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HAVE you ever wondered where the most Australian accent comes from? Or which area is responsible for all the ocker Australianisms? We’ve got the answers.

Liberal House leader Dominic LeBlanc says no one is immune from "senseless and tragic acts of violence" like the shootings inLa Loche. LeBlanc adds the government has to look at a whole series of measures to improve community safety

U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on Monday as a slump in oil prices weighed on energy shares. The S&P 500 opened 4 points, or 0.2%, lower at 1,902. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 33 points, or 0.2%, to 16,057. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite began the day down 17 points, or 0.4%, at 4,574.

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BEIJING - Automaker Ford Motor Co said on Monday it will close all operations in Japan and Indonesia this year as it sees "no reasonable path to profitability" in the two countries.

Ford will exit all areas of business, including shuttering dealerships and stopping sales and imports of Ford and Lincoln vehicles, according to an email from Asia Pacific President Dave Schoch to all employees in the region.

Product development carried out in Japan will be shifted elsewhere. Читать дальше...

Crashsafari.com link forces devices to crash and restart, while Android phones, iPads, Macs and PCs may also be affected

Crashsafari.com link forces devices to crash and restart, while Android phones, iPads, Macs and PCs may also be affected

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McDonald's announced today that it plans to open 60 new restaurants in Russia over the course of 2016.

The company's focus on affordable menus and local suppliers has proved successful in the economic crisis, and it intends to ramp up expansion efforts over the coming year. 

The chain is one of the greatest symbols of American impact around the world. Business Insider visited one in downtown Moscow during a trip to Russia in 2013 — here's what it was like inside. Читать дальше...

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is on a crazy good roll these days.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given banks approval to charge maintenance fees on current account transactions. The circular was issued by Kelvin Amugo, the director, CBN’s financial policy and regulation department. This implies all debit transactions done by current account holders would attract charges not exceeding N1 per mile (N1 per N1,000) . For instance, […]

Do small-scale entrepreneurs gain anything from the annual World Economic Forum in Davos?

It's common in the Northeast and Midwest.

Days after three girl students allegedly committed suicide, the head of their college Monday surrendered in a court in the state capital and was arrested along with two others, including its principal.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick isn’t second-guessing himself over twice failing on fourth down in field goal range in the fourth quarter on Sunday. Instead, Belichick is simply saying there are plays he’d like back — just as there are plays he’d like back in any other close loss. “Our team competed. I’m proud of it.…

Morgan Stanley just released a list of its newest managing directors.

This year's list has 156 names, up from 151 last year.

Thirty-three, or 21%, of the new MDs are women. That's on par with last year, according to a Morgan Stanley representative.

Fifty-four percent of the class works in the Institutional Securities — that is, investment banking and sales and trading — division, up from 52% last year.

Here is the breakdown by region:

• 62% of the new MDs work in the US — down from 64% last year. Читать дальше...

Would you cut down a tree if it were to bleed? Probably not. With this thought in mind, Mangaluru-based Charles Anil D'Souza, working as a technical architect with a software product firm in Bengaluru, started painting trunks of felled trees red.

Tyco’s merger-unwinding efforts end with a merger. Of course

A record 50,000 South Carolinians sought to either buy guns or carry concealed weapons during December.

Two players at the Australian Open said Monday they have been interviewed by officials over reports their opponents may have deliberately lost their first round mixed-doubles fixture, fuelling fresh fears of match-fixing in tennis.

LOSSER - Carmen Ziemerink uit Losser is afgelopen zaterdag Nederlands kampioen veldrijden geworden. Carmen is lid van mountainbikevereniging Het Twentse Ros uit Oldenzaal.
 

Usually after a round of playoff games we can fill in a few more spots in the draft order. After last night, we really only know one more slot for sure. The Cardinals will pick 30th after losing to the Panthers, while the Patriots won’t pick at all, having forfeited their first-rounder (which would have been…

Mexico has been unfairly lumped together by investors with other emerging economies, leaving its currency severely undervalued and on course for an upward correction, Agustin Carstens, Mexico’s central bank chief, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

Analysts say DIY group’s ‘ambitious’ revamp and plan to return cash to shareholders offers ‘jam tomorrow’

President Obama on Monday waded more deeply into the contentious Democratic primary race than he ever has, touting the strengths of both leading candidates while intimating that Hillary Clinton is the stronger contender.