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Australian dollar recovers as unemployment figures went down

The Australian dollar has slightly recovered after Australian employers created more jobs than what economists forecasted last month, pulling down the unemployment rate. According to Bloomberg, the Australian dollar was at 69.70 U.S. cents as of 11:38 am in Sydney on Thursday, down by 0.7% from the previous day. It had been at 69.53 cents just before the statistics bureau announced the number of employed in Australia climbed to 17,400 in August. An increase of 5,000 jobs is expected by analysts, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. The rate for the jobless went down from 6.3% to 6.2 % in July.


Rumors say iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus to have 2 GB RAM; will it lead to faster, better iPhones?

Rumors say that the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will have 2GB RAM, following a Reddit post and an Xcode experiment done by developer Hamza Sood. The upgrade will supposedly make the iPhones perform better and faster.

Harry Styles in a painful surprise as he got hit in the crotch by a flying water bottle

Harry Styles was reportedly in pain due to a flying water bottle that hit his crotch during their "On The Road" tour in Ottawa, Canda. The singer was caught off-guard and yelled in pain when the incident took place.

Samsung Galaxy S7 to use both Snapdragon 820 and Exynos chipsets; One of most expensive phones in 2016?

Believed to be one of the most costly phones of 2016, Samsung Galaxy S7 will reportedly run on both Snapdragon 820 and Exynos chipsets. Recent benchmark results leak the S7 codenamed Lucky and its specifications.


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At a time when anti-immigration groups in Germany are raising voices against the influx of immigrants in big numbers, the debate on whether immigrants would be a burden or beneficial on the economy remains vibrant.
Speculations suggested that Blake Lively threw a shade at Taylor Swift on her Instagram photo. But recently the actress insisted that it has nothing to do with the singer.
Financial advisers increased basic pension services fees over the year after freedom reforms, according to new study. This is Money reports that financial advisers raised the cost for pension help by 16 to 17 percent. To get advice on how to turn a £100,000 pension pot into a lump sum, advisers increased their fees to £1,750 from £1,500. Meanwhile, the fee for a drawdown scheme for £300,000 pot has increased to £3,500 from £3,000. These are the middle figures from adviser website unbiased.co.uk from October 2014 to July 2015.
Encore Capital Group and Portfolio Recovery Associates are ordered to refund a collected $61 million to customers for allegedly using deceptive strategies to collect debt. CNN reported that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau charged these two giant debt collectors for buying inaccurate debts, collecting unverified debts, and using illegal strategies to collect debts.
"Maze Runner" Kaya Scodelario talks about her role in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and what the producers are up to.
Tech giant Apple released Wednesday a series of product upgrades, including the new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S plus, Siri-collaborative Apple TV, the enterprise-grade 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and the first ever Apple Pencil, which is a stylus for designers and creatives.
Big Cake Games recently launched its campaign for its post-apocalyptic adventure game “Cold Horizon” in Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight. The game introduces unlikely protagonists and carries a hope theme in its storyline.
Twitter announced Monday that it entered a partnership with giant Indonesian carrier Indosat, allowing its 68 million users to use its direct messaging (DM) feature.