US stocks ended a roller-coaster week lower, hitting a big election-day rally Tuesday only to plunge after President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger and Wall Street ally Mitt Romney.
Building and construction contractor AusGroup is expecting sustained demand for its services after announcing a 101 per cent jump in first quarter earnings.
Northern Minerals has completed a $5 million share placement to fund development of the Browns Range heavy rare earths project in the Northern Territory.
Shareholders in gold producer Regis Resources are set to begin reaping rewards from the company's progress with it announcing intentions to pay a maiden dividend next year.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard stands by forecasts for the budget to return to surplus but says she is concerned about the implications for the Australian economy from the "fiscal cliff" in the Unite
A third of Australian businesses face a "short fuse, big bang" scenario which will offer them little time to adjust to the major changes brought by the digital economy, a new report says.
Budget projections by an independent forecaster that see federal budget deficits for the remainder of the decade are "out of whack" with the views of leading global institutions, Assistant Treasury
Health ministers from Queensland, Victoria and NSW reacted angrily when their federal counterpart gate crashed their media conference in Perth, fuelling a heated argument about state health fu
The settlement of a class action against the National Australia Bank relating to the bank's heavy losses over toxic subprime home loans in the United States sends an important message to corporatio
Analysts remain unimpressed by rare earths miner Lynas's financial position despite this week's legal win that will allow it to operate a rare earths plant in Malaysia.
Weaker commodity prices and a high exchange rate have dealt a double whammy to Australia's mining sector, making companies less willing to invest, and driving expectations for domestic growth lower
Newspaper print circulation declined further in the September quarter as Australians looked to get their news through digital products, new figures show.
US stocks have sunk in a second day of losses following President Barack Obama's re-election victory, trimming another one per cent after Wednesday's huge rout.
A University of Western Australia research team has been awarded this year's WA Innovator of the Year award, for its development of a gene technology that greatly improves the quality of life of pe
The Australian dollar is half a US cent lower despite better than expected local jobs numbers, as negative market sentiment took hold after the re-election of US President Barack Obama.
Supporters of the Oakajee Port & Rail project were insisting today the ambitious development was not dead, after its owner Mitsubishi cut spending and two thirds of its staff were abolished.
Brian Gilbertson's Jupiter Mines has frozen spending at its Mount Ida magnetite project, after preliminary estimates from a feasibility study indicated the mine would cost more to develop and opera
Independent electricity retailer Perth Energy will manage the operation and maintenance of the recently-opened 82 megawatt Merredin power station, under a $20 million deal with the station's owner,
A push by state governments to lower or scrap the GST threshold on online purchases from overseas would create a level playing field for the country's retailers, a peak lobby group says.
Mining contractor Macmahon Holdings says it has reached a termination agreement with its former chief executive Nick Bowen valued at more than $380,000.
