Friday's close on the sharemarket was probably the best immediate reaction to the new mining tax deal announced earlier ...
The Reserve Bank won't touch rates tomorrow.Nor will the European Central Bank or the Bank of England which also hold in...
The Reserve Bank won't touch rates tomorrow.Nor will the European Central Bank or the Bank of England which also hold in...
The US market retreated modestly during Friday's session as the much anticipated non-farm payrolls came in weaker than expected. It showed total job losses of 125,000, roughly 10,000 worse than what the market had been expecting.
US non-farm payrolls (employment) fell by 125,000 in June, above forecasts for a decline of 100,000 workers.
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after weak employment growth in the US cause fears about the strength of the world's largest economy.
For all the commotion raised regarding foreign investment in the housing sector, an overlooked feature is the foreign demand for mortgage and bank debts of Australia necessary to keep housing loans afloat and moving and prices rising.
U.S. stocks fell Friday, with General Electric, Caterpillar and 3M among the decliners following disappointing reports on U.S. employment and factory orders.
The US, Europe, China and Japan might be slowing, but India is booming, or so it seems after Friday's unexpected interes...
In a bid to help confused Australian consumers and in a fight back for the country's embattled pork producers, Australian Ham Week will be launched today (5 July).Australian pork producers have for some time now been battling against the flood of subsidised imports from Denmark, for bacon and the US...
February taught us not all healthcare stocks are the same. What is the situation prior to August?
Female, baby boomer with a supply of working capital and a coffee machine - that's the profile of a hospitality success story, according to a new industry index.The inaugural Hospitality Industry Success Index (HISI), developed by national equipment financier Silver Chef, was unveiled in Brisbane la...
Cancer specialists in Australia are calling for a national policy on genetic testing of cancer patients in public and private hospitals to identify who can receive particular drugs that work only in the presence or absence of a particular gene.
Motorola Inc. has announced it would break up into two distinct units with one making networks and telecommunications equipment and the other making handsets and home entertainment products.
Talks over the Gillard government's watered down mine tax announced on Friday carry on as junior iron ore companies propose further concessions in a meeting with Resources Minister Martin Ferguson in Perth today.
NBN Co, the broadband company, has chosen Melbourne as the site for its Network Operations Centre (NOC) and Test Facility to monitor and manage the National Broadband Network (NBN)
The Australia 200 CFD Index finished the session flat at 4238, with industrial strength offsetting material and energy weakness.
Andrew Forrest, chief executive officer of Fortescue Metals says that PM Gillard’s new tax on mining had placed only a “reasonable framework” for further negotiations.
RiverCity Motorway Group said on Friday that the toll reduction it implemented beginning Monday this week resulted to a 12 percent boost on Clem7 tunnel as about 28,415 vehicles passed through the 6.8-kilometre road on Thursday.
RiverCity Motorway Group said on Friday that the toll reduction it implemented beginning Monday this week resulted to a 12 percent boost on Clem7 tunnel as about 28,415 vehicles passed through the 6.8-kilometre road on Thursday.
Terrafugia, a company based in Woburn, Massachusetts, announced plans to release a car-plane hybrid.
Toyota Australia is set to announce its second round of recall in a week’s time following the car manufacturer’s detection of a fault with a number of its Lexus and Land Cruiser model.
BA Merrill Lynch has initiated coverage on PanAust with a Buy rating, attracted to the combination of leverage to copper prices and production growth going forward.
Motorola announced on Thursday that the company would be divided into two separate entities by next year, with one division focusing on handset developments and the other training its attention on professional safety equipments.
Storm Financial investors who saw their savings wiped out as the Townsville-based financial services group collapsed in 2008 are set to file a class suit against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in the Federal Court this Friday.
Big miner Xstrata will resume a key project that it postponed after former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd proposed the troublesome resources super-profits tax.
Household goods retailer Harvey Norman will acquire most of the branches of its falling competitor Clive Peeters for $55 million.
Clive Peeters receiver and manager Phil Carter announced this morning that details are still being finalised, with the number and location of the stores to be disclosed next week.
International passenger traffic on Australia’s airports saw a sluggish growth in April as fresh government figures showed that a total of 2.059 travellers passed through in and out of the country in the month, which is a 4.2 percent improvement from the 1.976 million posted on the same corresponding month last year.
A brief look at important company events and economic data releases next week.
Following the news of a revamped mining tax, a lobby for smaller mining companies argued that the federal government's decision was shaped out with the big three miners at the expense of others.
