US stocks shrugged off more eurozone turmoil to rack up solid gains on Thursday, helped by earnings reports, slightly improved jobs numbers and the European Central Bank's interest rate cut.
The world's biggest economies will agree to increase the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) resources to help tackle the European debt crisis, officials at the Group of 20 summit said Thursday.
The University of Western Australia has appointed Department of Finance director general Anne Nolan, Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman and Alverstoke Group founder John Willinge to its Busines
The major banks are focused on improving productivity and cutting costs, as revenues stagnate due to slow credit growth and financial market uncertainty, analysts say.
Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan has made plain to the National Australia Bank boss Cameron Clyde his displeasure at the bank's failure to pass on an official interest rate cut in full.
Westpac boss Gail Kelly believes the Reserve Bank will need to cut interest rates again in coming months as turmoil and uncertainty in Europe continues to undermine local confidence.
Car maker Holden says it has not made a final decision about the future of the Commodore, despite union claims that the next model could be the last created in Australia.
Rents are spiking for apartments in East Perth because of strong economic growth, low unemployment, corporate relocations and supply shortages, new research from Knight Frank says.
Woolworths' new chief executive Grant O'Brien is planning an aggressive push to open 39 new supermarkets while reviewing the company's troubled Big W and Dick Smith stores.
The state government has put out the call for a $200 million contract to design and construct the inlet and surrounding public space for the Perth Waterfront redevelopment.
The state's peak retail body says Western Australian retailers are expecting bumper Christmas sales results following the Reserve Bank's decision to cut interest rates yesterday.
A fall in residential building approvals in September confirms yesterday's interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia was the right call, the Housing Industry Association says.
Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan says the mining tax will allow the community to share in the resources boom, as the mining industry continues its campaign against the proposed impost.
ANZ has become the third of the major banks to pass on Tuesday's central bank rate cut in full, but National Australia Bank only passed on a 20 point cut.
Shares in OneSteel plunged 16 per cent to a decade low after the company revised down its earnings guidance because of the recent fall in the iron ore price and rise in the Australian dollar.
The Australian stock market has opened lower, mirroring large losses on offshore bourses, as investors reacted to the latest developments in financially-troubled Greece.
The Australian dollar is sharply lower as news of a Greek referendum to decide whether to accept a second Eurozone bailout package sent jitters through markets.
Collapsed US broker MF Global may have used client money on its own behalf as it fought to beat losses on European debt, markets operator CME Group said Tuesday.
Master Builders Australia says a replacement agency with fewer powers than the Australian Building and Construction Commission would give the green light to building unions to engage in unlawful st
A joint venture led by US-owned construction contractor Kiewit Australia, which is a new player in the local mining sector, has won a $247 million contract from Fortescue Metals Group for works on
