AUSTRALIA

Sunshine makes people happy and happy people make less risky investment decisions, a Deakin University researcher has found.

Australia's health system is failing the many people who suffer from multiple illnesses as it is principally designed to deal with individual conditions, a new study suggests.

U.S. health officials said on Thursday more than 6 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine will be available the first week of October, twice as many as they expected only a week ago.

ING will sell its 51 percent stake in a wealth management joint venture to partner Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) for 1.1 billion euros ($1.6 billion) as the Dutch group slims down through asset sales.

Technology such as mobile internet devices and virtual realities will have a profound impact on educational institutions over the next three years, according to a report released at a Griffith University symposium today (September 25).

New analysis from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows how family life is changing in Australia and how pushed many working parents are time, according to a leading work-life expert.

Shares of Canwest Global Communications Corp, Canada's biggest media company, jumped more than 75 percent on Thursday after it announced it would sell its stake in Australia's Network Ten television network for more than C$630 million ($578 million).

China's efforts to gain a greater stake in Australia's resource industry suffered a new setback on Thursday when a Chinese miner dropped a $400 million bid for a controlling stake in an Australian rare earths miner.

Elitism, atrophy, complacence and a resistance to new ideas: MediaCom's Strategy Director Philip Phelan didn't mince words when he pronounced the cause of the newspaper's deteriorating health at the MBS Marketing Association's event Who Killed the Newspaper? this month.

While Asia's economy has recovered from the lows hit a year ago, a bumpy road is ahead, with companies needing to shed debt burdens and increase capital bases, according to Nomura's Asia Pacific investment banking head.

The dollar slid to a one-year low against a basket of currencies as market players seized on surprisingly strong New Zealand economic growth data as a reason to push the kiwi dollar higher and dump the U.S. currency.

The dollar slid to a 13-month low against a basket of currencies as market players seized on surprisingly strong New Zealand economic growth data as a reason to push the kiwi dollar higher and dump the U.S. currency.

The government said on Tuesday it was increasing security to thwart possible militant strikes in the country days after Israel and Australia issued warnings to its citizens to avoid travelling to Indian cities.

The Aussie dollar roared higher yesterday having rallied almost 2% from its lows below 86 cents on Monday. Despite no local economic data released demand for the relatively high yielding AUD resurfaced following some better than expected data from across the Tasman. The New Zealand economic data saw Asian investors scramble to purchase both NZD and AUD against the Greenback, a theme that continued into early European trade. This morning sees the AUD open trade around its highs at 0.8730 having o...

If your office feels like a warzone some days, a book identifying all those colleagues and bosses you've been tempted to battle should help you survive -- through laughter, and cutting back on e-mails.

No. 2 U.S. home improvement chain Lowe's Cos Inc backed its outlook on Tuesday for the year ending Jan. 29, but said it might have to recognize impairment charges related to operating stores in the second half of the period.

Asian shares edged higher on Tuesday, helped by gains in South Korean technology shares, while the New Zealand dollar surged to a 13-month high on signs of a recovery in prices for the country's key dairy exports.

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch has appointed former top Goldman Sachs JB Were executive Craig Drummond to head its Australian operations, a top official said on Tuesday.

Asian shares inched up on Tuesday with softer commodity prices weighing on Australian stocks, while the New Zealand dollar hit a 13-month high on signs of a recovery in prices for the country's key dairy exports.

Canadian grain handler Viterra Inc said on Monday it will pay shareholders of ABB Grain A$751.7 million ($652.5 million) in cash, plus shares in Viterra, to complete its takeover of the Australian company.

Metallurgical Corp of China, the firm that helped build Beijing's Bird's Nest Olympic stadium, made a modest debut in Shanghai on Monday, in a sign that a flood of new equity is weighing on market sentiment.