The Australian share market has opened lower this morning after the weak lead from Wall Street. Yesterday the local market posted a solid gain as commodities prices were higher.
Australia's best known Geologist, Ian Plimer, Professor of Mining Geology at The University of Adelaide has just published his seventh book titled "Heaven and Earth, Global Warming: The Missing Science".
US stocks climbed to a 2009 new high on Thursday, as the oil prices surge buoyed energy companies. New York crude oil futures rose more than 3 per cent to a one-year high of US$77.58 a barrel.