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Peter FitzSimons, newly-appointed chair of the Australian Republican Movement (ARM), argued for a national plebiscite on the issue within five years, to be followed by a constitutional referendum, in a rousing speech in Canberra on Wednesday.

Economic uncertainty, big-ticket promises and few details about where the money’s going to come from has the Conservatives, the Liberals and the NDP all flirting – for the moment – with the prospect of a budget deficit during their first year in power, a...

Chairman of Tata Trust Ratan Tata met with AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Monday at the CM’s camp office in Vijayawada.

The US dollar bought 119.79 Japanese yen, higher than 118.62 yen of the previous session.

“This is great news, ” Wanaka Paper Plus manager Chris Lumsden said yesterday.

PARIS-WPP PLC, the world’s largest advertising holding company, said Wednesday that an uptick in its North American business helped it post a sharp rise in net profit, but warned that highly volatile markets in China were a concern.

Research by Citrix, mobile workspace solutions firm, and London-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) found that South Africa could add 17 billion rand per year to its economy, or 0.4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP).

In an appearance on Monday evening on the The O’Reilly Factor, the presidential candidate and sayer of things about China criticised the Obama administration for its plans to hold a state dinner when the Chinese president visits Washington next month. The result was an...

So-called farm profits – a measure including the value of inventories and adjusting for capital depreciation – will be $58.3 billion in 2015, the USDA also said.

Most other Asian currencies managed to rebound, and stock and commodity markets picked up. But the International Monetary Fund has certainly noticed, suggesting that “a more market-determined exchange rate would facilitate SDR operations, in case the renminbi were included...

Hours after the fast-food giant asked its rival to temporarily join forces in honor of Peace Day, McDonald’s has responded to Burger King’s McWhopper pitch and nixed the joint hamburger venture.

He was arrested in Denver in July 2013 on suspicion of sexual assault involving two children – one who an affadavit says was assaulted while in Martinez’s care and the other on a trip to Las Vegas.

“The question for investors is when to catch this falling knife”, Barty wrote.

Put an elite quarterback on any basement-dwelling team and they become instant contenders.

When does the draw start? The ceremony includes the vote for – and presentation of – the 2014-15 UEFA Best Player in Europe Awards for men and women.