Australian stocks finished lower as investors sold off mining stocks due to weaker commodity prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 38.3 points, or 0.78 per cent, lower at 4888.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was 40.3 ...
Tags: Commodity Price, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton
Australian shares have opened half a percentage point weaker as falling commodity prices hit mining stocks, and banking shares rally. At 10.30am AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 26.6 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 4900 points. ...
Tags: Stocks, Mining Stocks
Well-healed Australian investors, battered by political uncertainty and the ongoing aftershocks of the global financial crisis, are maintaining their faith in local shares, according to an exclusive survey of individuals with at least ...
Harvard College Dean Evelynn Hammonds, who last month acknowledged authorizing a secret search of email belonging to several residential deans at the university, will step down from her position July 1. According to the Harvard Gazette, ...
With its classic rivalry with the Falcon heading for an end, the new Holden VF Commodore must continue to fight another battle: relevancy. With the majority of Australian car buyers either wanting to sit in something smaller or ...
Chamois Butt'r has signed with Uncommon Communications for media and PR representation, the companies announced this week. Chamois Butt'r makes a line of chamois cream and other skin and clothing care products. Effective immediately, ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Open-source advocate Mark Shuttleworth closed Ubuntu's seriocomic Bug #1 report on Thursday after leaving it open nearly nine years. The move heralded a major shift in rhetoric from the leader of the world's most popular Linux distribution. ...
Tags: Ubuntu, Bug#1 Report
APPLE chief Tim Cook says he sees promise in computers shrunk down and worn like watches or other accessories, but drew the line at internet-linked eye wear such as Google Glass. Google Glass is "not likely to be a mass market item" but ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Tim Cook, Iwatch
Microsoft yesterday announced that Surface Pro tablets it will start selling in Japan on June 7 will come with a fully-functional copy of Office, a bundle one analyst said hints at a change in Microsoft's sales strategy for its homegrown ...
Tags: Office, Surface Pro, Microsoft
IDG News Service - Google wants vendors to fix or offer mitigation advice for previously unknown and actively exploited software vulnerabilities within seven days of their discovery. "After 7 days have elapsed without a patch or advisory, ...
Tags: Google, Software Vendor
APPLE chief Tim Cook says he sees promise in computers shrunk down and worn like watches or other accessories, but drew the line at internet-linked eyewear such as Google Glass. Google Glass is "not likely to be a mass market item", but ...
Tags: Tim Cook, Apple, Consumer Electronics
Australian stocks are weaker at noon, hitting an eight-week low following a sharp drop in business investment. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped to its lowest point since April 5 after official figures showed a 4.7 per cent ...
Tags: Stocks, Investment
Grand Rapids, Michigan – The city plans to expand its utilization of LED fixtures in public street lights, deploying higher-volume installations of the technology in three areas: around the new Downtown Market, along Monroe Avenue at ...
Tags: LED Street Lights, Grand Rapids
Aiming to better address the security needs of businesses of all sizes that are facing increasingly complex attacks, McAfee has added two endpoint security suites to its product lineup. The suites, announced Tuesday, combine a wide range ...
Tags: McAfee, Business Endpoint Security
Luminaid and Paradox Engineering SA announce their partnership to offer the market future proof lighting management and Smart City technologies. Acknowledging an ideal strategic alignment and recognizing the high value of respective ...