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Happy Movember, the month of moustaches and money raising.

Singapore Airlines announced on Tuesday that its new long-haul budget carrier Scoot will takeoff in 2012.

Traders scrambled to cover trading exposures to MF Global on Tuesday, as administrators sought to save what money was left in the collapsed U.S. brokerage's London arm.

Asian shares and commodities fell Tuesday, after a shock announcement that Greece will hold a referendum on a new EU bailout deal for the debt-ridden country threw efforts to resolve the euro zone's debt crisis into fresh doubt.

The likelihood of contracting breast cancer need not run through family lines, contrary to popular belief. According to new research, it is being suggested that women may not run the risk of breast cancer if their mothers or other members of the family test positive for genetic mutations of the same. The new findings, therefore, suggest that women who test negative for the mutation may not need extra cancer screening and increased preventive measures.

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The United States announced to stop financial contribution to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation after the UN body voted to admit Palestine as its full member, which the Obama administration termed as regrettable and premature.

Instead of checking the local newspaper or social networks, a new app takes the guesswork out of finding local events and what is happening nearby.

Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from husband Kris Humphries on Monday Oct. 31, citing irreconcilable differences. Humphries was blindsided by the divorce filing, reports TMZ, and learned of the news from the gossip website, just like the rest of the world while Kardashian was back to business as usual.

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Qantas Airways planes took back to the friendly skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet over the weekend.

According to reports, of the 54 nations of the Commonwealth, three-fourths (41) have laws which ban homosexuality.

Australia's Qantas Airways said on Monday it expects to restore its schedule to normal in the next 24 to 48 hours after grounding its entire fleet at the weekend over a protracted labor dispute.

Australia's Qantas Airways scrambled to get back in the air on Monday, having grounded its entire fleet over the weekend in a bold tactic to force the government to intervene in the nation's worst labor dispute in a decade.

Halloween, which is round the corner, is one of the most anticipated holiday in the U.S and some other parts of the world such as continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Japan and other parts of East Asia. Children and adults alike participate in this festival by trick-or-treating, carving jack-o'-lanterns, attending costume parties, playing pranks on each other, watching horror movies, etc.

Qantas Airways sparred with unions at a second labor tribunal on Sunday after Australia's prime minister called for an end to the industrial dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet, stranding tens of thousands of passengers around the world.

Halloween is almost here; it is just one day away. Are your babies ready to show off their Halloween costumes to everyone?

American oil and gas company Apache Corp plans to increase investments in its Egypt operations by $1.5 billion starting in 2012, Egypt's General Authority for Free-zones and Investments said on Saturday.

Global development groups on Friday called on G20 leaders to step up to their commitments to tackle global food security and come up with new ways to boost world growth that also benefit the poorest.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged both the company and labor unions to settle the dispute immediately.

Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. grounded its entire fleet Saturday over a bitter labor dispute in an unprecedented move that the government said it would ask a labor tribunal to stop.