As the cost of living continues to grow, more and more teenage students are struggling to juggle a full time education with a part time job. Now teachers are using the web to reach out and help students better understand the working world while still maintaining success at school.

THE Australian dollar opened marginally weaker today after an influential business survey made traders reassess the chance of more interest rate rises.

Scientists believe that virtual worlds can help patients in therapy to overcome addictions..

MIDWEST executive directors have secured themselves a lucrative package after Chinese giant Sinosteel lobbed a new $1.36 billion bid for the WA miner.

MIDWEST executive directors have secured themselves a lucrative package after Chinese giant Sinosteel lobbed a new $1.36 billion bid for the WA miner.

GOLD and nickel miner Focus Minerals today poured its first commercial quantity of gold from its wholly owned Coolgardie gold project in WA.

THE Australian dollar was lower at noon, dragged down by a poorer New Zealand currency on dismal trade figures.

THE Australian share market was trading lower at noon with no lead from the US market and as investors took a breather after a week of rallying.

The number of phones being handed in for recycling has sky-rocketed in NSW and Victoria in the lead up to Telstra’s shutdown of its CDMA network.

THE Australian stock market has opened slightly higher this morning, after mixed leads from the US and the UK overnight.