BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto should take advantage of the cheap cost of debt to help fund their progressive payout policies in the face of cash flow pressure, but not for more than one to two years, London-based analysts say.
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A gang hacked a 27-year-old man to death in Madurai on Saturday night, more than a year after his uncle had been murdered in the same way.
Melbourne has recorded its fifth win for the season, a milestone coach Paul Roos considers an important step in his side's development given where it has come from in recent years.
Australian mining companies must act now to find the next generation of big discoveries deeper under the Earth's crust or risk deterring an already shrinking share of global investment, an industry-backed research report has warned.
Israel's leader says an ``aggressive and confrontational speech'' by Iran's supreme leader shows that any expectations a nuclear deal would soften the militancy of the Islamic Republic were misguided.
She was everyone's favourite teacher
Kannada professional theatre companies, which had lost the educated people in the audience over the past 2-3 decades due to incorporation of double entendres and item songs, have decided to get rid of it.
(ATTN: UPDATES with opposition party's accusations, NIS response in paras 14-15) SEOUL/YONGIN, July 19 (Yonhap) -- The spy agency employee recently found dead denied in his apparent suicide note that the intelligence body used its controversial hackin
The RTI cell, opened at the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC), is facing the wrath of RTI activists and public for allegedly denying information for one reason or the other.
The Abbott Government should strike a quarter-of-a-trillion-dollar "grand deal" to increase the GST to 15 per cent and remove all exemptions, in return for personal income tax cuts and greater spending on pensions, health and education.
The unit was launched in the early years of the war in Iraq, when it was charged with developing ways to defend against roadside bombs that were devastating U.S. troops.
Joe Hockey wants a "grand deal" with the Australian community on tax reform.
Israeli leader says Iran supreme leader's fiery speech proves nuclear deal is naive
Michel Legrand's music possessed an immediately communicative charm that few can match, says Rupert Christiansen
An man avoided injury after his motorized wheelchair struck a vehicle and he fell into the street Saturday morning.
Labour's four leadership contenders clash over public spending, welfare cuts and what they would do to make the party electable.
Foxtel is set to come under intense scrutiny when it reports fourth-quarter results next month amid evidence a flurry of customers have abandoned its drama and movie packs.
A win doesn't mean there won't be changes for the Wallabies.
Controversial mafia-linked ALP local councillor Michael Teti improperly sought a council permit for a businessman who Mr Teti was secretly getting paid by to work as his private lawyer.
South African President Jacob Zuma was released from hospital after undergoing a scheduled procedure to remove gallstones. Doctors are pleased with the outcome of operation.
In a bid to prevent radicalisation of in UK universities, the government has said the varsities can invite extremist speakers for campus gatherings only if they are to be openly challenged by a counter speaker.