Farmer-Shareholders of food producer SunRice are seriously considering the $600-million offer of Spanish firm Ebro Foods.
BHP Billiton Ltd chairman Jac Nasser is upbeat that, despite the heightening currency and global trade disputes, emerging markets from across the world have shown significant and exciting growth prospect.
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS) announced that developers and businesses will be able to take advantage of a new free usage tier for a full year.
Chi-X Global Inc. is preparing a unique trading platform that could provide the fast and efficient platform beneficial to Australian and foreign investors keen on participating in the market action worldwide.
More stringent auditing requirements for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) foreshadowed in the Cooper Review will needlessly increase costs, the national accounting firm Chan & Naylor argued on Friday.
Currency and equity markets are on the up trend at today's trading as markets speculate that the G-20 summit scheduled this weekend in South Korea will resolve the currency devaluation issue.
The chain of recall issues that Toyota has been facing this year appears yet to be broken as the world’s number one carmaker announced this week that up to 1.5 million car models need to be rechecked for possible brake system failure.
The AUD rallied yesterday before retreating again overnight to below USD 0.9800.
U.S. stocks bounced higher in a day of choppy trading Thursday as encouraging corporate earnings overshadowed jitters over recent currency fluctuations.
The US Philadelphia Fed index rose from -0.7 to 1 in September. Despite still being weak sub indices including new orders, shipments and employment all improved.
Growth and inflation figures released from China supported their move to increase interest rates earlier this week. Chinese GDP expanded 9.6% for the previous quarter, exceeding expectations, while inflation accelerated at its fastest pace in 23mths at a rate of 3.6%.
Nokia revealed to its employees that it plans to accelerate its transformation and increase effectiveness. Nokia's plans will directly result to the laying of an estimated 1, 800 employees globally.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will look into the recent purchase of billionaire Mr. James Packer's acquisition of an 18% stake in Ten Network Holdings Ltd. (ASX: TEN.AU).
A decline in new business registrations sent the number of actively trading businesses in Australia 1 per cent lower in 2008/09, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) announced that it will offer free participation in Media Metrix 360 to online publishers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Foreign and local pension funds are eyeing Australian infrastructure projects as safe investments that could create good rates of return, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said.
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX: FMG) scored on Thursday a media report suggesting that the company’s declared Solomon Project cost overshot by almost $US2 billion, arguing that the news article was based on an incomplete and confidential document.
The Australian share market closed flat on Thursday as stronger resource stocks offset weakness in the financials sector.
Australian shares closed mixed today, as losses from the banks offset strong momentum seen in early trade off the back of a positive offshore lead.
Leighton Holdings Ltd (ASX: LEI) said the competition watchdog has decided not to grant the relief sought by the company's German parent Hochtief.
The drought that crept on much of the state for a ten-year run has been officially declared as over yet majority of New South Wales growers are still wary about the prospect of farming in the region.
Australia's biggest producer of gold Newcrest Mining Ltd. (ASX: NCM) has reported that its gold production in the first quarter went up by 79 percent to 674,219 ounces, the company said in a disclosure.
Telecommunication company Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) is set to end its radio access network sharing deal with Vodafone Hutchison Australia in 2012 and hopes that the contract termination would pave the way for better long-term profits.
Channel Ten owner Ten Network Holdings Ltd (ASX: TEN) appeared fully recovered from the net loss it suffered in the previous financial year as the broadcast company reported of a full year net profit due to spikes seen on its revenue.
Australian consumers are looking to reduce their lifestyles through simpler living amid pressures of heavy debts, new research shows.
ASX-listed gaming firm Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:TAH) has raised some $238 million from institutional investors and is now set for the retail component of its entitlement offer worth $190 million
Reports early this month said the big four will give the Reserve Bank of Australia until next month to raise rates or they will go it alone, but a national accounting firm warned lenders that increase interest rates above RBA levels should have their market dominance reviewed by the Federal Government.
Wesfarmers has reported first-quarter sales up 4.3 percent as its subsidiary Coles food and liquor contributed to what the company described as "a generally pleasing result".
Business conditions in the Australian Commercial Property market improved in the third quarter ending September, driven by gains in the Office and Hotels segments, while conditions in the Retail and Industrial markets, however, remain negative, the National Australia Bank said in the report of its latest survey released today.
As billionaire investor James Packer moved late on Wednesday to increase his stake on Ten Network Holdings Ltd (ASX: TEN) from an initial share raid haul of 15 percent to 17.88 percent, media reports whirled around stating that the veteran media player would sue for a considerable overhaul in running the television company.
