Australian Market Report. Australian stocks rose for the first time in five sessions, driven by a rebound in resource and finance stocks More...
ANZ’s decision to push through out-of-cycle interest rate rises is turning off customers, with the banking major taking a hit in satisfaction rankings More...
Qantas has confirmed it will slash 500 engineering jobs and close its heavy maintenance baseby August as part of cost-cutting measures More...
Australia's aircraft maintenance and engineering capacity will be decimated by Qantas' decision to axe 500 jobs, unions say More...
Disgraced former Firepower boss Tim Johnsto is believed to have squirrelled away millions of dollars offshore despite being declared bankrupt. More...
Building products maker James Hardie returns to profit due to a win in a tax dispute and increased revenue from its operations in the US and Europe More...
Investment strategists expect financial markets to remain volatile before fresh elections in Greece, which could prompt a break-up of the eurozone More...
Shares in printer and publisher PMP gained 5 per cent after the release of more details about a takeover offer worth up to $252.5 million More...
Toro solidifies its position as the frontrunner to mine uranium in WA after the state's EPA today backed its Wiluna mine proposal. More...
The $40.5 million profit for the first six months of Elders' fiscal year included a $34.4 million gain from one-off items More...
Australian wine is on the crest of its next boom but the industry needs to focus on the market's premium end, says winemaker Brian Croser. More...
Queensland-based market darling Campbell Brothers has continued to ride the surging world-wide mineral exploration and development boom to record profits in the past year. More...
Orica has shrugged off doubts about growth in iron ore demand by announcing it will build an $US800 million ammonium nitrate plant in WA. More...
In a blow to Victoria's Baillieu government, the head of the $37 billion Victorian Funds Management Company Justin Arter has quit to head up the Australian arm of global funds giant BlackRock. More...
China Southern Airlines is recording passenger loads of up to 80 per cent on its direct flights to Perth but it has no immediate plans to expand the service More...
Paint maker DuluxGroup's $188 million takeover offer for garage door maker Alesco will close at the end of June More...
Thriving maintenance company SMW is indicative of the changing face of Rockhampton's economy. More...
Workers at the Adelaide-based Phoenix Cleaning company are owed about $1.5 million in unpaid wages and other entitlements More...
South Australia needs a new name and the public should choose it, the state's peak business group says More...
Former ABC Learning director Martin Kemp advocated the purchase of more childcare centres despite a report telling the board to halt further investment More...
Retravision Southern enters voluntary administration after the business was hit by the general slowdown in consumer spending. More...
The big threat to Australia's commodities-underwritten prosperity extending out to 2030 and beyond is India's democracy. More...
Australia's private business owners are struggling to retain and attract quality staff - but are also pulling back from strategies that would allow them to do so More...
US Market Report. Stocks rebounded on Monday after their worst weekly decline of the year with signs that investors were quickly unloading Facebook shares following its broken IPO and redeploying capital elsewhere in the technology sector. More...
World Market Report. An updated report of the world's latest market movements More...
Shares in Facebook slump 12% in early trading, falling below the initial price they were launched at on Friday in one of the world's biggest stockmarket flotations More...
JPMorgan Chase suspends its share buy-back programme to meet stricter bank capital rules, which follows on from a recent $2bn trading blunder More...
The European Commission tells Google it has a "matter of weeks" to allay fears it is abusing its position as the world's dominant search engine More...
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp agreed to buy electrical equipment maker Cooper Industries Plc for $11.8 billion in cash and stock, its biggest-ever acquisition, a move that will lower Eaton's taxes by shifting its incorporation to Ireland More...
The insider-trading trial of former Goldman Sachs board member Rajat Gupta, who is accused of spilling secrets about the investment bank, began on Monday More...
AMR Corp. debt holders are organizing outside its unsecured creditors committee to determine whether the bankrupt company or potential suitor US Airways Group Inc. can offer the best return, people familiar with the matter said More...
Chinese Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma's Alibaba Group is buying back up to half of Yahoo Inc's 40 percent stake for $7.1 billion in a deal that moves the Chinese e-commerce leader closer to a public listing. More...
Surgery to remove your appendix in one California hospital could cost $180,000. Have the operation at a different facility in the same state and the bill might be as little as $1,500 More...
DaVita Inc., a provider of kidney dialysis care, agreed to buy HealthCare Partners for about $4.42 billion in cash and stock to expand into broader medical services More...
Germany restates its opposition to so-called eurobonds as the new French finance minister prepares to meet his German counterpart for the first time More...
Eastman Kodak Co. lost a ruling in a two-year legal fight against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. over a patent for digital image-preview technology, a decision that may hurt the value of assets Kodak is selling More...
Barclays says it will sell its stake in US asset management firm Blackrock, which has a value of $6.1bn More...
Delta Air Lines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. are among carriers raising fares and reaping domestic bookings for summer travel as a recovering economy spurs more Americans to take vacations More...
Lowe's Cos Inc, the world's No. 2 home improvement chain, cut its fiscal-year earnings outlook and said demand slowed toward the end of the traditionally strong first quarter, sending its shares down nearly 10 percent More...
Low-frills airline Ryanair has reported record profits as fare rises helped to offset a sharp rise in fuel costs More...
UK voters are convinced the euro is heading for the rocks, but divided on whom they will blame if the double-dip recession deepens, according to a new Guardian/ICM poll More...
Thailand's economy has rebounded sharply as factories boosted production recovering quickly from last year's floods More...
A judge in Texas ordered a halt to the sale of a Tyrannosaurus bataar the day before it was auctioned in New York for $1.05 million More...
Retailers believe there is life left in their brick-and-mortar stores and they're trying new ways of making them more inviting by pampering customers - both the two- and four-legged kinds More...
UK bookseller Waterstones will sell Kindle e-readers for first time and offer free Wi-Fi, so customers can buy a book or download it instore More...
Best Buy Co Inc, the world's largest consumer electronics chain, said it has selected headhunter Spencer Stuart Inc to conduct the search for a new chief executive More...
Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group has agreed to buy US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $2.6bn, making it the world's biggest operator of movie theatres More...
As steady full-time jobs with benefits are increasingly elusive, more men are reaching for a chance at the American dream in female-dominated occupations More...
Universal Studios, the theme park chain now controlled by Comcast, is rolling out new weapons in its battle against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts — and Disney is fortifying its defenses More...