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China is stimulating again so it’s time to buy Straya! Dalian is still up 6% on yesterday: Big Iron is piling it on: Big Gas too: Big Gold hosed as bond yields jump: Big Bubble bought: Big Liar too. REA is launching as it goes into mortgage broking making it bubble central: Shame China isn’t

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By Leith van Onselen The ABS has released engineering construction data for the March quarter of 2017, which revealed a 2.8% seasonally adjusted rise in the value of work done over the quarter, but a 12.5% fall over the year, and an ongoing reduction in the construction pipeline. According to the ABS, private sector engineering

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ASX Announcement in relation to Genex’s Kidston renewable energy project in North Queensland.

By Sir ScotchMistery As a bloke, I’ve never been a party to a conversation between two women except perhaps on the periphery and I was brought up not listening to other people’s conversations. My mother always said it was rude, and since she was generally correct about everything else I have always accepted that as…

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US energy secretary says "baseload" coal is critical to functioning of the grid. Energy regulator says that is "absolutely not" the case.

By Leith van Onselen Data released by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) revealed that property investor lending has cooled materially since the RBNZ implemented new loan-to-value ratio (LVR) restrictions targeting investors, which officially came into effect on 1 October 2016, although banks began informally applying the rules since they were first announced in

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From Deutsche: Repricing of interest-only mortgages In recent weeks the majors have announced repricing initiatives targeted at interest-only (IO) mortgages. While they raised IO rates by 30-35bps, owneroccupier principal & interest (P&I) rates were reduced by 3-8bps. These moves were responses to regulatory restrictions aimed at dampening housing risks rather than responses to the bank

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By Leith van Onselen Back in May, thousands of students were left in limbo as one of the biggest vocational educational training (VET) providers, Careers Australia, went into administration after losing government accreditation and funding. From the Jakarta Globe: Careers Australia Group, a provider of vocational education and training, has gone into voluntary administration after

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Via Bloomie: Michael Novogratz says cryptocurrencies could be worth north of $5 trillion in five years — if the industry can come out of the shadows. “The Nasdaq got to $5.4 trillion in 1999, why couldn’t it be as big?” the former hedge fund manager said in an interview, referring the Nasdaq Composite Index. “There’s

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Pandas get a lot of attention—and given how hard it is to keep those black and white bundles of fluff from going extinct, it's not surprising that they take up a huge glut of the world's conservation funding.

The biological differences between men and women can affect the way they react to certain drugs and treatments, according to a new study in Nature Communications. If this sounds like a no brainer, you probably haven't looked at many biomedical studies. As PopSci noted earlier this year, biomedical researchers experiment almost exclusively on male animal subjects.

Ordinary shampoos contain harsh sulfates and chemicals to make lather that strip your hair of its natural oils. WEN by ChazDean doesn't. But it does seem to contain something that makes your hair fall out...so maybe a few sulfates aren't that bad after all?

If you struggle with stress or anxiety, you are far from alone. In fact, most US workers say they suffer from stress on the job. Thankfully, technology and science are teaming up to fix this growing issue with a whole slew of meditation and relaxation based tools. One example that's currently sweeping the industry is Aura, an app that helps you reach inner calmness through short, guided meditation sessions.