Retail King Gerry Harvey says he's not expecting a wonderful Christmas after consumer electronics sales copped a hiding in 2011.

Australia to be hit by more severe cyclones and hailstorms in coming decades, one of the country's largest general insurers says.

Testing services firm Campbell Brothers has booked a jump in interim profit, driven by its minerals division, and tipped a leap in its full year result.

Design and construction company VDM Group wins $30.6 million worth of new work with BHP Billiton.