IBT Staff Reporter

Japan's Sharp Corp said it would begin selling 3D-capable LCD TVs in Japan this summer, the latest consumer electronics maker to enter the market for what is expected to be the industry's next growth driver.

UBS delivered its highest pretax profit since the credit crisis began, just ahead of a likely tense shareholder meeting, and said withdrawals had slowed substantially as the bank rebuilds client trust.

Teaching staff from The University of Queensland have released an innovative learning tool to help students gain a better understanding of the core methods of direct practice in social work and the human services.

Released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), the report found that for an average person who is out of work and who has a disability, completing a VET qualification increases their likelihood of getting a job from 9% to 29% (in the first year after completion).

Although calls for reform of youth mental health by Patrick McGorry, Australian of the Year, have generated considerable support, including by GetUp, through a community launched campaign, further analysis of his opinion piece in Weekend Health called Mental health needs early care, Feb 6-7) shows an unclear interpretation of evidence.

The livestock industry and the federal government are allocating $5 million for the research on foot and mouth disease overseas, rather than importing the live virus.

Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have found that breast stem cells are extremely sensitive to the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone, a finding that opens the way for the development of new preventions and treatments for breast cancer.

Five residents around a single block in Singleton have brain tumours, rising fears that a cancer cluster has erupted in the heavily polluted Hunter Valley mining town.

Good morning dear traders, I hope you had a fine weekend and your trading was great last Friday.

Palm Inc , the loss-making smartphone maker, is looking to sell itself and is seeking bids for the company as early as this week, Bloomberg said, citing three people familiar with the situation.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, helped in part by easing worries over sovereign debt after euro zone finance ministers approved a massive aid plan for debt-stricken Greece.

Further mergers among airlines are essential in order to cut costs and improve competitiveness in an industry seen sustaining combined losses of $2.8 billion this year, the head of airline industry body IATA said on Monday.

NEW YORK - After 2-1/2 years of work and an investment of about $10 million, DreamWorks Animation has started rolling out its first online virtual world -- a browser-based Web theme park tied to its Kung Fu Panda movie franchise.

UBS AG delivered its highest pretax profit since the start of the credit crisis ahead of a likely tense shareholder meeting and said withdrawals were substantially lower at all divisions.

Further mergers among airlines are essential in order to cut costs and improve competitiveness in an industry seen sustaining combined losses of $2.8 billion this year, the head of airline industry body IATA said on Monday.

New York state could glean considerable sums from UBS clients who have evaded taxes by hiding money in offshore accounts once the federal government starts handing over its data to the states, a New York state tax official said.

Japan's Sharp Corp said it would begin selling 3D TVs this summer, the latest consumer electronics maker to enter the market for what is expected to be the industry's next hit product.

The euro posted its sharpest daily gain in two months on Monday and Asian stocks hit 22-month highs after a giant emergency aid plan for Greece boosted demand for riskier assets across the board.

Sales of cellphones using China's own 3G standard (TD-SCDMA) will grow 7-fold this year, boosted by China Mobile's push of new phones and services, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Monday.

American International Group Inc realized a loss of up to $2 billion last year as its Financial Products unit ended most of its remaining trades with Goldman Sachs Group Inc , a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

The government's bailout of the financial system is expected to cost $89 billion, much lower than earlier projections, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing Treasury Department officials.

China recorded its first monthly trade deficit in six years, but a customs official called the shortfall a blip and economists doubted it would stand in the way of a resumption in the yuan's rise before long.

Google Inc has not been surprised at the lack of public support in Silicon Valley as it faces off with China over hacking and censorship, the company's chief executive Eric Schmidt said on Sunday.

Through the development of a 'virtual slidebox', an Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)-funded project has made the study of microscopy exciting once again for a digitally engaged body of tertiary students.

The University of Sydney and The Smith Family today renewed their joint commitment to supporting students of promise, with the University pledging more than a quarter of a million dollars to provide scholarships to disadvantaged students.

U.S. tax authorities are doing fewer audits of big corporations than in the past, a research group charged, though the government said the report shines a light on the wrong metrics.

Parents often have a hard time figuring out what to do when their children decide to throw tantrums. It doesn't help matters that kids often have their meltdowns in public places -- the supermarket, the mall, the family restaurant.

Euro zone finance ministers approved a giant 30-billion-euro ($40 billion) emergency aid mechanism for debt-plagued Greece on Sunday, but stressed Athens had not requested the plan be activated yet.

The U.S. could regain its authority to pursue both network neutrality and widespread access to broadband by formally reclassifying Internet access as telecommunications services, a former adviser to President Obama said in a published report on Sunday.