U.S. stocks bounced back Tuesday after sinking for three days, as stocks around the world calmed down.
Rising cost for child care has become a heavier burden for parents in Australia, said a report released on Tuesday. The Productivity Commission's 2014 report on government services shows that the rise of child care cost has been at almost double the rate of inflation over the past year, with parents now paying for about 364 AU dollars (317 U.S. dollars) a week.
The New Zealand government will stay focused on paying down debt as the national economy continues its forecast growth
Two companies based in Shenzhen City in south China's Guangdong Province have been confirmed to have hired nine child laborers, local authorities said.
The New Zealand government announced Friday it was stepping up relief assistance to Pacific island neighbor Tonga in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Ian, which struck last week.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission ( FTC) said on Wednesday Apple Inc. agreed to pay at least 32.5 million U.S. dollars to customers and change its billing ways to settle a FTC compliant over in-app purchases bought by kids without parental consent.
Australia will contribute an additional 10 million AU dollars (8.92 million U.S. dollars) in humanitarian aid to help people affected by the conflict in Syria and 2 million AU dollars (1.78 million U.S. dollars) to support efforts to destroy Syria's chemical weapons, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed on Thursday.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Tuesday reported its net income for the fourth quarter of 2013 stood at 5. 3 billion U.S. dollars, down 7.3 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Universal's Afghan war movie " Lone Survival" topped North American box office this week with a 38.5-million-dollar circulation for its debut.
Australian housing market continued its strong growth in last December, making 2013 the biggest calendar year rise in four years, according the latest figures from RP Data.
Warner's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" tops the weekend north American box office for three consecutive weekends. "Hobbit 2", as expected, placed the top for the third weekend in a row with 29.9 million U.S. dollars and was down just 5 percent from last weekend, pushing its estimated domestic total to 190.3 million dollars.
Myanmar has exempted from custom duties goods meeting origin criteria that are exported to member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), state media reported Friday.
Oil prices dropped on profit- taking Monday after making considerable gains last week.
Warner's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" tops the weekend north American box office in its second week. This week's debut "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" follows it to the second place.
Warner's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" tops the weekend north American box office in its second week. This week's debut "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" follows it to the second place.
China has been New Zealand's main source of imports since 2011 and trade figures from Statistics New Zealand showed that in November, exports to China reached a record 774 million NZ dollars (634 million U.S. dollars)
A two-year budget plan crafted by bipartisan negotiators and sailed through U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the Senate on Wednesday, eliminating the possibility of a government shutdown in the next two years.
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