Australian Market Report. The sharemarket closed higher yesterday after better than expected US jobs figures. More...
The Reserve Bank board holds its first meeting of the year today and bets are firming for another interest rate cut, but it remains a close call. More...
Following a UBS report yesterday that said mortgage profitability in Australia is at its lowest rate in more than four years, analysts said it was increasingly likely that banks would not pass on the full value of any rate cut made by the Reserve Bank of Australia, according to The Australian. More...
Qantas's chief executive, Alan Joyce, has argued that proposed law changes aimed at limiting the ability to hire foreign-based flight crews will force its budget offshoot, Jetstar, to pull out of Darwin and Cairns. More...
There was a surprise fall in retail turnover in the key Christmas shopping period, but official figures offer a glimmer of hope for department stores and fashion retailers. More...
The gaming giant Tabcorp was warned of an alleged culture of drug and alcohol abuse among senior management at The Star casino, and was advised to swab offices and introduce ''sobriety tests'' to detect cocaine use at work. More...
The jobs market expanded last month according to a private survey, recording the largest rise in nearly two years due to strength in mining states. More...
Banks could pull back from lending to new home owners after making losses on mortgage More...
The Spotless board has allowed Pacific Equity Partners to conduct 'non-exclusive due diligence'. More...
Perpetual has dismissed Chris Ryan just short of a year after he was appointed chief executive. More...
The Australian dollar is slightly higher, reflecting positive US jobs data after touching a fresh high against the euro. More...
Swiss-based commodities trader Glencore is reported to be willing to offer a higher than expected premium to clinch its acquisition of global mining giant Xstrata. More...
Gunns is set to announce a capital raising and equity investment in a further restructure of the company More...
Telstra Corporation is expected to report a double-digit increase in first half profit as the telco grows market share, particularly in mobile, and keeps costs in check. More...
The telecoms industry is due to submit its new consumer protection code to the regulator today. More...
Australia's mining sector is boosting the nation's investment appeal for international engineering consultancy giant URS Corporation, the Financial Times reports. More...
Shares in engineering firm Downer EDI Ltd surged at noon after it won a $570 million contract to provide services at the Karara iron ore project in Western Australia. More...
Mining will become more capital intensive as miners seek to offset declining grades by reducing operating costs. More...
A class action by councils, charities and churches against the liquidators of Lehman Brothers Australia has been reopened in the Federal Court to allow fresh evidence about the value of the complex structured finance products at its heart. More...
The tax that had billionaires jumping up and down on the back of flatbed trucks has one last hurdle ahead. More...
The US television company HBO is investing $10 million in the Australian entertainment market, taking out a 16 per cent stake in the video subscription service Quickflix. More...
Gina Rinehart’s three estranged children have rejected their mother’s demand to keep the family’s explosive court battle public secret. More...
Listed investment company Argo Investments has reported a half-year profit after tax of $85.8 million. More...
Nine Entertainment Co has appointed a former senior Aristocrat Leisure Ltd executive as the media company's new chief operating officer. More...
Ausdrill chief Ron Sayers says he has no case to answer over tax fraud charge. More...
Hotel owners and operators are preparing for a busy year of openings and renovations as demand increases from domestic travellers. More...
Australia's largest coffee chain aims to open a new store every fortnight for the next five years More...
The Australian developer of one of the world's biggest uranium assets, Extract Resources, says it is still seeking alternative options after China inched closer to making a take-over offer. More...
The receivers of Pankaj Oswal's Burrup Fertilisers have handed the business' new ownership team $130 million, demonstrating the controversial Indian tycoon's foresight in building a world-class liquid ammonia plant in the Pilbara. More...
A pilot who injured his back lifting hard-copy charts and manuals is suing Virgin Australia for over $1 million for not issuing him with an iPad instead More...
Ian Verrender. There are 107 good reasons why our central bank should cut interest rates again today. More...
Stephen Bartholomeusz. While Spotless may have conceded PEP access to due diligence, the services group has still maintained some leverage over the rules of engagement in the ongoing takeover stoush. More...
Ian McIlwraith. Australia's listed investment groups now have almost $800 million invested in one another. More...
Adele Ferguson. Perpetual's decision to replace Chris Ryan speaks about the pressure the board is feeling. More...
Michael Evans. When Chris Ryan hosted an executive dinner it appears few had any inkling that something was up. More...
Robert Gottliebsen. Roy Morgan's highest-ever unemployment reading is a forewarning of the shifting labour force and political landscape we're entering as jobs scarcity takes its toll. More...
Rod Myer. The blue-chip end of the sharemarket was difficult and frustrating last year. More...
US Market Report. Stocks dipped on Monday as a delay by debt-ridden Greece in accepting the terms of a bailout gave investors little reason to buy equities after a five-week rally. More...
World Market Report. An updated report of the worlds' latest market movements More...
Government talks in Greece to try to agree new austerity measures needed to secure bailout funds and avoid defaulting on its debts, are delayed. More...
A eurozone recession could almost halve Chinese growth this year, according to a report by the International Monetary Fund. More...
Chinese shoppers on their Lunar New Year holiday were less lavish than expected by Hong Kong jewelers, curbed spending on beauty brands and slowed spending at South Korean stores. They may keep that pace in the coming year of the dragon. More...
German factory orders rose more than economists forecast in December as demand from outside the euro area helped its largest nation weather the sovereign debt crisis. More...
China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions. More...
The Federal Reserve should start raising interest rates next year, a top Fed official said on Monday, arguing that even if rates stay near zero for many years, U.S. economic output will not bounce back to pre-recession levels. More...
Three gloomy reports will put pressure on Bank of England to pump £50bn more into economy when it meets this week More...
Taiwan smartphone maker HTC reports a 57% jump in annual profits, but it predicts a downbeat start to trading this year. More...
The Brazilian government privatises three airports, including the country's largest in Sao Paulo, in sales valued at $14bn. More...
Denmark’s credit crunch is getting worse as businesses accuse banks of withholding funds and the financial regulator warns that deteriorating asset quality may put more lenders out of business. More...
To form a strong fiscal union and return confidence to the euro, eurozone members must be willing to give up some degree of control of their national budgets to a central European authority. More...
Douglas Peterson, the president of Standard & Poor's, talks about European downgrades, ratings agency regulation and why he left an investment bank to run a firm trying to restore its reputation. More...
JPMorgan Chase & Co., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, reached a preliminary agreement to pay $110 million to settle litigation saying it gouged customers on overdraft fees for checking accounts, court records show. More...
Boeing Co shares slipped on Monday, the day after the plane maker said it must correct a fuselage support structure problem on some of its carbon-composite 787s, a glitch experts said could slow production. More...
Is what is good for Chrysler good for America? The auto maker courted controversy and won kudos for a two-minute Super Bowl advertisement that was less a car sales pitch than a political message in a presidential election year. More...
Miss Chen stares curiously at the iPad. Even though she works overtime in a factory in southwestern China that manufactures them, she's never seen the finished product. More...
Paul La Monica. If you want to declare that tech stocks are once again a bubble ... you'd be dead wrong. More...
Andrew Keen. The most interesting question isn't whether Facebook is actually worth $100 billion or how many billions of dollars Mark Zuckerberg will personally bank -- but whether or not Facebook really will make the world a better place for its close to a billion users. More...