The Australian stock market may rise slightly today after US equities were mixed but little changed overnight and commodities, too, were mixed, with oil and gold falling and copper gaining.
The lucrative summer moviegoing season in North America ended on a lacklustre note as ticket sales limped to a new record while attendance slumped to a three-year low.
With his city spared from major damage, and his large body surpassing the edges of a narrow cot, Eddie Brown had come to believe Gustav was no longer the villain in this hurricane story: It was this rusted and vacant department store brimming with 3,000 evacuees.
The Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder was the most watched movie across North America over the long US Labour Day weekend, but it was The Dark Knight that made news by breaking the $US500 million ($588.65 million) mark, industry figures showed today.
Somali pirates are demanding a total ransom of $US8.2 ($NZ11.9) million to free two Malaysian tankers and a Japanese-managed bulk carrier hijacked in the Gulf of Aden, a maritime official said.
An Indonesian has been sentenced to five years in prison for smuggling 353 asylum seekers, including children, to Australian territory on a putrid boat.
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Enbridge Energy Partners L.P. Oil and Chemicals Storage Operation Asset Summary Report" report to their offering.
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