Australian Market Report. Australian shares ended a horror week in which worries about Europe's finances and a slowing Chinese economy saw investors bring the monthly loss to $110 billion. More...
The Australian dollar could fall below US90¢ if Greece pulls out of the eurozone. More...
Retail spending rose for the ninth straight month in April but it is unclear whether the outlook is favourable More...
Qantas is expected to announce it is shedding more than 400 jobs in its engineering department as it closes down its heavy maintenance base at Tullamarine Airport More...
Wealthy former premiers including Nick Greiner and Bob Carr, resist moves to cut taxpayer-funded benefits. More...
Unions say workers on BHP Billiton's coking coal mines in the Bowen Basin will walk off the job from next Thursday More...
WA Treasury has fired a warning shot over Woodside Petroleum's $30 billion Browse LNG project, saying a potential wave of liquefied gas exports from North America to Asia could undermine the venture and was one of the biggest risks to the State's economy More...
Building products supplier CSR Ltd expects growth to come from its existing businesses rather than through acquisitions More...
The former chairman of the Future Fund, David Murray, says Australia has nothing to show for its record terms of trade, due to a tax structure that is too steep for companies and individuals, and not deep enough for consumption More...
Australia's big two supermarkets have stepped up their battle for shoppers' hearts and wallets in the past month, with revamped loyalty cards designed to keep baskets full and customers faithful. More...
More than one-third of Australians believe their relatives may ignore their wishes near the end of their life. More...
The ACTU has urged the national industrial relations watchdog to reject any push by employers to offset a decent payrise for low-paid workers More...
Former Brisbane developers Bob and Libby Lowres' resort and residential development on Naisoso Island is expected to boost the Fijian economy by about $F400 million a year More...
If Gindalbie Metals chief executive of one year, Tim Netscher, is feeling the pressure, he's not showing it. More...
Queensland public servants have been ordered to bring their own tea and coffee to work and to drive instead of fly on trips as the state government tries to save $100 million in the next six weeks. More...
A Coburg man who claimed the state's new electricity smart meters breached local heritage laws has failed in a bid to stop one being installed at his home More...
The rain finally came yesterday but did not fall where it mattered and so Sydney continues to experience its driest start to May in 153 years More...
More than a fifth of Australian women who own their own small business are not a member of any superannuation fund, a report says More...
Embattled builder St Hilliers Construction Pty will reopen four more work sites on Monday. More...
ACT's triple-A credit rating appears to be secure, after a decision to delay a budget surplus for at least two years More...
Ross Gittens. What if I told you the true expected budget balance for next financial year wasn't the much trumpeted surplus of $1.5 billion but a carefully buried deficit of $8.7 billion? More...
US Market Report. Normally a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case this week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the year and the S&P fell for six straight sessions More...
World Market Report. An updated report of the world's latest market movements More...
US President Obama wraps up a G8 summit saying that leaders agree economies must focus on jobs and growth to boost recovery More...
The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday More...
A record-breaking pay deal will give millions of German workers their biggest rise in wages in two decades, boost consumption in Europe's biggest economy and help towards adjusting the regional imbalances that have caused severe tensions within the euro zone, analysts said on Sunday More...
Former UK chancellor Ken Clarke says Europe's banking system is "in tatters" and warns the UK is "heavily exposed" to potential problems More...
Asian currencies are poised to keep falling after the biggest decline in eight months as the region’s economy slumps more than investors expect, spurring more interest-rate cuts, according to Citigroup Inc More...
Spanish firm Repsol has cancelled a contract to provide liquefied natural gas to Argentina More...
Shares in social media company Facebook Inc could fall below the initial public offering price of $38, Barron's wrote in its May 21 edition More...
British food and drink producers and retailers are proving there really is a market for selling tea to China More...
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site More...
Vale SA, the world’s largest iron-ore producer, is poised to lose market share to Australian rivals Rio Tinto Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd as Brazil imposes stricter environmental rules on new mining projects and labor costs soar More...
Thirty of China's biggest state-owned businesses have signed contracts worth about $55.3 billion with the southwestern municipality Chongqing More...
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. workers have told the company they may strike as soon as May 23, raising the prospect of fresh turmoil for the country’s second-largest railway days after its chief executive officer resigned under pressure from activist shareholder Bill Ackman. More...
A U.S. mission to send the first unmanned commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station was aborted with a half second left in the countdown. More...
China's premier called for additional efforts to support growth on Sunday, signaling Beijing's willingness to take action after a recent series of economic indicators suggested that the world's second-biggest economy will slow further in the second quarter More...
Australia’s federal budget, targeting a return to surplus next fiscal year, is taking a conservative view of Europe’s economic outlook, forecasting a 0.75 percent contraction this year, Treasurer Wayne Swan said. More...
UK supermarket operator Tesco could become a major player in a restructured Post Office – handing out pensions and benefit payments – as a government sponsored cost-cutting drive looks to replace traditional counters with a cheaper service offered at the checkouts of convenience stores More...
Graff Diamonds Ltd., the London jewelry retailer that’s planning a $1 billion Hong Kong initial public offering, will open five new stores in Asia this year to tap demand for luxury goods in the region. More...
Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. More...
Brazil’s Finance Minister Guido Mantega said growth in the world’s sixth biggest economy is picking up after a “weak” first quarter, reducing the need for additional stimulus measures. More...
Research shows that more than half of office workers are dissatisfied with the level of “speech privacy” in their offices, and managers are hearing their complaints. More...
China’s economic slowdown hasn’t diminished the importance of mainland clients to Sotheby’s, chief executive officer William Ruprecht said More...
Burma aims to restore a stretch of the infamous Death Railway to Thailand that was initially built by Japanese-held prisoners of war, the minister in charge of the scheme says More...