AUSTRALIA

U.S. agribusiness giant Bunge Ltd heads a list of potential joint venture partners for Australia's AWB Ltd, because of ties fostered by some Australian staff once employed by AWB, industry sources said.

Myer, Australia's largest department store chain, plans to raise up to $2 billion in a share offering that will test investor appetite for retail stocks and may encourage other IPOs in the sector.

Chinese state-owned Sinochem bid $2.5 billion for Australian farm chemicals group Nufarm Ltd on Monday, looking to gain a global footprint in a deal that could again test investment ties between China and Australia.

Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has requested a meeting with Western diplomats to discuss sanctions imposed on the country, her party said on Monday.

An Australian court has ruled that local governments can pursue financial claims against collapsed U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in Australia and elsewhere, a firm that is funding the litigation said on Monday.

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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...

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