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Malaysia Airlines plane makes an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport after...
A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane bound for Kuala Lumpur turned back to Melbourne Airport shortly after take-off after reports an engine fire broke out.Flight MH 148 had been circling Melbourne...
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This new finding might teach you how to stop procrastinating
The way in which you mentally organise your time can have a huge effect on your productivity.A study published the Journal of Consumer Research has revealed that people have a tendency to procrastinate...
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This sentence explains the striking importance that income inequality has for...
Last November Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century was named the Financial Times and McKinsey’s 2014 Business Book of the Year.The FT described it as “an epic analysis of the roots and...
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Global coal demand is slowing fast
Growth in global thermal coal consumption is slowing fast.According to CBA commodity researchers Vivek Dhar and Kofi Mensa, global demand, excluding the GFC period in 2009, is now growing at the...
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Chinese stocks are getting crushed
It’s a rarity that we see two big down days in a row for Chinese stocks, but that’s what’s happening.In early Tuesday trade the Shanghai Composite is currently lower by more than 2%, adding the the 2%...
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Incredible drone footage of a surfer riding one of the scariest waves in the...
Tasmanian photographer Stuart Gibson has captured some incredible footage of surfers tackling one of the most intimidating waves on the planet.Shipstern Bluff, off south-east coast of Tasmania, is...
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Facebook is watching how long you spend reading a story to decide what will...
A change to Facebook’s algorithm will take into account how much time you spend looking at a story to decide what appears in your news feed.The change is on top of the information gained through likes,...
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Japanese trade data just missed big
Continuing the global theme, Japanese trade data for May has missed expectations.Exports grew by 2.4% from a year earlier, below April’s 8.0% increase and forecasts for growth of 3.0%. Exports to the...
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China's stock market bubble is destined to pop
When it looks too good to be true it often is. China’s stock market bubble, something that has seen equities soar more than 100% in less than 12 months, is destined to burst.It’s a matter of when, not...
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China's crumbling property market might be showing signs of life
Chinese new home prices have fallen at a slower pace in May.According to data provided by China’s National Bureau of Statistics prices slid by 5.7% in the 12 months to May, an improvement on the 6.1%...
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This guy left his $300,000 investment banking job for a fashion startup — and...
Dean Jones is your average 28-year-old guy.After school, he went to Sydney University, got a bachelor of commerce and honours in finance.After university, became an investment banker for Deutsche Bank...
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Here's what 13 successful CEOs think their employees should do before they...
Turning 30 can be a turning point in a person’s life, and career.It’s the point where career goals start setting in and the hunger to land a spot in the corner office increases.So we asked some CEOs...
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History is on the side of the US's stock market bulls
Last week, we learned markets shouldn’t necessarily fear monetary policy tightening from the US Federal Reserve.According to research conducted by UBS, from an historic standpoint, US stocks tend to...
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US investors are lining up to short Chinese stocks in record numbers
A 150% plus rally in just 12 months, along with steep falls earlier this week, seems to be drawing out US-based China bears.In record numbers they’re putting money where their mouths are, and...
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Here's what might have caused last Friday's plunge in Chinese stocks
Partially explaining the 6.4% plunge on the Shanghai Composite, Chinese investors reduced leveraged positions in stocks for the first time in a month on Friday.According to a report from Bloomberg,...
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Oscar-winning composer James Horner feared dead after his plane crashed and...
The Oscar-winning composer behind Titanic hit “My Heart Will Go On”, James Horner, is missing, feared dead, after a plane registered in his name was found crashed and burning near Santa Barbara,...
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China's manufacturing sector continued to deteriorate in June, but there are...
The first Chinese economic indicator for June has just been released, and it has beaten expectations.The HSBC-Markit flash manufacturing PMI gauge rose to 49.6 from 49.2 in May, the second consecutive...
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Step inside Rupert Murdoch's luxurious $84 million private jet
At $84 million it’s the epitome of luxury air travel, and according to The AFR media mogul Rupert Murdoch is the latest name on the exclusive list of G650 owners, along with Carlyle Group founder David...
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Swedes are going crazy for this 'pizza volcano' topped with 4 different meats...
It certainly comes with the lot, so no complaining there.Ham, bacon, pepperoni, and Swedish favourite, kebab meat in kebab sauce. Think of it more as an evolution – kebab pizzas are a Swedish invention...
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An 8-year-old girl busted the McDonald's burger 'no rot' myth
May 27 was a big day for Lulu Thomsen, my 8-year-old daughter. Her mum took her to McDonald’s, along with her 10-year-old brother, for the first time.But they didn’t visit McDonald's to eat. They were...
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