Oil climbs to record above $135 Lexington Herald-Leader BANGKOK, Thailand -- Oil prices hit a record above $135 a barrel before falling back in Asia Thursday, with supply worries, rising global demand and a slumping dollar keeping crude futures on an upward track. With gas and oil prices setting new records nearly every day, many analysts are beginning...
Australian Voa News Australian and U.S. scientists have successfully inserted a gene from the extinct Tasmanian tiger into a mouse embryo. They say the result has been bone and cartilage from the extinct marsupial developing inside the embryo. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports. The last known Tasmanian tiger or...
Seabed plan to capture carbon The Australian PARTS of the Australian seabed will be offered for tender for carbon capture and storage ventures as early as December as the Rudd Government moves to respond to climate change without devastating the coalindustry. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson...
BC-Oil Prices, 4th Ld-Writethru Seattle Times Oil prices rose above $135 a barrel for the first time Thursday, with supply worries, global demand and an ever weakening U.S dollar driving crude futures up. The world's top energy watchdog is preparing a sharp downward revision of its oil-supply...
Post-stroke psyche may limit return to work Scientific American NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Physical ability may not be the only factor determining whether a person returns to work after suffering a stroke. Psychiatric factors, such as anxiety and depression, also appear to impact return-to-work, suggest findings...
Intel, Vic govt in R&D pact The Australian INTEL has signed on to a Victorian government project looking to improve the standard of technology in school classrooms. The chip manufacturer has joined the...
High rollers shouldn't be a problem, says casino NZ Herald Matthew Hardman and Ejaaz Dean are keen to inject more fun and energy into SkyCity. Photo / Brett Phibbs SkyCity's new chief wants the gambling regulator to soften rules requiring them to put wealthy high rollers in the same category as problem...
Research to suffer as CSIRO slashes jobs The Australian LABOR'S election promise to "revitalise" the CSIRO has become $63 million worth of cuts over the next four years, resulting in 100 jobs being lost and the closure of four research laboratories and other rationalisations. The nation's leading science...
SingTel may go alone in $4.7bn internet bid The Australian SINGTEL will consider lodging its own bid for the federal Government's $4.7 billion national broadband contract, potentially putting the Singapore-government owned telco in competition with the G9 group that its own subsidiary Optus leads. SingTel CEO Chua Sock Koong said yesterday the board would consider launching a separate bid for the lucrative...
