Here’s what’s Trending Now for Wednesday, May 23, 2012: – Michael Stolar sends past dates a survey form to ask what went wrong – Uggs releases bridal collection for the bride who wants to be comfortable on her wedding day More below… Related articles It’s Happening: There Are Wedding Uggs (thegloss.com) Presented Without Comment: Bridal [...]

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One massive oceanic disaster just wasn’t enough. Let’s tempt fate by trying it again, right? Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has revealed that he wants to build the Titanic II to add to his tourism portfolio. Palmer said his new company, Blue Star Line Pty Ltd, has commissioned the state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to [...]

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Kentucky Fried Chicken has been ordered to pay $8.3 million to a girl in Australia  who suffered severe brain damage and was paralyzed after eating a Twister wrap. Monika Samaan was 7 years old when she suffered salmonella encephalopathy – a brain injury linked to food poisoning –  in October 2005. Several other family members [...]

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It seems residents of the small town of F–king, Austria (yes, that’s really the town’s name) are tired of being mocked and constantly having their signs stolen. The sleepy little town is considering changing its name. The town’s name is derived from that of a 6th-century Bavarian nobleman named Focko – the village’s name is [...]

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Liam Payne and Harry Styles of the red hot boy band One Direction may have gotten chlamydia – but not in the way you might think. It seems the pair may have contracted the disease after being urinated on by koala bears while in Australia. After learning that about 80 percent of all koalas carry [...]

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Here are your top business and financial news headlines for Friday, April 20, 2012: – Ford would build fifth car factory in eastern China – Dupont, Dow Chemical, and other chemical firms working with automakers after a German chemical plant explosion – Vincent Bollore could raise his stake in Vivendi to 5 percent – GE [...]

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Here are your top financial news headlines for Tuesday, April 3, 2012: – People’s Bank of China Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan says world hasn’t emerged from financial crisis – SEC examining Groupon’s revision of financial results – Potential downgrades of banks by Moody’s, including Morgan Stanley and UBS, could push more business to JP Morgan Chase [...]

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Do you believe in ghosts? One supermarket owner in Australia didn’t – until this week, that is. It seems he has a rather sweet-toothed ghost haunting his store, and some of the ghost’s antics have been caught on film. Startling new security camera footage shot at the IGA store in Brompton, South Australia shows a pack [...]

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Here are your top business and financial news headlines for Thursday, March 22, 2012: – U.S. housing market less of a drag on the recovery – Boom in natural gas production hits new pressure point – GM to invest $1.04B in its Australian operations over the next decade – China’s economic momentum slowed in March [...]

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Here are your top tech news headlines for Monday, March 19, 2012: – Apple to use its cash balance of $98 billion to pay dividends and repurchase shares – Julian Assange will run for a seat in the Australian Senate – FAA to take “fresh look” at in-flight electronics policy – Paypal to enter China [...]

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The international swimsuit model accused of running an international drug ring out of an apartment in Hollywood has been arrested in Australia after skipping out on bail more than a month ago. Simone Farrow, the model who was once the face of the Ed Hardy brand of bikinis, used at least 19 different aliases to [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Sunday night, March 18, 2012: – Puerto Ricans head to the polls – Romney and Santorum campaign in Illinois – Julian Assange wants to be a senator – Red Bull creator dies – Fruit flies

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