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5 charts which show why Russia can't afford its Syrian bombing campaign
Russia has begun a bombing campaign in Syria. But whatever their true intentions are, all has not been right with the Russian economy since Western sanctions began to bite.So here’s five things to...
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This epic new sci-fi series was filmed using only drones
As drones become more powerful and simpler to fly, and computer technology gets smaller and more efficient, the ways in which these unmanned aerial vehicles are used is expanding to be more creative...
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There was a time in history that San Francisco was even more expensive than...
The recent tech boom has propelled average property prices in San Francisco’s Silicon Valley to above the $US1 million mark.Similar to what’s being witnessed in Sydney, that surge in the property...
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Global manufacturing activity is looking sick
The global manufacturing sector continued to record lacklustre growth at the end of the third quarter, with rates of expansion in output and new orders edging lower and remaining marginal overall. As a...
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Science just got a step closer to a drug that can replicate the benefits of...
Scientists are closer to creating drugs which mimic the benefits of exercise.Research at the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre has identified a thousand molecular changes in muscles during...
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Watch 2 power station chimneys in Scotland being smashed to dust
Late last month the Cockenzie power station in East Lothian, Scotland was brought down by controlled explosion. The demolition was captured on film using a drone.The power station, located about...
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US authorities are selling $10 million in Bitcoin seized from Silk Road
When the FBI shut down online drug marketplace Silk Road in 2013, they seized more 144,000 Bitcoins.The US Marshall service are now selling off the last tranche of those Bitcoins after Silk Road...
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Morgan Stanley goes bullish on big mining companies
Morgan Stanley thinks it's time to buy the mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto.So far, 2015 has been a year to forget for the mining giants, as commodity prices have tumbled and concerns have mounted about...
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Volkswagen sold 91,000 emission-cheating vehicles in Australia
Volkswagen Group Australia confirmed today that around 90,000 diesel VWs, Skodas and Audis sold in Australia were fitted with the software that masked the true emissions levels on the vehicles.The...
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Rupert Murdoch just implied that Barack Obama is not a 'real black president'
In the last few weeks, News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch has made it pretty clear who he’s backing in the race to be the Republican candidate in the 2016 US presidential election – and it’s not Donald...
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CHART: Here's why the Chinese slowdown has global central bankers so worried
Germany has released data showing that it had its worst month of exports since the financial crisis.BI UK’s Mike Bird wrote of the data that the poor performance was for August which meant that the...
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This is why the Chinese government says you shouldn't worry about its bad...
While China may be making steps to make its economic data more transparent, doubts about its reliability persist. The ability to push out data at a rapid pace, and it always seeming to print around...
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A CEO headhunter shared a simple secret to interview success
Interviewing is much like a skill — it gets better with time and practice.But despite this, we can still often find ourselves slipping up on occasions although we have the experience under our belt.CEO...
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China's trade numbers have spooked financial markets
Today marks the beginning of a big data week for China, culminating in the release of September quarter GDP next Monday.On today’s menu we have international trade data for September, with markets...
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Chinese imports plunge again, adding to economic concerns
Chinese trade data for September has come in mixed, with a surprisingly resilient performance from exports being largely overshadowed by another sharp plunge in imports.Compared to a year earlier...
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CHART OF THE DAY: Global interest rates are next to nothing, leaving the...
Courtesy of JB Were’s global macro and market update for the September quarter comes this cracking graphic:It’s information that’s freely available, just all in the one place. It measures real economic...
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A new photo of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid — playing croquet! — has been...
Here’s an image of Billy the Kid that probably doesn’t fit your image of the outlaw legend. He’s on the left:Except it shows more of him than just about any other image seen before. His entire body....
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Qantas has been warned that London to Dubai flights could be at risk of...
Qantas and other airlines which fly over the Middle East have been warned by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) that Russian warships firing long-range missiles into Syria could compromise...
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HILSENRATH: The chance of a 2015 rate hike are slipping
Buffeted by a weakening of US economic data recently, market expectations that the Federal Reserve will begin its tightening cycle in 2015 have been slipping in recent days.That’s undermined the US...
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China's economic turmoil isn't a mistake — it's part of Xi's new grand plan
China's Communist Party (CCP) has come in for some stark criticism this year. Lousy economic data, a sharp slowdown in the economy (at least by nonofficial measures), and a bungled attempt to rescue...
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