http://www.mail.com/locations/318-oceania.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/318-oceania.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2104438-ford-to-auto-production-australia-2016.html SYDNEY (AP) — Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will close its two Australian auto plants, ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales. The closure of the U.S. automaker's plants in the state of Victoria will mean the loss of 1,200 jobs and will transform the company into an import-only brand in Australia.... Thu, 23 May 2013 03:21:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2104438-ford-to-auto-production-australia-2016.html 2013-05-23T03:21:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103708-am-samoa-to-flier-miles-govt-travelers.html PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — American Samoa plans to take away frequent flier miles from government workers who travel on behalf of the U.S. territory and use the loyalty points to help medical patients and students travel off the islands when necessary. Hawaiian Airlines agreed to the plan that takes effect on June 1, American Samoa Gov. Lolo Matalas... Thu, 23 May 2013 01:40:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103708-am-samoa-to-flier-miles-govt-travelers.html 2013-05-23T01:40:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2101934-weak-yen-help-japan-headache.html TOKYO (AP) — A steady fall in the value of the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota. The cheaper yen is making their products more affordable overseas. Japan's trading partners are generally pleased, too, even though the lower yen makes their exports relatively more expensive. As many see it, other nations — from China to Britain to the U... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:04:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2101934-weak-yen-help-japan-headache.html 2013-05-22T17:04:20Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2099414-asia-stocks-rise-fed-official-backs-easy-policy.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after investor confidence was boosted by a Federal Reserve official's comments that the U.S. central bank should stick with its super-easy monetary policy. Regional Fed chief James Bullard said in a speech Tuesday that the Fed should continue its monthly $85 billion in bond purchases, which d... Wed, 22 May 2013 06:02:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2099414-asia-stocks-rise-fed-official-backs-easy-policy.html 2013-05-22T06:02:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2089750-asia-stocks-mixed-holidays-thin-trade.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed in holiday-thinned trading Friday as investors digested a slew of disappointing economic data and corporate results from the U.S. Applications for unemployment benefits jumped to their highest level in six weeks, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday, while manufacturing slowed in the mid-Atlantic region... Fri, 17 May 2013 05:12:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2089750-asia-stocks-mixed-holidays-thin-trade.html 2013-05-17T05:12:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092394-aussie-minister-liked-exposed-teen-pic.html SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian politician says he has learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself. Western Australia Minister for Education Peter Collier said he clicked the "like" button under what he thought was an innocent photo of the then-16-year-o... Fri, 17 May 2013 04:46:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092394-aussie-minister-liked-exposed-teen-pic.html 2013-05-17T04:46:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2089416-zealands-top-court-takes-kim-dotcom-appeal.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's highest court ruled Thursday that it will hear an appeal by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three colleagues as they seek to avoid extradition to the United States. The appeal to the New Zealand Supreme Court involves a ruling on evidence and represents one strand of the complex legal case against executives ... Thu, 16 May 2013 06:46:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2089416-zealands-top-court-takes-kim-dotcom-appeal.html 2013-05-16T06:46:37Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2089230-seekers-singer-durham-suffers-brain-hemorrhage.html MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The lead singer of the 1960s Australian folk-pop group The Seekers is recovering from a brain hemorrhage suffered after a concert. Bass player Athol Guy told Nine Network television on Thursday that 69-year-old Judith Durham is "resting very comfortably" in a hospital. She had the brain bleed Tuesday night after a 50th annivers... Thu, 16 May 2013 06:35:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2089230-seekers-singer-durham-suffers-brain-hemorrhage.html 2013-05-16T06:35:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2086780-asia-stocks-mixed-wall-st-ignores-euro-gloom.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday following dour European economic data that dampened hopes of a recovery there anytime soon. However, losses were limited by another record session on Wall Street. The European Union statistics office said Wednesday that nine of the 17 countries that use the euro are in recession, including France. The... Thu, 16 May 2013 05:27:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2086780-asia-stocks-mixed-wall-st-ignores-euro-gloom.html 2013-05-16T05:27:43Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089204-zealand-to-sell-stake-2nd-power-company.