Labour productivity growth does not appear anywhere near as weak once the effect of the mining sector and recent slower GDP growth are taken into account.

The competition watchdog will appeal against a Federal Court judgment which paved the way for Metcash to acquire the Franklins supermarket business.

Westpac has been named as the world's best bank for corporate sustainability by Dow Jones Indexes and Swiss investment boutique SAM.

US President Barack Obama says he'll announce a new over-arching plan laying out how he intends to reduce America's ballooning budget deficit.

Expanding iron ore miner Atlas Iron says it will issues more than 22 million additional securities

Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday