Rate cuts are about as useful as parachutes. The Olympic Village is completely devoid of pocket monsters. Texan uni students can now take guns to school. World gone mad.
The US dollar's weakness continued as it came under pressure from the Bank of Japan's decision to do little and then much weaker than expected US Q2 GDP which printed just 1.2%.
When you're managing a team, you may find your discussions consistently being dominated by your most outspoken employee, or even yourself, with your employees eagerly agreeing with all of your conclusions.
To Antonio García Martínez, the 2010 Academy-Award-winning film "The Social Network" is nothing more than a pure piece of fiction loosely inspired by actual events.
UPS was just the icing on the cake. Capping off a week of gloomy commentary from American companies, the package delivery giant said it too sees "head winds" in the second-half of the year.
It's been a big week. Wednesday saw the release of the quarterly Australian inflation data which will have a huge bearing on the RBA board's discussions next week when it meets to decide on the official cash rate.
After all the hype and expectation around adoption of "helicopter" money the Bank of Japan has delivered just a slight tweak to Japanese monetary policy.
Jobs in the hospitality and tourism, transport, retail and administration sectors in Australia are most at risk from technology and automation over the next 10 to 15 years.
Three Australian universities are in the top 100 most improved academic institutions globally after they showed significant growth in high-quality research publications.