Japanese group Inpex <1605.T> and French oil group Total gave the go-ahead for a $34 billion liquefied natural gas export project that will see Australia overtake Qatar by 2017 as the world's top LNG exporter, mostly to Japan.
David Warner smashed the fastest test century by an opening batsman as Australia battered India on the first day of the third test on Friday.
Japan's Inpex Corp <1605.T> gave the go-ahead on Friday for a $34 billion liquefied natural gas export project that will make Australia the world's top exporter of the fuel by 2017, overtaking Qatar.
Days after Americans Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z welcomed their first child together - Blue Ivy Carter - there is, perhaps, more reason to celebrate. A new species of Queensland horse fly has been named after Beyonce, due to its rather glamorous-looking golden-colored lower abdomen.
InterContinental Hotels Group Plc, the world's largest hotelier, expects a boost to its business in the United States after linking up with five of its rivals in a newly-launched online hotel search website called Room Key.
Nobody, not the EU, the IMF nor the markets had any concerns about the Irish fiscal position prior to 2008.
Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag is the man polarizing opinions in the Indian dressing rooms, according to a report in an Australian newspaper.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has rejected suggestions of in-fighting in his team on the tour of Australia, saying the claims were possibly the result of a beer-induced fantasy.
More than 10 percent of parents around the world say their child has been cyberbullied and nearly one-fourth know a youngster who has been a victim, according to a new Ipsos/Reuters poll.
2012 will likely prove to become another banner year of Hollywood destructo-flicks as doomsday predictors countdown to Dec. 21 - when conspiracy theorists claim the end of the Mayan calendar will coincide with end of days.
American singer Beyonce Knowles announced her pregnancy onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards in September last year. The announcement was followed... and indeed has still been followed... by a million speculations and rumors.
Lululemon Athletica expects profit and sales in the current quarter to top earlier forecasts after holiday shoppers flocked to its shops to snap up the trendy yoga wear that have made the company a runaway retail success story.
The Christian presence in Egypt stretches as far back to the earliest days of Christendom.
Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, is cutting around a fifth of its managing directors across its Asia investment banking division, sources said on Monday, in a bid to cut costs as the outlook sours in a once-booming region.
Parents may be able to control ADHD in their children through diet, a new study review concluded Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
Almost 60 percent of the money the big banks of Australia spend each year are eaten up by staff costs.
They are apparently on a hunger strike as well.
Good intentions. They come around every year and are practically synonymous with champagne toasts on December 31.
In an accident captured on video, a 22-year-old Australian student named Erin Langworthy nearly plunged to her death on Dec. 31 into a river infested with crocodiles after her bungee cord broke while bungee jumping in Zimbabwe.
Wavering already? Not to worry, here are10 destinations to help keep those New Year's resolutions on track.
To find a precedent for the deep, lasting output cuts that aluminum producers must make to put a floor under prices, traders are looking a lot further back than the last recession.
The Swiss star says he should be fit for the Australian Open.
