IBT Staff Reporter

There are times in one's life when it's hard to completely comprehend the significance of an experience until we decide to look at it again in retrospect. The opportunity to work for The Smith Family was one such time in my life.

A tepid economic recovery should allow the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep interest rates at rock-bottom lows for a prolonged period, New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said on Monday.

After 3,000 years of mystery, the secrets of acupuncture have been unlocked by Curtin University of Technology researchers.

Monash University research shows that testosterone treatment improves brain function in healthy postmenopausal women.

Coalition armed forces are in danger of losing a battle to terrorist organisations because they are failing to counter the use of new media in conflicts, according to a researcher from The Australian National University.

Children's fiction is as important for young people as ever, but changes in society means the tone and subject content have shifted, a QUT researcher has found.

Mergers, management changes and unfriendly work-family practices were the main reasons behind women leaving the workforce today a new Melbourne Business School survey has found.

The world's first wind-up mobile phone has been created by the British firm TCL and is scheduled to launch in the first half of the next year, Telegraph reported on Monday.

President Barack Obama was pressured to postpone a meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama until after his summit with Chinese leader Hu Jintao next month, the Washington Post reported on Monday.

A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans urged the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a market analysis before proposing a new rule to maintain an open Internet.

Brocade Communications Systems Inc has put itself on the block and Hewlett-Packard Co is one of the companies that could be interested in buying the network equipment maker, people familiar with the matter said.

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Activision is planning a Guitar Hero application for the iPhone and exclusive tracks specifically for new video games Band Hero and DJ Hero, Telegraph reported on Monday.

Nearly 12 percent of U.S. computer-owning households now own a Mac, according to an NPD Group released Monday.

Thousands of Windows Live Hotmail passwords have been leaked online on Monday, Microsoft confirmed.

A tepid economic recovery should allow the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep interest rates at rock-bottom lows for a prolonged period, New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said on Monday.

Brazil's stocks rallied on Monday, extending the previous trading session's gains when Rio de Janeiro won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics.

Conde Nast will close four magazines -- Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Gourmet, and Cookie -- following a review the publisher undertook to find ways to reduce costs and staff in the face of a slump in advertising.

Four years ago, a company that was a curious hybrid of old and new made a statement of sorts when it bought a buzz drama about South African gangsters.

Oil prices rose on Monday as data showing the U.S. services sector expanded raised hopes of an economic recovery and lifted markets.

Firms ranging from airlines to agribusiness would be exempt from new rules on compulsory clearing of derivatives transactions under a bill in Congress aimed at tightening oversight of the financial system.

Police have one person in custody following a report of a possible gunman on the University of South Florida campus.

Oil prices rose on Monday as data showing the U.S. services sector expanded raised hopes of an economic recovery and lifted markets.

Universal Pictures on Monday ousted Chairmen Marc Shmuger and David Linde after recent box office flops, including big-budget comedy Land of the Lost, replacing the pair with their marketing and production chiefs.

California and three other states were among the first recipients of more than $6.8 million in grants to map broadband use in U.S. homes, the Commerce Department said on Monday.

Conde Nast will close four magazines -- Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Gourmet and Cookie -- following a review the publisher undertook to find ways to cut costs and staff in the face of the advertising recession.

The new Pakistani Taliban chief released a new video clip Sunday on Pakistani television, vowing to retaliate against the U.S. and Pakistan.

The Aussie dollar rallied in local trade yesterday following some relatively upbeat comments out of the G7 and another strong reading in the ANZ job advertisements. After opening the weeks trade around 0.8650 investors flocked to the AUD ahead of today's RBA interest rate meeting with some sections of the market expecting a rate increase.

Hewlett-Packard Co may get acquisitive again despite its recent absence from the technology sector's M&A scene, analysts said, and Brocade Communications Systems Inc may a prime target.