Australian Market Report. The Australian sharemarket ended flat in quiet trading as weaker-than-expected jobs data, followed by above-consensus Chinese inflation data, dampened investor enthusiasm, after the market hit a seven-week high on further gains on Wall Street. More...
The Reserve Bank has indirectly accused Australia's major banks of profiteering on interest rates. More...
One in five audits conducted by the nation's major accounting firms delivers an opinion that the auditor cannot verify. More...
Commercial free-to-air TV networks are calling on advertisers to cut them some slack over figures that appear to confirm fears audiences are fleeing to digital. More...
The unemployment rate crept higher to 5.3 per cent in February, after January's figure was revised down to 5.2 per cent. More...
Shares in Myer, still stranded 16 per cent below their float price, fail to get any upward momentum from upbeat profit result. More...
Peter Gammell is confident a controversial $3 billion bid to merge the Seven Network with private equipment group WesTrac will go ahead. More...
Second-half profits at the country's two largest insurers will take a big hit in the aftermath of the wild storms in Victoria and Queensland. More...
The opposition continued its assault on the government's plan to split Telstra yesterday, using the plight of mum-and-dad shareholders as its main weapon against the proposed bill. More...
The world's top iron ore producer, Brazil's Vale, is reportedly seeking a 90 per cent increase in prices and trying to shift from annual to quarterly contracts. More...
Australia's exports of iron ore and coal rose to record levels in the December quarter, buoyed by strong demand from Japan, Korea and China. More...
Online gambling firm Centrebet says it first became aware of possible takeover proposals last month but did not tell the market until this week for reasons of confidentiality. More...
A carbon credits company, Prime Carbon, has been found guilty by the Federal Court of Australia of making misleading green claims. More...
Commissioning of Australia's fourth uranium mine begins next month, with first production set to take place before the end of the year. More...
Australia's securitisation market has stalled, partly because investors are wary of buying high-yield, high-risk securities. More...
The federal government is likely to come under pressure to change copyright laws after a court decided last month that Telstra's Yellow Pages and White Pages directories were not protected because they were the work of computers rather than identifiable authors. More...
Macquarie Group, which made five North American acquisitions last year, may buy more US assets, adding investment banking expertise for servicing mid-sized companies. More...
Internet service provider iiNet Ltd says it is discussing a takeover of rival Netspace, but a decision to proceed with the transaction is yet to be made. More...
The Nine network has become the latest business to put a toe into the waters of social media, hiring one of Australia's biggest digital media agencies to guide it. More...
Centro Retail Trust has caused a flurry of interest with the appointment of Robert Tsenin as its new chief executive. More...
The bill to extend the Do Not Call Register to include businesses has been struck from the federal parliamentary schedule, representing a clear victory for the advertising and marketing industry. More...
A former marketing manager at the Commonwealth Bank says the bank embarked on a ''campaign to denigrate'' her after she claimed to have been sexually harassed and bullied by senior managers. More...
Days after trying to flog the Qant.as domain name to the Flying Kangaroo, online entrepreneur Dominic Holland has struck again -- with Westpac Bank in his sights. More...
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch celebrated his 79th birthday yesterday but, it seems, age has not wearied him. More...
Malcolm Maiden. Bernie Brookes reckons he and his executive team have done everything they can to get Myer's revenue and profit lines flying. The problem is, everything isn't enough. More...
Ian McIlwraith. Myer Holdings' near 75 per cent fall in bottom-line earnings for the January half-year added insult to injury for shareholders who took up stock at $4.10 in the $2.3 billion public float last October. More...
Stephen Bartholomeusz. Now in the final six months of its turnaround program, Myer has to generate top-line growth over its now smaller and more variable cost base to keep investors onside More...
David Symons. Investors in Primary Health are still reeling from a December half in which the company underperformed in all three of its major divisions. More...
Elizabeth Knight. The balance of power between the Rudd government and Telstra in the struggle to force the telco's structural separation has shifted over the past couple of days, with the very real possibility the government's bill to force this commercially devastating outcome will be defeated. More...
Bryan Frith. Whatever happened to the "preliminary proposal" by Meijin Energy of a $220 million cash offer for Rocklands Richfield? More...
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Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn. More...
The US trade deficit fell unexpectedly in January, following a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars. More...
Household wealth in the U.S. grew in the fourth quarter at a slower pace, limited by a drop in home values that indicates the recovery in consumer spending will take time to gain speed. More...
U.K. Chancellor Alistair Darling has warned people not to expect a "giveaway" when the government's Budget is announced later this month. More...
About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits. More...
Thousands of people march through Athens as part of a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest against austerity measures by the governmen More...
The union representing BA cabin crew says there will be no immediate announcement about strike dates. More...
The global airline industry will recover strongly this year, as both passenger and freight numbers improve, the industry's trade body has said. More...
Commodities fell and the yen strengthened on increasing speculation that China, the world' fastest-growing economy, will slow its expansion to control inflation.. More...
European politicians and regulators could initiate a continent-wide ban on speculative trading of sovereign credit-default swaps tomorrow. Making it stick without the Americans won't work. More...
Oil giant BP has announced a deal that will allow it to begin exploring off the coast of Brazil. More...
Fast food joints are scrambling to find alternate sources for one of America's favorite sandwich toppings after a winter freeze took a huge bite out of Florida's tomato harvest. More...
Daihatsu Motor Company announced Thursday that it was recalling more than 274,000 vehicles for problems with their suspension systems. More...
Fiat SpA, the Italian carmaker that helped Chrysler Group LLC emerge from bankruptcy, may wait to turn around the U.S. business before deciding on a share sale or spinoff for its automotive division. More...
Three months after he replaced Fritz Henderson as CEO of General Motors, Ed Whitacre is getting a rude introduction to life in a single-industry town. More...
It's dawning on people that getting a handle on burgeoning U.S. debt will be a long and hard process. So if lawmakers can't agree on a credible plan, some have suggested that the country could just "inflate its way" out of its fiscal ditch. More...