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The Australian economy will continue to grow at a sluggish and below-trend pace, an industry study shows. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity, which indicates the lik..
US stocks have posted modest losses amid concerns about cooling economic growth in China and mixed data on the troubled US housing construction sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 68.9..
Vodafone has scotched rumours that it is looking to offload its Australian mobile phone joint venture. The news came as the former head of Vodafone in Japan and the United Kingdom, Bill Morrow, was..
The federal government faces a possible High Court challenge to its mining tax led by Australia's third-largest iron ore producer and backed by at least one mining boom state. WA-based mining giant..
The Australian share market finished weaker in line with Asia bourses, as investors digested comments on monetary policy from the central bank amid concerns about a possible slowing of China's demand ..
Businesses will be banned from imposing excessive credit card charges on customers under plans being developed by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Under the proposal, credit card providers such..
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) believes interest rates are at the right level to balance out the effect of Australia's surging resources sector against weaker industries like manufacturing and re..
Optus workers are the latest to find themselves in the firing line as the telco reviews its operations. Optus on Tuesday confirmed it would cut its 9,500-strong workforce as management casts an eye..
An increase in the number of customers taking up home phone bundle plans has given TPG Telecom a 65 per cent lift in its first half profit. The telco still expects its full year earnings to rise by..
BHP Billiton's admission that growth in Chinese demand for iron ore was flattening helped send both the Australian dollar and share market south. Growth in Chinese demand for iron ore had in recent..
African-focussed iron ore explorers Sundance Resources and Equatorial Resources are exploring the potential to share rail infrastructure. Sundance's Mbalam/Nabeba iron ore project straddles the rep..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange early on Tuesday: COH - COCHLEAR LTD - up 70 cents at $57.95 Ear implant manufacturer Cochlear has led its workers "down the garden path" by refu..
US stocks have finished at new multi-year highs, extending last week's solid gains, after Apple's shock announcement of a massive dividend plan and share buyback plan and UPS's takeover deal for TNT. ..
The Australian share market finished stronger, boosted by the resources sector with iron ore players Fortescue Metals Group and Atlas Iron the standouts. At the close on Monday, the benchmark S&..
David Jones shares have been placed in a trading halt as the department store chain exercises caution about corporate disclosure rules before releasing its first half results. Market watchers expec..
Ten Network Holdings shares have closed at a near one-month high after the company said it was mulling over the sale of its outdoor advertising business. The broadcaster said in a statement on Mond..
Shareholders will be hit with double taxation on dividends from miners if the federal government's mining tax legislation is passed, Australia's biggest and oldest listed investment company says. T..
Boosting productivity growth is the only way for Australians to improve their living standards, the country's central bank chief says. Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens says Australi..
Embattled Tasmanian timber company Gunns has admitted it could have lost a major investor because of social concerns. The Richard Chandler Corporation pulled out of a $150 million investment in Gun..
Share market darling Campbell Brothers is expanding its food testing operations with a $39 million acquisition in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Campbell Brothers primarily provides laboratory ser..
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) will raise $350 million through the issue of new hybrid shares. The insurer on Monday said it would issue convertible preference shares, which will convert to ordina..
A clear improvement in the Federal Reserve's economic outlook, and a solid outcome of the Fed's stress tests for major banks, gave the markets another strong two per cent-plus boost this week. The ..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange early on Monday: AAC - AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY LTD - up one cent at $1.32 The chairman of the nation's largest cattle producer Australian..
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) says its strike affecting Asciano's Patrick stevedoring operations will end on Monday. However, the union pledged to undertake further industrial action if it ..
The Australian share market closed flat, having recouped losses earlier in the day. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Friday was down 1.6 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 4,276.2 points, while the ..
