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Shares in Calibre Group have plummeted nearly 52 per cent after the engineering and asset management firm issued a profit warning.

Treasurer Wayne Swan is encouraging Australian businesses to get "ahead of the curve" and push toward greater use of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) currency in their trade dealings.

The Australian share market has opened higher after Wall Street hit fresh record highs overnight.

US stocks have pushed to new record levels after the government's weekly report on jobless claims came in better than expected.

The Australian dollar hit a fresh 10-week high following gains on US sharemarkets, but lost some ground after disappointing jobs figures.

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has shown how you do philanthropy at the big end of town: put a million bucks on the table and challenge everyone in the room to match it.

The Australian share market has bounced back to close above the key 5,000 point mark for the first time in a month amid hopes that local interest rates will fall.

Norton Goldfields expects to increase production and continue cutting costs to help keep it on track to meet its 2013 production targets.

Australian grocery giant Woolworths is considering setting up shop overseas, but won't say where it's looking.

Gina Rinehart will probably have to face court when her bitter family trust fund battle is played out later this year.

Australia is lagging the world's best economies when it comes to productivity and needs a new plan to stop it falling further behind, BHP Billiton's chairman says.

Remerging Western Australia's power retailer and generator is a backwards step, federal Resources Minister Gary Gray says.

The job market appears to be in good shape, despite the unemployment rate climbing to a three-and-a-half year high in March.

Australian stocks have opened higher, led by strong gains from the big banks and supermarket chains.

Gold slumped Wednesday in the largest decline since November as details from the US Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting showed more discussion on throttling back on the central bank's easy-mone

Renters in Sydney, Perth and Darwin are set to pay more as those cities still lack sufficient housing, a study shows.

US stocks powered to new record highs on Wednesday after Federal Reserve meeting minutes suggested the Fed's easy-money policies would remain in place for a while longer.

The Australian dollar has rallied to its highest level in more than two months, helped along by Chinese trade data.

Energy Resources of Australia hopes to re-establish itself as a significant uranium producer by building a new mine in the Northern Territory.

The Australian share market has closed slightly weaker as investors sold off defensive and high yielding financial stocks after a couple of days of gains.

The RBA is painting a positive outlook for Australia's economy, despite the end of the mining investment boom nearing and the high dollar weighing on growth.

Mining and petroleum hub Karratha is leading the nation's mining towns in population growth.

Dairy producer Devondale has signed a decade-long deal with Coles to supply the supermarket giant's home brand milk.

The Australian share market has opened flat despite a lift in overseas markets overnight.

There's good and bad news for first home buyers - their loan repayments are shrinking but the amount needed for a deposit is rising.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shook off early weakness on Tuesday and pressed through to another record close, led by strong gains in tech shares Microsoft and Intel.

The Australian dollar is back above 104 US cents, thanks to weakness in the greenback and softer Chinese inflation figures.

The Australian share market enjoyed a bumper day, closing almost one and a half per cent higher on positive overseas leads.

Labor's shadow cabinet includes more than half of its 32 MPs, but not former minister Ljiljanna Ravlich.

Troubled surfwear retailer Billabong appears closer to being taken over, but at a significantly lower price than previously offered.

Fairfax Radio's drive timeslot, hosted by Howard Sattler, has bounced back in the latest Perth radio ratings, while Mix 94.5 remains the favourite station overall despite a slight dip in

A Perth real estate agency has been fined $10,000 for failing to lodge tenancy bonds within a reasonable period.