Australian Market Report. Shares recovered to advance for fourth straight day as banks turned higher on a slew of good results. More...
Australia's business leaders have hit out at the political infighting that has gripped Canberra, saying it has sapped consumer confidence. More...
BHP Billiton has tapped global money markets for $US5.25 billion ($5 billion), borrowing funds at a cheaper interest rate than many European countries. More...
Ten Network shares plunge to their lowest in almost three years after the company revealed a profit downgrade and axed its dividend. More...
The support of three of Australia's richest people has so far failed to turn around the fortunes of struggling broadcaster Network Ten, which yesterday warned of a 40 per cent plunge in profits after a dramatic fall in TV advertising. More...
Qantas is facing two investigations after reportedly not warning staff last week before announcing sackings and closures. More...
Suncorp says it will hike its premiums to deal with future natural disasters as it posts a 74 per cent jump in profit and warns of a challenging outlook. More...
Wages are growing faster than inflation, but not fast enough to concern the Reserve Bank. More...
To earn the biggest pay rise last year, chances are you wore a white coat to work and lived in Queensland. More...
Air Australia continued selling tickets even as it launched a desperate effort to raise $10 million, more than four months before its collapse last week. More...
Woodside Petroleum's full-year profit fell by 4.3% caused by the cost of delays to its Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. More...
Online travel booking company Wotif.com Holdings has posted a record first half profit as it successfully expands into flight bookings. More...
Industry Minister Greg Combet delivers a tough message warning companies they need to adjust to a new economy. More...
Shares in newly merged Seven West Media leap more than 9 per cent as investors seized on a better than expected half-year net profit. More...
The chief executive of Seven West Media, David Leckie, yesterday threw down the gauntlet to his free-to-air competitors, saying the group was ''a bit of a chance'' for a 40 per cent advertising market share for the Seven network, as the newly merged media group surpassed market expectations with a net profit of $163 million. More...
The company considering buying a 40 per cent stake in Tasmanian timber company Gunns has broken its silence on the proposed deal. More...
Loss-making paper supply merchant and takeover target PaperlinX has unveiled a fresh restructuring program to stop the losses from its moribund European arm and return the group to profitability. More...
The federal government is doing everything it can to secure the future of Holden in Australia, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says. More...
Toyota has committed to building cars, including hybrid models, in Australia beyond 2016. More...
The Greens pledge to continue their push to have the mining tax extended to other minerals amid claims the tax will fail to raise enough revenue. More...
Shares in Australian steelmaker OneSteel Ltd have continued to advance after the company announced a further 430 job cuts earlier this week. More...
A federal inquiry into the impact of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers will today move to central Queensland, the heart of the state's coal mining sector. More...
Resources projects worth billions of dollars are being supported by a taxpayer-owned financing firm while smaller companies are largely overlooked, a new report says. More...
Share registry group Computershare Ltd has posted a slide in first-half profit, though says it expects acquisitions to contribute to the company going forward. More...
The federal government has refused to take responsibility for university workers' pensions from the smallest of three old NSW super funds. More...
Investors applaud CSL's upgraded profit forecast after the blood products and vaccines maker sought to immunise itself against the euro-zone crisis. More...
Soft-drinks company Coca-Cola Amatil says Australia's retail climate will remain challenging as it affirms the expansion of its alcohol business. More...
Ports and rail company Asciano expects earnings to be stronger in the second half, as it benefits from new contracts and fewer disruptions to its coal-haulage operations. More...
Domino's has agreed to a national audit of the wages of 1000 of its 11,000-strong workforce after underpayment complaints. More...
Despite rising unemployment, jobs site Seek is purring with a record half-year profit. More...
Hit Aussie film 'Red Dog' has helped Village Roadshow to a $10 million first half earnings lift. More...
The $2.2 billion fight for Extract Resources has proved a windfall for a handful of Perth businessmen who have made tens of millions backing the WA success story. More...
Super Retail Group has shrugged off gloomy retail trading conditions to post a 40 per cent leap in first half profit. More...
