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Here are some figures which make China’s stock market rally look dangerous
If the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) were a stockbroker it’s unlikely it would slap a buy recommendation on Chinese stocks.Lost in today’s RBA statement on monetary policy, on page 32, was a section...
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China cuts rates
In what is becoming a habit China’s People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has cut benchmark one-year interest rates.In statement posted on its website on Sunday evening local time the PBOC lowered one-year...
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The secret to happiness expressed as a mathematical formula
What is happiness and how can we get more of it? For many years scientists have been trying to define the joy and well-being of happiness, how people come to experience it and how to help them get a...
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LinkedIn's global talent guru says these 3 insights will help you retain your...
Keeping talented employees engaged and motivated is a priority many businesses – big and small – undervalue.Not only is it important to focus on the acquisition of great workers, but it is just as...
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NASA has new images of dwarf planet Ceres' mysterious white spots — and still...
As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gets closer to the dwarf planet Ceres, the mystery of the bright white spots first seen on it back in 2004 has deepened.Back then, Hubble sighted a white splotch on the tiny...
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AeroMobil's flying car just crashed during a test flight
The bad news is flying cars are crashing. The good news is their parachutes work.What regular folk call a “crash-landing” is something Slovakia-based AeroMobil would prefer to be termed as an...
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Another horrible dump of Chinese economic data
Chinese industrial production, retail sales and urban fixed asset investment figures for April have just been released and they’ve all come in below expectations.Industrial production rose by 5.9% from...
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Australia is threatening to put down Johnny Depp's dogs
Johnny Depp’s dogs Pistol and Boo are facing lethal injection or deportation after the US actor brought them to Australia illegally.Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce told ABC 612 Brisbane the two...
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China's rising middle class will create opportunities the world has never...
While now slowing from its once-lofty levels, China’s economic growth has been breathtaking to watch over the past few decades. As the size of the economy has grown so too has the size of China’s...
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The search for MH370 is finding all sorts of interesting stuff on the ocean...
The search for MH370 continues, albeit unsuccessfully, with Australia allocating a final $79.6 million in Tuesday night's budget for the financial year ahead.Meanwhile, the contracted search boat, the...
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This wearable multi-tool can perform the same tasks as a utility knife but...
One of the most common problem among frequent flyers is you’re often prevented from bringing certain items, such as utility knives, drills, pointed scissors, aboard the plane.The Leatherman tool group...
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Here's the first picture of David Brent starring in his own movie
More than a decade after The Office wound up on BBC, Ricky Gervais has released the first pic of David Brent starring in his own feature film.Gervais is bringing Brent back for “Life on the Road”,...
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A world-famous photographer shares two major life lessons after snapping...
Be open-minded and non-judgmental.These are the words of a man who was one of the first to capture life in Tibet after the rapprochement of the region, following the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.“I was...
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Why the Japanese serve sake in such tiny cups
New Yorker Timothy Sullivan had an epiphany a decade ago when he tried his first sake. It’s led him to spend the last decade as an evangelist for the Japanese drink made from fermented rice, running...
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A $2 billion Australian stockbroker is falling apart
More than 100 staff at Australian stockbroker BBY are losing their jobs as a deal for a sale of at least part of the failed stockbroker business looks more likely.The administrators and receivers have...
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This insane hamburger has a bun made from chips and cheese
The Vulgar Chef is a blog that makes Anthony Bourdain look like a nun.It’s an expletive-laden exercise in excess that’s funny, fun and downright delicious, in the best-of-the-worst kind of way, written...
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Australian scientists have found a cool new technique for separating fat from...
Australian scientists have worked out a simple way to separate cream from whole milk using ultrasonic waves.The Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and CSIRO researchers will present their...
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These are the six books Bill Gates thinks you should read this summer
It's that time of year again.Bill Gates just released a list of seven books he thinks should make your summer reading list.Here's what made the cut:1. "Hyperbole and a Half" by Allie BroshBased on the...
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MORGAN STANLEY: Tesla's new battery could be a huge blow to major Australian...
Morgan Stanley has cut its earnings outlook for AGL and Origin, forecasting that so many Australians are keen to buy Tesla’s Powerwall or similar home battery systems that there will be a big fall in...
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Chinese manufacturing contracts again
Markets have just received the first piece of Chinese economic data for May, and it’s missed expectations.The preliminary reading of the HSBC-Markit manufacturing PMI gauge increased to 49.1 in May,...
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