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will sell a minority stake in a second power company this year as part of a plan to balance its books. The government on Thursday announced it plans to list state-owned Meridian Energy on the stock market by the end of the year. Last week, the government raised 1.7 billion New Zealand dollars ($1.4 billion) by se... Thu, 16 May 2013 03:57:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089204-zealand-to-sell-stake-2nd-power-company.html 2013-05-16T03:57:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2083516-asia-stocks-up-us-small-business-mood-improves.html BANGKOK (AP) — Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. The National Federation of Independent Business reported a slight improvement in confidence among small business owners in the U.S. in April. That helped boost the Dow Jones industrial average to close at a... Wed, 15 May 2013 05:22:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2083516-asia-stocks-up-us-small-business-mood-improves.html 2013-05-15T05:22:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081068-hk-transgender-woman-wins-legal-battle-to-marry.html HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's top court granted a transgender woman the right to marry her boyfriend Monday in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex marriage. The surprise decision only covers the right of a transgender person who was born male to marry a man, and for one who was born female to marry a woman. The ruling by the Court of F... Mon, 13 May 2013 08:31:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081068-hk-transgender-woman-wins-legal-battle-to-marry.html 2013-05-13T08:31:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079820-refugees-face-uncertain-future-myanmar-opens.html MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand (AP) — Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others — ethnic minorities from Myanmar and those like her who were born and raised in the Mae La refugee camp in neighboring Thailand. School, family, friends, shoppin... Sun, 12 May 2013 05:21:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079820-refugees-face-uncertain-future-myanmar-opens.html 2013-05-12T05:21:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076296-search-ends-2-australians-lost-cruise-ship.html SYDNEY (AP) — Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise company said Friday as authorities called off the search for the couple missing for two days. Surveillance video showed the couple going over the railing about the same time with a brief pause between them, N... Fri, 10 May 2013 14:06:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076296-search-ends-2-australians-lost-cruise-ship.html 2013-05-10T14:06:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2075780-ring-fire-eclipse-crosses-australia-pacific.html SYDNEY (AP) — The moon glided between the Earth and sun, blocking everything but a dazzling ring of light, for the few skygazers lucky enough to see Friday's "ring of fire" eclipse in northern Australia and the South Pacific. The celestial spectacle is the second solar eclipse visible from northern Australia in six months. In November, a total solar eclip... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:35:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2075780-ring-fire-eclipse-crosses-australia-pacific.html 2013-05-10T10:35:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2076020-cruise-company-couples-fall-accident.html SYDNEY (AP) — The cruise ship railing over which an Australian couple fell into the ocean was higher than industry regulations required and was designed to prevent accidental falls, a spokeswoman for the cruise company said Friday as an intense search continued for the missing passengers. Paul Rossington, a 30-year-old paramedic, and his 26-year-old girlf... Fri, 10 May 2013 06:58:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2076020-cruise-company-couples-fall-accident.html 2013-05-10T06:58:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073484-2-cruise-passengers-fall-overboard-australia.html SYDNEY (AP) — No trace of an Australian couple believed to have fallen off a cruise ship has been found despite an intense, day-long search, officials said Friday. Paul Rossington, a 30-year-old paramedic, and his 26-year-old girlfriend Kristen Schroder, both from the town of Barraba in New South Wales state, were discovered missing Thursday morning after... Fri, 10 May 2013 04:38:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073484-2-cruise-passengers-fall-overboard-australia.html 2013-05-10T04:38:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2074884-irs-teams-with-australia-uk-to-expose-tax-cheats.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is teaming up with Australia and the U.K. in an effort to expose tax cheats from around the world. Tax agencies from the three countries have acquired "a substantial amount of data" about potential tax cheats from many countries hiding assets in Singapore, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and the Cook Islands, the ... Thu, 09 May 2013 19:38:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2074884-irs-teams-with-australia-uk-to-expose-tax-cheats.html 2013-05-09T19:38:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073448-40-years-on-fleeing-vietnamese-take-to-seas.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nearly 40 years after hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled the country's Communist regime by boat, a growing number are taking to the water again. This year alone, 460 Vietnamese men, women and children have arrived on Australian shores — more than in the last five years combined. The unexpected spike is drawing fresh scrutiny of... Thu, 09 May 2013 12:42:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073448-40-years-on-fleeing-vietnamese-take-to-seas.html 2013-05-09T12:42:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073320-huawei-founder-media-interview.