with sea salt? Is it any healthier than other salt?

NAB has said it will continue to drive volumes through third party brokers as it grows above system levels and seeks a greater share of the mortgage market.

Looking to entertain a baby for a few minutes? There's an app for that. Here are 10 iPad apps perfectly suited to the 2 and under set.

It is always an interesting debate. There are people who believe strongly that the requirement for a real estate business to operate from a traditional retail premises is becoming obsolete in the age of Skype, iPads and cloud computing.

Severe sleep loss jolts the immune system into action, reflecting the same type of immediate response shown during exposure to stress, a new study reports.

Buying a rental property is a big move. You want to make passive income, but you don't want to take a lot of risks doing so. Passive income has a certain kind of allure to it, but it also takes a lot of work to set up.

Malaysia's house price rises have continued, but at a slower pace, due to a slight GDP growth slowdown to 5.1% in 2011, from 7.2% in 2010. Malaysian houses prices have tracked inflation during the last decade, except during the recent surge.

During the past week Google has been hosting their annual Google I/O event. Apple Events attract diehards from all over the world and in the past we have seen almost evangelical like scenes at these events.

There are rumors in and around the market that there is an ongoing deal between Sinopec and Chesapeake. The news of this deal is reigning loud in the market even more than the investment of Carl Icahn, the giant of natural gas.

While the global recession is still a threat to the economies, Retail sector has come as a ray of hope in the damp clouds. Though not an exuberating number, some countries do show a positive development towards retail, which stands as a sign, if not, a complete step towards a U-turn from downfall.

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According to Slipstream Trader Murray Dawes, the technical stars have aligned. They're warning of an imminent market plunge. Murray reckons it could happen within weeks.

Technology has driven our lives to such a great extent that life becomes unimaginable without one. Frequent advances and developments have taken technology usability to a higher level every time.

The Red Cross and other disaster relief agencies advise having supplies and disaster plans in place for survival during hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and other unexpected emergencies. Creating a home security safe room can save your life, sustaining you for days afterwards.

What are the proper limits of religious freedom? Marianne Thieme, leader of the Party for the Animals in the Netherlands, offers this answer: "Religious freedom stops where human or animal suffering begins.

Many hospitals offer residency programs for doctors in training, allowing them to complete the education needed to become practicing physicians.

For the last 20 years, statins have been used to lower cholesterol and prevent future hearts attacks and strokes, but there have been conflicting results about the drugs' benefits in women.

From a $128 per barrel in March, a breath taking four year high hit in the crude oil prices, the NYMEX Crude oil prices today lingers a little below $100 a barrel.

A quick recap of the weekend: Syria has shot down a Turkish military jet, the Muslim Brotherhood has won power in Egypt, England lost on penalties (again), North smashed Adelaide, and the blithering idiots who pretend to run Europe's economy have decided that spending more money is the answer!

Small businesses play a central role in employment generation but are often ignored because they are after all, small! The value and role played by the New generation of small business in propping the global economy cannot be underestimated.

One of the advantages of moving overseas is that you see home more clearly. We came to France last week. Already, America comes into clearer focus.

Concerns about safety and ageism are needlessly denying elderly care home residents what is often one of their few remaining pleasures-the right to consensual sex-says La Trobe University's Dr Laura Tarzia, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC) in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

In a world inundated with over-the-counter medicines, prescriptions, and pills to supposedly cure any ailment, it's good to know that there are alternative approaches to preventing disease and maximizing health. Most of these, like eating well, sleeping enough and exercising, seem like simple common sense, but their origins can be traced to a healthcare system thousands of years old called Ayurveda.

Brokers have flocked to the Austaralian Broker Online forum to detail numerous experiences of older borrowers being knocked back by the banks.

In the wake of the ALIVE New York event imploding under allegations of financial mismanagement and obvious fraud nearly all the speakers who had been invited to participate in the event have cancelled and will no longer attend.