Labor to beef up ACCCBusiness will face tougher $10 million penalties from a beefed-up competition watchdog, under a Bill Shorten Labor government if elec
Gold hit its highest in almost six weeks on Tuesday, rising on worries about a potential British exit from the European Union and expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates at its June meeting.
Wall Street has dropped for a fourth straight session as central bank policymakers weighed the health of the US economy and investors worried about an upcoming vote in Britain on whether to leave the European Union.
Brexit fears rattle ASXMounting support for Britain to leave the European Union has struck financial markets around the world, including Australia, where shares were sold
The Australian share market has fallen nearly 2 per cent to a seven-week low, wiping out $27 billion in value, amid concerns about US interest rates and the Brexit vote.
Indian businessman Pankaj Oswal misappropriated more than $150 million in company funds for his Perth homes, a vegetarian restaurant chain, luxury cars and planes, a court has heard.
Wall Street has stumbled for a third straight session as tech stalwarts Microsoft and Apple dragged on indexes and investors braced for major economic and political events in the United States and Europe.
Gold rose for the fourth straight session and hit its highest since mid-May on Monday, driven by rising investor risk aversion before central bank meetings this week and Britain's June 23 vote on whether to leave the European Union.
World stock markets have fallen, while the safe-haven yen firmed amid concerns that Britain may be on the verge of voting to leave the European Union in a referendum that is two weeks away.
Labor, Libs leave $60b health holeBoth sides of politics now face a hospital funding ‘‘black hole’’ of more than $50 billion – or will have to revisit lifting the goods an
The Australian stockmarket was spared volatile trading today thanks to a public holiday in the eastern states, as Asian stocks fell the most in more than four months and the Japanese yen jumped as risky assets took a hammering.
Top fund managers tell business it must earn its growthAustralia’s top fund managers have warned the business world against expanding overseas too aggressively, especially
The share market has closed slightly lower as higher prices for iron ore and oil boosted most major mining and energy stocks, but the banks went backwards.
Gold has risen more than one per cent to a three-week high, bolstered by a weaker US dollar on declining expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates any time soon.
Stocks have broadly gained, helped by buoyant oil prices, a day after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen pushed back expectations for an interest rate increase without raising concerns over the strength of the world's largest economy.