Alan Kohler. No one seriously believes Greece's bailout will hold. The question is whether it can help prop up European banks long enough to enable their recapitalisation. More...
Ian Verrender. Investors are wielding the club on earnings results. More...
Stephen Bartholomeusz. The first full half for newly amalgamated Seven West Media reveals the dire state of the advertising market and a validation for the group's merger. More...
Malcolm Maiden. The market considers the second debt deal for Greece and decides that it has two main flaws. More...
Neil Plumridge. Business and government have an equal responsibility to drive higher yields More...
US Market Report. Stocks were little changed on Wednesday as an encouraging U.S. housing report offset soft euro zone data, while the S&P 500 struggled to break through a high not seen since last May. More...
World Market Report. An updated report of the worlds' latest market movements More...
Protests take place outside parliament in Greece, as MPs consider emergency laws after a 130bn-euro bailout deal. More...
Stocks are expected to suffer as analysts caution that latest Greek bail out fails to address concerns over long term debt More...
Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings on Wednesday to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ratings agency to make the widely expected downgrade after the country announced a bond exchange plan to ease its massive debt burden. More...
US President Barack Obama proposes a cut in corporate tax and an end to tax loopholes, as part of his election-year strategy on the economy. More...
The euro zone economy is in danger of tipping into recession, with the services sector shrinking this month along with manufacturing, tempering a wave of optimism after a new bailout deal for Greece struck this week. More...
Citigroup Inc and UBS AG, in a series of disclosures to law-enforcement officials, have provided crucial information to investigators in multiple countries as part of inquiries into whether the world's biggest banks manipulated a global benchmark interest rate, according to people familiar with the situation. More...
UBS might struggle to attract big institutional investors for more loss-absorbing bonds it wants to sell, after investors voiced distaste for the structure and price of an initial $2 billion deal announced on Wednesday. More...
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and more than a half dozen other major banks are being hit with a new lawsuit over $949 million in residential mortgage-backed securities. More...
The eurozone's service sector shrinks unexpectedly in February, a survey suggests, increasing fears of a recession. More...
US home prices fell to their lowest point in more than a decade in January, which helped to lift the pace of home sales, according to a report from an industry trade group. More...
The US Secretary of State wants American companies to focus their efforts – and their cash piles – on spurring job growth by investing at home and abroad. More...
China’s Premier Wen Jiabao is seen signaling next month that curbing pollution, inequality and the risk of financial instability eclipse the benefits of faster economic growth, a survey of analysts indicated. More...
A series of technology companies, including security software maker Palo Alto Networks, are preparing to go public on the heels of Facebook's $5-billion filing, sensing a window of opportunity as the stock market rallies. More...
Oil prices reached a record high on Wednesday as jitters over a possible attack on Iran outweighed concerns that slowing export orders in China and the ongoing eurozone crisis cast could jeopardise global growth. More...
General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen are discussing a manufacturing alliance designed to stem losses in Europe and reduce production costs elsewhere, sources with knowledge of the matter said. More...
The number of passengers using BAA's Heathrow airport reached a record last year while losses for the company narrowed, the airport operator says. More...
Police in France on Tuesday were questioning former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as they investigated an alleged prostitution ring that may have operated out of two French hotels. More...
France Telecom plans to slash its payout to shareholders this year after a weak performance in 2011. More...
EON AG, Germany’s largest utility, is proceeding with the sale of energy assets in its home market valued at as much as 4.5 billion euros ($5.9 billion) as it seeks to cut debt and raise cash for growth elsewhere, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. More...
HSBC Holdings Plc , Europe’s largest bank, will withdraw from consumer banking in Japan, closing down six branches four years after starting the business. More...
Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to announce it is paying out almost £400m in bonuses despite reporting its fourth consecutive year of losses More...
Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair’s wife Cherie sued News Corp. and a former private investigator who hacked into celebrities’ voice-mail messages to get stories for its now-defunct News of the World tabloid. More...
Kim Dotcom, the millionaire founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, was released on bail Wednesday after a judge said he didn't appear to have enough money to flee. More...