Roberto Suarez

The State of Massachusetts is placed under a state of emergency after two confirmed tornadoes hit towns in western areas that left four people dead and destroying houses and buildings across a 40 mile radius.

The takeover bid of Spain's food giant Ebro of Australia's Ricegrowers Ltd will no longer push through as some shareholders in the latter rejected the bid.

The South Australian apple growers will file a protest before Canberra's Parliament House to stop the importation of apples from New Zealand.

The commodity markets will sustain its growth in the medium to the long term in spite a projected slowdown in inventories of key buyers including China, Xstrata Plc's Chief Executive Officer Mick Davis in a mining conference on Wednesday.

OZ Minerals and the Cambodian government both denied accusations of bribery that the Australian mining company allegedly bribed relatives of the government officials of Cambodia worth hundreds of thousand of dollars in 2009 to get a contract approved.

Andrew Forrest will retire as Chief Executive of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd's and take over as its chairman, to get a relief from the everyday operations of the iron ore mining company.

Choice, an advocate of consumer rights in Australia, submitted a report to the Productivity Commission's retail inquiry and demanded that Australian retailers should explain and justify the astounding mark-ups of a minimum of 50 percent over the international internet companies' prices.