Australian woman falls for elaborate scam after fake email address set up with one changed letter

Australian woman falls for elaborate scam after fake email address set up with one changed letter

An Australian woman has fallen victim to an elaborate scam after she unwittingly transferred $813,000 to criminals, which she believed was going towards the purchase of a new home. The woman, from South Australia, fell victim last year to what’s known as a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam, the Australian Federal police said. Fortunately, police … Read more

PepsiCo to buy Siete Foods for $1.2 billion

PepsiCo to buy Siete Foods for .2 billion

Siete Foods Tortilla Chips Courtesy: Siete Foods PepsiCo said Tuesday that it’s buying Mexican American food company Siete Foods for $1.2 billion, marking the company’s first food acquisition in roughly five years. Like many food companies, Pepsi has been trying to shift its portfolio to include healthier options in recent years, usually through acquisitions. Recent … Read more

Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’

Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’

NEW YORK — Long before Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and TV shows ever took off, she found herself at an airport, wanting to learn to fly. It was the late 1960s and she was a newlywed in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She and her soldier-husband, Jeffrey, would often pass a small private … Read more

Best spring furniture sale: Best Picks unveils five favourite pieces in Koala’s massive furniture sale with up to 50 per cent off

Best spring furniture sale: Best Picks unveils five favourite pieces in Koala’s massive furniture sale with up to 50 per cent off

If you’re looking to elevate your house or apartment with new furniture or if it’s time to update that old couch of yours, look no further than Koala’s massive spring clearance sale. Koala is offering unbeatable deals that will transform your living space. The Aussie brand is known for its commitment to quality and sustainability … Read more

Australian sisters behind colourful homewares brand launch limited edition glass collection

Australian sisters behind colourful homewares brand launch limited edition glass collection

Colourful homewares brand Mustard Made has just launched The Glass Collection. Featuring fluted glass and Mustard’s signature rainbow of colours, The Glass Collection includes three new locker profiles, and a set of very special, limited-edition champagne flutes created in collaboration with iconic Australian glassware designer, FAZEEK. Elegant and elevated, Mustard’s collection of beautiful glass lockers … Read more

No7’s world-first skincare innovation Future Renew range hits Australia: ‘A world first in peptide technology’

No7’s world-first skincare innovation Future Renew range hits Australia: ‘A world first in peptide technology’

Science-led skincare brand No7 is set to revolutionise the Australian beauty industry with the launch of the ground-breaking Future Renew range. This innovative skincare range features the Future Renew Repair Serum, Repair Eye Serum and Repair Night Cream, available exclusively at Priceline. The range has already been touted as a global sensation with consumers fighting … Read more

Balenciaga upturns luxury in Paris as McCartney puts on high-octane fashion with playful, eco twist

Balenciaga upturns luxury in Paris as McCartney puts on high-octane fashion with playful, eco twist

PARIS — On an ordinary Parisian market street on an ordinary rainy fall day, Stella McCartney’s high-octane show on Monday was anything but. Guests gasped as the drizzle ceased, the clouds parted, and the sun emerged moments before the show — a heavenly metaphor, perhaps, for McCartney’s optimistic and nature-inspired display. Meanwhile, inside the storied … Read more

Shoppers are obsessed with this automatic coffee machine on sale for 25 per cent off: ‘It makes beautiful coffee every time’

Shoppers are obsessed with this automatic coffee machine on sale for 25 per cent off: ‘It makes beautiful coffee every time’

Shoppers are obsessed with this De’Longhi Magnifica Evo, Fully Automatic Coffee Machine that is currently on sale for 25 per cent off on Amazon Australia. For a limited time only this coffee machine is on sale for $671.49, normally $899. It has an exclusive LatteCrema System which delivers a dense and creamy milk froth with … Read more

Aussie fans outraged after learning Crumbl Cookie pop-up event in Sydney not run by the US company but instead by ‘fans’

Aussie fans outraged after learning Crumbl Cookie pop-up event in Sydney not run by the US company but instead by ‘fans’

Australian fans of a popular American cookie brand were outraged when a Sydney pop-up event selling the cookies was revealed to not be run by the company, but instead run by “fans”. Despite being founded in 2017, Crumbl Cookies has only recently taken the internet by storm, with its loaded cookies flooding the feeds of … Read more

How one preschool uses PAW Patrol to teach democracy

How one preschool uses PAW Patrol to teach democracy

ANNANDALE, Va. — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom. At stake: which animated dog was the best character on the cartoon “PAW Patrol.” In a heated primary, the 3-and-4-year-old students in room … Read more