The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) and Austrade have launched two new publications designed to promote Australian green building capability to overseas governments, private sector developers, architects, engineers, specifiers and distributors of green building products.
UK-based Rio Tinto announced it recently increased its copper mineral resources to 106 million tonnes at its wholly-owned Kennecott Utah Copper Bingham Canyon Mine.
China is becoming concerned that Europe's continuing financial meltdown will harm its exports, as the U.S. plans to launch a trade enforcement action against the world's No. 2 economy.
After a series of recalls due to faulty parts on existing models and reduced production output following the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, hopes are high for Toyota Motor Corp. it will be able to swing back to profits from its U.S. sales beginning in October.
Apple’s new app helped find lost iPhone.
The quality that consumers perceive is being provided by mortgage brokers, in comparison with banks and credit unions, will improve following the introduction of the NCCP, according to the MFAA.
iPhone 5 release may be behind the schedule as the tear-shaped design cause manufacturing issues.
Windows 8 development tablets are selling like hotcakes on eBay, going for as much as $2,700 apiece, even though they were designed for testing purposes only. The tablets are not supposed to go on the market until 2012.
A $200 million wind farm project that will generate 109.5 megawatts of power will soon be erected in Illinois.
Federal Court Justice Peter Jacobson ruled on Tuesday in favor of Metcash's and Pick n Pay's planned purchase of supermarket chain Franklins for $250 million because the transaction would not violate the country's anti-trust laws.
If anyone is most excited for the much-awaited launch of Apple’s iPhone 5, it should be none other than Samsung Electronics, which reportedly plans to block the sale of the smartphone on its own turf, South Korea.
The value of gold as an investment was further confirmed as mining executives in two separate gold fora forecast the precious metal's rise in price amid a weak global economy.
By Greg PeelThe Considerations for Monetary Policy section of the minutes of the RBA's September policy meeting were relatively brief.
Moody's Investors Service classified on Monday the corporate debts of Australian companies as attractive risk. With the classification, the Aussie firms will not find it difficult to refinance their $23 billion debt over the next two years, Herald Sun reports.
FNArena is surveying investor sentiment in Australia in an effort to generate, over time, a similarly leading gauge as the AAII Investor Sentiment Survey in the US.
Complicating matters last night were reports of another big loss for German Chancellor, Angela Merkel in a state election in Berlin on Sunday.
So was Premier Investments another victim of revealing a poor profit result on a down day for the wider market?
It was a bit of a crazy first day back on the boards for Tasmanian company Gunns, with the shares up and down like a timber fellers' convention.
Financial markets ended their best week in more than two months on Friday as the relief rally continued.
The US National Association of Home Builders sentiment index eased from +15 to +14 In September, below forecasts for a steady result.
The Australian Dollar opened under pressure yesterday and as ongoing European debt fears hampered Asian equity markets, our local dollar also continued lower.
U.S. stocks fell in volatile trading Monday, snapping a five-day winning streak as another round of worry over Greece's sovereign debt battered the market.
By Greg PeelLast week saw the 36th annual World Nuclear Association Symposium held in London, at which 650 nuclear industry professionals gathered.
By Marc Lichtenfeld, Investment U Senior AnalystYou hear that beeping sound?That's the sound of my truck backing up to load it with dividend stocks.
By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 108 points or 0.9% while the S&P lost 1.0% to 1204 and the Nasdaq fell 0.
The four-hour strike at Qantas which was supposed to start at 7 a.m. in many airports began 3:30 a.m. The early start was caused by the air carrier's alleged lockout of the 3,800 striking baggage handlers, ground staff and caterers.
GVK Group of India is set to close the funding requirements for its US $1.2 billion acquisition of Hancock Coal in Australia in the next few weeks.
Esprit has turned to the Chinese market to help increase its profitability and has embarked on a four-year investment program that will cost HK $18 billion.
Chinese automaker BYD Co. plans to sell as much as $939 million (6 billion yuan) worth of bonds as the company continues to seek ways to raise funds to keep operations alive and going.
With more than enough cash on their hands and a big buying power, China continued to buy U.S. notes and bonds, bolstering its holdings at the U. S. Treasuries to record at a $1.17 trillion.
