Saputo lifts WCB holding to 57.7pc

CANADIAN dairy giant Saputo has further increased its stake in Warrnambool Cheese & Butter after it won control yesterday.

Saputo lifts WCB holding to 57.7pc

IAG cuts premium growth forecast

INSURANCE Australia Group has upwardly revised its fiscal 2014 insurance margin guidance and reduced its forecast for premium growth

IAG cuts premium growth forecast

Newcrest lifts gold production

NEWCREST Mining has maintained its guidance after lifting gold production in the December quarter.

Newcrest lifts gold production

SA bushfire flares up overnight

A BUSHFIRE in SA’s Flinders Ranges jumped containment lines overnight and threatened townships.

SA bushfire flares up overnight

Money laundering probe seizes $580m

A COVERT anti-money laundering operation has seized more than half a billion dollars worth of drugs and assets, authorities say.

Money laundering probe seizes $580m

Owner of Uncle Sam’s restaurants accused of illegal hiring practices

The owner of Uncle Sam’s restaurants, which has two locations in the Valley, was arrested on suspicion of trafficking the identity of another, identity theft and forgery, according to a statement from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
Owner Bret Frimmel, 40, was arrested around noon on Wednesday at Uncle Sam’s Peoria location, near 83rd Avenue and Union Hills Drive, according to officials.

Owner of Uncle Sam’s restaurants accused of illegal hiring practices

6/1: Billy Joel returns to US Airways Center, Phoenix

Billy Joel is returning to Phoenix for his first solo headlining concert in eight years, playing US Airways Center on Sunday, June 1, in a show co-presented by Danny Zelisko Presents and Live Nation.
Joel has sold out US Airways Center all five times he’s done a concert there — in 1993, 1999, 2001, 2006 and 2009 (in a show co-headlined by Elton John). In honor of those past accomplishments, he’s being honored as a US Airways Center Entertainment Legend, the first performer to receive this honor.

6/1: Billy Joel returns to US Airways Center, Phoenix

Presidenta Fernández vuelve a la escena pública

La última vez que Fernández habló públicamente fue el 10 de diciembre durante la conmemoración del 30 aniversario del regreso de la democracia.

Presidenta Fernández vuelve a la escena pública

Oily fish ‘can increase brain size’

THE effects of eating more oily fish include a larger brain size in later life, which can prevent mental decline, researchers say.

Oily fish ‘can increase brain size’

Study: You can’t walk straight while texting

Texting can make you drive like a drunk. Now a new study shows that texting can also make you walk like a robot.
Researchers found that healthy people who read or send texts while hoofing it show subtle but potentially hazardous changes to their gait. As pedestrians busily tap and flick, they swerve more, walk more slowly and move their heads, arms and torsos in a stiff, graceless fashion that makes them more prone to falling when confronted with an obstacle.

Study: You can’t walk straight while texting