IBT Staff Reporter

The Rudd Government's $436 million diabetes package is welcomed by the Close the Gap campaign for Indigenous health equality.

After a diagnosis of a Type 1 juvenile diabetes six weeks ago, life is never the same for three-year-old Shelby Birch of Augusta and her family.

According to a new study, eating five servings of fruit and vegetables a day does little to reduce a person's risk of cancer. The findings go against the long-standing advice that regular helpings of fruit and vegetables will lower cancer risk.

All NSW fishing enthusiasts are encouraged to cast a line in support of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia on Sunday, April 11 2010.

The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd and his team have gone to regional Australia to share the information regarding new and upgraded cancer treatment facilities for certain bush centres.

China will ultimately decide more yuan flexibility would benefit it, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday as Beijing defended its currency policy and said any changes would be on its own terms.

A cyber-espionage group based in southwest China stole documents from the Indian Defense Ministry and emails from the Dalai Lama's office, Canadian researchers said in a report on Tuesday.

Nervous long AUD positions were wound down in early Asia yesterday as the local market anticipated the conclusion of the RBA meeting and the impending interest rate decision.

The world knows very well about the rule of Robert Gabriel Karigamombe Mugabe in Zimbabwe, a country with over 1,00,000 per cent inflation rate. This is despite the country having the best diamond fields in the world. There is a saying in Zimbabwe if you own the diamonds in the country you can buy any African country now.

Raymond James Financial Inc said on Tuesday that it has reached a confidential settlement in a brokerage raiding case with Wells Fargo & Co .

Recovering from a cesarean birth requires much attention and support in order for you to heal properly and within a shorter period of time. A cesarean birth is traumatic to the tissues, muscles, and fascia, and to your emotional body as well. However, there are some nutritional guidelines which can truly make the difference in the healing process and having you feel better physically and emotional...

The Japanese firm behind a dog-bark translation machine and mobile phone ring tones meant to attract members of the opposite sex has a new spring offering - a mobile phone application claiming to cure hayfever.

U.S. antitrust regulators should give close scrutiny to search engine giant Google Inc's planned acquisition of mobile advertising leader AdMob, a leading antitrust senator said on Tuesday.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose modestly on Tuesday as the banking sector got a lift from positive analyst comments, while minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting eased concern over rising rates.

As Wall Street eagerly awaits signs that Internet sensation Facebook will offer shares to the public, the venture capitalists that prowl California's Silicon Valley are keeping close tabs on another hot commodity: the employees leaving Facebook.

Japan Airlines Corp plans to reduce its workforce by a third within the fiscal year to lower labor costs by 81.7 billion yen a year, the Nikkei business daily said.

Charles Chuck Prince and Robert Rubin are often blamed for hobbling Citigroup Inc , but the former CEO and senior adviser are expected to defend themselves vigorously at a public hearing this week.

U.S. job openings and hirings fell in February, according to government data on Tuesday that is unlikely, however, to change perceptions a labor market recovery is underway.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the time is right to buy a house, with a majority believing prices will be the same or higher over the next year, according to a Fannie Mae survey released on Tuesday.

AOL Inc plans to find a buyer for its social networking site Bebo, for which it paid $850 million in 2008, or shut it down.

Two real estate brokers, three lawyers and five others were charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $10 million in home loans from American Home Mortgage Investment Corp and BNC Mortgage, a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, U.S. prosecutors in New York said on Tuesday.

U.S. apartment vacancy rates stopped rising and rents increased modestly in the first quarter, signs the market is poised to recover, according to real estate research firm Reis.

U.S. mortgage insurers' stocks have touched new year-highs on confidence about success of the government's plan to let homeowners keep their homes, but the big question is how much steam the rally has left.

The Federal Reserve could keep interest rates ultra-low for even longer than investors expect if the economic outlook worsens or inflation drops, minutes from the central bank's last meeting suggested.

The Federal Reserve is considering allowing maturing Treasury bonds to roll off its portfolio as an alternative way to drain reserves from the banking system, according to minutes from its March meeting.

The euro fell on Tuesday as reports Greece wanted to amend a European Union aid deal rekindled fear about its ability to resolve its debt crisis. The surging Canadian dollar hit parity with its U.S counterpart for the first time since mid-2008 as rising commodity prices boosted the outlook for higher Canadian interest rates.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose modestly on Tuesday as the banking sector got a lift from positive analyst comments, while minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting eased concern over rising rates.

A U.S. appeals court dealt a setback to the Federal Communications Commission's authority to oversee the Internet, tossing out an agency ruling that forced Comcast Corp to change the way it managed its broadband network.

Japan Airlines Corp plans to reduce its workforce by a third within the fiscal year to lower labor costs by 81.7 billion yen a year, the Nikkei business daily said.