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Google Inc.'s Michael Jones likes to take pictures with a super high-resolution camera like those used on spy planes during the Cold War.

Australian property investors are sending huge amounts of investment offshore in search of higher returns and diversified portfolios.

As the author CS Lewis once put it, 100 per cent of us die. But this statistic seems to be lost on many Australians, with too many bread winners punting on longevity, leaving them underinsured when it comes to supporting their families if they suddenly die, a new survey shows.

The world can promote development in Africa by supporting the private sector in Africa, as Spanish businesses agreed to do this week, and combating people-trafficking mafias, according to a non-governmental aid group.