Australian Investigators Still Can't Get To The MH17 Crash Site
Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has called on Ukranian leaders to implement an immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine after the armistice zone was breached.Australian Federal Police need a...
View ArticleThis Graphic Shows What Facial Features People Find Attractive, Trustworthy,...
We do judge a book by its cover, according to the latest research by psychologists into judgements made based on how people look.It can take just one-tenth of a second to determine whether a stranger...
View ArticleIncredible 160-Foot Steel Sculpture Looks Like A Ribbon Falling From The Sky
Call it the Arc de Clover.City of Sydney Council is installing a $3.5 million steel sculpture outside Town Hall and spanning George Street.Cloud Arch is a 50-metre high (160 feet), ribbon-like steel...
View Article29 Sumo Wrestlers Make This The Most Cramped Flight Of All Time
Getting handed a middle seat is sad enough at the best of times.But imagine your dismay if you then saw this on boarding:機内ではこんな感じでした。 ぎゅうぎゅう状態です。 #sumopic.twitter.com/4vmXZQMHRy— 八角部屋 (@hakkakubeya)...
View ArticleThe Price Of Beer All Over The World
Beer and traveling go hand-in-hand. There’s nothing like downing a cold one after an arduous day trekking the Balkan Peninsula, marching along China’s Great Wall, or perusing art museums in Paris.Given...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know As Asian Markets Open
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know as the clock ticks down to the weekend…1. Another awkward interview for an Australian minister. Workplace relations minister Eric Abetz has issued a statement...
View ArticleRobin Williams' Last Tweet Showed His Fatherly Side
The heartbreaking news that funny man Robin Williams, 63, has been found dead, suspected of committing suicide, is difficult to comprehend.Known for his genius one-liners, childhood-defining films and...
View ArticleWhy Robin Williams Touched So Many People's Lives
Reviewing the 1998 film Good Will Hunting, in which Robin Williams plays Sean Maguire, a psychologist and therapist every bit as damaged as the patient he’s treating, one U.S. critic concluded that the...
View ArticleTake A Tour Inside This Chinese Warehouse Where Three Men Mine $200,000 In...
Anyone who’s tried to buy or mine bitcoin almost immediately finds out what they’re up against.No matter how many rigs you can afford to invest in, you’ll soon come to the conclusion that you need to...
View ArticleGeorge Soros Made A Huge Bet That Stocks Will Fall
It seems legendary hedge fund billionaire George Soros might be souring in his view on the market outlook for U.S. stocks, based on his most recent 13-F filing in the U.S., which showed a 605% increase...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know As Asian Markets Open
Good morning! Let’s start the week…1. Hitting the reset button on the budget. Expect to hear plenty from senior ministers this week on the budget, and even some conciliatory noises on some of the...
View ArticleWhat Could Happen Next With Ebola — And How It Affects The World
AMP Capital’s chief economist Shane Oliver has a note out on the implications of the Ebola outbreak in west Africa, which has now killed more than 1,100 people.Oliver notes that the experiences with...
View ArticleThe Inside Story Of How An Ad Agency Recruited Arnold Schwarzenegger To Tout...
It’s a strange relationship, that which exists between journalists and those in the marketing biz.For the most part, it’s a game whereby the marketing firm tries to a) Convince the journalist that...
View ArticleA Pakistan-Based Developer Is Building A Huge House For His Family After...
Avada, the highest selling WordPress theme on Australian tech site ThemeForest, has made its duo creative team, who call themselves ThemeFusion, more than $4 million in sales.Based in Lahore, Pakistan,...
View ArticleThe Former Facebook CTO Is Building A Brilliant Office Culture That Every...
Building a startup from the ground up is extremely difficult.As rewarding as it is, startups are usually very demanding and take huge amounts of attention, which often lead to long working hours.That’s...
View ArticleAngry Home Owners Protest In China As Property Prices Fall
Falling home prices in China have reportedly caused an outburst of anger among property owners.MarketWatch reports owners protesting at the Shanghai sales office of Greentown China Holdings about a 25%...
View ArticleScientists: This Rule-Of-Thumb Can Keep You From Drinking Too Much Wine
Scientists have turned their attention to overconsumption of alcohol and have come up with a rule of thumb.All you have to do, they say, is stick to a general rule of pouring just a half glass of wine,...
View ArticleThe World's Woolliest Sheep May Have Been Found In Tasmania
Australia and New Zealand will go head to head sometime in the next week for the title of world’s woolliest sheep.A 6-year-old merino ram spotted wandering through scrub on Tasmanian farmer Peter...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know As Asian Markets Open
Good morning! Here’s what’s happening this Wednesday morning…1. Australian mining giants are gunning for Chinese competitors. The power that the mining investment boom has created for the big...
View Article4 Lessons Every Investor Can Learn From Enron
A lot of water has passed under the bridges of the global financial markets since the collapse of Enron in December 2001.In the minds of many traders and investors Enron may not register much today,...
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