Vancouver still world’s most liveable city

Vancouver topped the list of the world's most liveable cities for the fifth straight year, while Melbourne claimed second place from Vienna and Australian and Canadian cities dominated the list's top 10

Town changes name from Speed to Speedkills

Names can matter, thinks one Australian town named Speed — which renamed itself "Speedkills" in an effort to promote road safety. Speed, an outback town in rural Victoria with a population of

NBG opens Greek bank merger play with Alpha bid

 —  Alpha rejects offer, not in shareholder interest — National Bank of Greece kicked off a government-sponsored consolidation of the sector with an all-share bid for third-largest lender Alpha Bank, valuing it