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A woman bought salad from a supermarket and found this terrifying spider...
You know that list of deadly things in Australia we like to scare overseas visitors with? Alongside snakes, spiders and sharks, you can now add salad.It’s been a tough 24 hours for the lettuce industry...
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JP MORGAN: US recession risk is growing
Last Friday the US labor market continued to deliver the goods despite a smaller-than-expected rise in payrolls growth.Unemployment fell to just 4.9%, the first time it has started with a four-handle...
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Traders are placing huge bets on the future of oil
While markets are increasingly uncertain as to where the crude price will head, that hasn't stopped investors from placing ever larger bets, which just hit the highest level on record.According to data...
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WESTPAC: Don't write off the US economy just yet
US economic data – with the exception of January jobs report released last Friday – has been hardly stellar of late.Measures on activity levels across the nation’s services and manufacturing sectors...
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Japanese stocks are cratering as JGB yields plunge to unprecedented levels
While it’s done little for its stock market nor the Japanese yen, the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) decision to introduce a negative interest rate policy has certainly had an impact on Japanese government bond...
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This analyst believes fears over a full-blown emerging market debt crisis are...
Thanks to the combination of increased levels of indebtedness, renewed US dollar strength and fears over the outlook for global growth, concerns about the health of emerging markets have grown...
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CARNAGE IN JAPAN: Nikkei's largest fall in years, yen spikes, government bond...
It has been a tumultuous, nerve-jangling session for Japanese markets.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost more than 900 points, closing the session at 16,085.44.The 5.4% decline is the largest since...
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This chart from Deutsche Bank reveals just how bad 2016 has been for risk assets
Aside from a period of brief respite at the end of January, it’s been a bruising year for risk assets so far in 2016.For the most part, stocks, higher-yielding currencies, high-yield credit markets and...
View ArticleHugh Jackman has been found to have skin cancer for a 5th time — here's his...
Hugh Jackman has received another diagnosis of skin cancer, this time on his nose.The Australian Hollywood actor took to Instagram to show his fans what happens when you don’t slip, slop, slap.An...
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CBA: The simple reason why negative interest rates aren't weakening the yen...
Despite the Bank of Japan (BOJ) adopting a negative interest-rate policy and hints from the European Central Bank (ECB) that it may cut interest rates even deeper into negative territory as soon as...
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We've found evidence the Milky Way is one of hundreds of galaxies being...
The Milky Way and hundreds of galaxies surrounding it are being drawn toward a mysterious force scientists call the "Great Attractor".And it took the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research...
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This 16-year-old may have found a way to treat Alzheimer's using tree frogs
Among the 26 winning projects in the BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards is one using the skin of the Australia tree frog as a possible treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease.Tasmanian student...
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British astronaut Tim Peake posted this breathtaking timelapse of lightning...
British astronaut Tim Peake has posted a stunning timelapse, shot from the International Space Station, of a lightning storm passing over earth.Amazing how much lightning can strike our planet in a...
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GOLDMAN SACHS: Don't worry about China
Financial markets have not enjoyed the best of starts to 2016.On the back of mounting concerns over the outlook for the Chinese economy and global energy sector, risk assets have copped a pummeling....
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THE MINING CRUNCH IS HERE: Rio Tinto's earnings halved as price falls cause...
The mining crunch is here.Rio Tinto’s full-year underlying earnings have been cut almost in half to $US4.54 billion as falling commodity prices, mainly iron ore, continue to crush profitability in the...
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This CEO spent 6 months lying to her family about having a job — and it was...
Finding the right job can be difficult when you’re younger. Family expectations, choosing the right degree, and that first step into adulthood are all added pressures.It’s journey Showpo founder Jane...
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A tiny Australian mining company just found a massive diamond in Africa
An Australian mining company has just announced the discovery of an enormous 400-carat diamond, and its shares are going wild.The find – the biggest diamond ever unearthed in Angola – was announced by...
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China's latest trade data is a very worrying sign for global growth
The data showing the dramatic rebalancing of China’s economy continues.Imports in January were down 14.4% year-on-year last month, versus a growth of 1.8% expected and a fall of just 4% year-on-year in...
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China's central bank delivered on its threat to speculators by driving up the...
If there was further proof needed that the China’s Yuan should be weaker, then today’s incredibly weak trade data for January should do it.Yet instead China’s central bank, the PBOC, pushed the...
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Australian police have seized £600 million of methamphetamines hidden in push...
Today Australian authorities seized more than one billion dollars worth of methylamphetamine, otherwise known as ice."This largest seizure of liquid methylamphetamine to date is the result of organized...
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