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — During 26 years at the helm of Chinese tech giant Huawei, founder Ren Zhengfei has never once agreed to be interviewed by a journalist. Until Thursday. During a visit to the company's New Zealand operations, Ren sat down with four local journalists at a Wellington hotel. The rules were strict: no international media, no phot... Thu, 09 May 2013 07:23:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073320-huawei-founder-media-interview.html 2013-05-09T07:23:04Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2072710-adam-scott-tries-to-return-to-earth-players.html PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Adam Scott never had to take this much time walking from the clubhouse to the practice range at TPC Sawgrass. He couldn't take more than a few steps without a player or a caddie stopping to congratulate him for his feel-good win at Augusta National. There were so many fans pressed against the fence to get his autograph that ... Wed, 08 May 2013 22:16:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2072710-adam-scott-tries-to-return-to-earth-players.html 2013-05-08T22:16:43Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2070854-zealand-raises-14b-power-company-sale.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's government says it has raised more than a billion dollars from the contentious sale of a 49 percent stake in a state-owned power company. But the government says it could have raised more were it not for interference from opposition political parties who oppose the sale. Those parties liken the offer to selling... Wed, 08 May 2013 09:39:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2070854-zealand-raises-14b-power-company-sale.html 2013-05-08T09:39:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2070418-womens-shelter-boss-mayor-vouch-mike-tyson.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Who can Mike Tyson turn to for a character reference? The mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, for one, and the leader of Nevada's largest shelter for battered women, for another. Their letters of support were among those sent last year to New Zealand immigration authorities considering the visa application he made to travel ... Wed, 08 May 2013 05:47:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2070418-womens-shelter-boss-mayor-vouch-mike-tyson.html 2013-05-08T05:47:55Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2069206-tomics-hitting-partner-calls-father-ban.html The father of Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic was barred Tuesday from being accredited to upcoming ATP events pending an investigation into allegations that he assaulted his son's training partner ahead of this week's Madrid Open. John Tomic was charged with assault after allegedly head-butting the hitting partner, Thomas Drouet, on Saturday outsid... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:58:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2069206-tomics-hitting-partner-calls-father-ban.html 2013-05-07T22:58:06Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2068224-wada-calls-rugby-league-cooperation-doping.html BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency has urged the National Rugby League to stop stonewalling in the doping scandal that has engulfed two of the country's leading sports. WADA president John Fahey is an Australian with long political and sporting ties in the country. An Australian Crime Commission report in February said doz... Tue, 07 May 2013 15:35:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2068224-wada-calls-rugby-league-cooperation-doping.html 2013-05-07T15:35:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2067734-australias-central-bank-cuts-rate-to-275-percent.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to a record low 2.75 percent Tuesday in an effort to boost economic growth as a mining boom cools and the strong Australian dollar erodes business profits. Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens said in a statement following the bank's mon... Tue, 07 May 2013 06:39:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2067734-australias-central-bank-cuts-rate-to-275-percent.html 2013-05-07T06:39:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2065608-asia-stocks-muted-cheer-us-jobs-fades.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were muted Tuesday as cheer over the better-than-expected U.S. jobs report faded. Japan's benchmark stock index was the exception, surging 3.4 percent to 14,156.84 as it reopened following a long weekend holiday. Major indexes on Wall Street as well as Germany's DAX hit record highs Friday after the U.S. Labor Department... Tue, 07 May 2013 05:06:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2065608-asia-stocks-muted-cheer-us-jobs-fades.html 2013-05-07T05:06:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2065116-asia-stocks-rise-investors-cheer-us-jobs-data.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Monday after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report pushed Wall Street to new highs. Malaysian shares jumped after the country's ruling political alliance won national elections. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index both rose to record highs Friday after the Labor Department reported... Mon, 06 May 2013 05:11:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2065116-asia-stocks-rise-investors-cheer-us-jobs-data.html 2013-05-06T05:11:42Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2062600-rumford-leads-1-teen-shoots-72-china-open.html TIANJIN, China (AP) — Brett Rumford of Australia shot a 3-under 69 Saturday to lead by one stroke after the third round of the China Open, while 16-year-old Dou Zecheng of China trailed by 10 strokes after a 72. Conditions were windy on the Binhai Lake Golf Club course as Rumford moved to 12 under, one stroke ahead of Mikko Ilonen (73). The Finn led by th... Sat, 04 May 2013 13:05:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2062600-rumford-leads-1-teen-shoots-72-china-open.html 2013-05-04T13:05:09Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2061516-atp-chairman-brad-drewett-dies-54.html LONDON (AP) — Brad Drewett, a former tour player who led the ATP as executive chairman and helped increase prize money at Grand Slam tournaments, died Friday. He was 54. He had Lou Gehrig's disease, and the governing body of men's tennis said in a statement he died at his home in Sydney. Drewett was a top-40 singles and top-20 doubles player before he ret... Fri, 03 May 2013 21:15:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2061516-atp-chairman-brad-drewett-dies-54.html 2013-05-03T21:15:35Z