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Employment website Seek says it will pay a little over $US100 million ($A101.83 million) to grab a larger slice of its Latin American businesses from existing owners and management. The company sai..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Tuesday, May 29 BHP - BHP BILLITON LTD - up 44 cents at $32.05 A mining giant will not comment on rumours it is considering locking out striki..
Eds: US markets were closed on Monday (US time) for the Memorial Day public holiday) SYDNEY, May 29 AAP - A roundup of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - Another flare-up in Europe's deb..
The four biggest Greek banks have received 18 billion euros ($A23.23 billion) in rescue funds to help reinforce their capital bases, a Hellenic financial stability fund source says. "The order to p..
Fears are held for the jobs of 2,700 Australian workers stood down from troubled engineering firm Hastie Group, but the administrator hopes most will return to work. The 44 Australian entities of t..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Monday, May 28 CBA - COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA - down 59 cents at $48.72 Commonwealth Bank of Australia has cut interest rates on some fi..
A roundup of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - Another flare-up in Europe's debt crisis knocked US markets lower on Friday. This time, it was more trouble at a major Spanish bank. The D..
Trial lawyers smell blood as furious investors begin filing suits over losses on Facebook's disastrous $US16 billion ($A16.46 billion) IPO, with billions of dollars possibly at stake in coming litigat..
AGL Energy has emerged as the nation's equal largest electricity company - by capacity - after its takeover of the coal fired Loy Yang power station was approved. It has also inherited arguably the..
The Australian share market remained in positive territory in intra-day trading but off its highs of the session, with healthcare and energy stocks the highlight of an otherwise lacklustre performance..
Foxtel has completed its $2 billion takeover of regional counterpart Austar and says pricing and billing procedures will not change for customers of either service. Foxtel received approval for the..
Sundance Resources and its Chinese suitor Hanlong Mining have altered a $1.65 billion takeover agreement to ensure the deal is finalised by November. Sundance, an iron ore explorer, has accepted a ..
The Australia Pacific LNG joint venture has secured $US8.5 billion ($A8.71 billion) in funding for its massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Queensland. Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) is ma..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange early on Thursday: AQP - AQUARIUS PLATINUM LTD - down 7.5 cents at $1.285 A fire at a platinum mine in Zimbabwe part owned by Australia's Aquariu..
A summary of trading in key commodities markets overseas: ENERGY Oil prices have slumped, falling to a six-month low under $US90 in New York as the US dollar rallied on eurozone debt tensions. ..
US stocks have closed mixed, with a late rally paring losses prompted by increased fears of a Greek euro exit and disappointing earnings from computer maker Dell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average w..
The world's richest woman Gina Rinehart has been overlooked for a Fairfax Media board seat, in favour of an accountant. Fairfax has chosen former Ernst & Young boss James Millar to join its boa..
The outlook for economic growth has improved although it is still below average. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Leading Index, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity three to nine mo..
Bargain hunters are in for a treat this winter as Myer flags discounts of up to 60 per cent, while shareholders cringe at the prospect of more pain. Myer shares shed almost eight per cent on Wednes..
Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has backed away from earlier pledges to increase dividends but still predicts a decent increase in earnings this year. The global financial turmoil was a good re..
Australia's dependence on resource exports could come back to bite it as a slowdown in Chinese growth causes commodity prices to fall, the World Bank warns. In its twice yearly update of economic f..
More than 64,000 customers have hung up on global telecommunications giant Vodafone plc's Australian mobile arm as it battles to overcome perceptions of a poor network. The big fall-off in customer..
Australian bond futures prices are higher after a former Greek prime minister's comments that the nation could exit the eurozone encouraged traders to move to safe-haven investments. Lucas Papademo..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Wednesday, May 23 BHP - BHP BILLITON LTD - up 21 cents, or 0.69 per cent, to $32.32 There will be no immediate job losses at BHP Billiton's ma..
US stocks have given up early gains and finished mostly flat as investors dump Facebook shares for a second straight day amid new controversy about the company's $US16 billion ($A16.20 billion) IPO. ..
