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The Australian share market has closed at its highest level since May, as investors were encouraged by separate moves to stimulate the US economy and keep the bailout of the debt-ridden euro zone o

Engineering and construction contractor LogiCamms has won $10 million worth of contracts for the Wiggins Island Export Terminal in Queensland and Australia-Pacific LNG.

Car yards sold more new vehicles in August than ever before.

Surfwear brand Rip Curl is investigating approaches to invest in the company from several international organisations.

The banks involved in Australia's most expensive and longest-running court case are seeking to take their battle to the High Court.

Doray Minerals shares have risen after the gold miner announced it had finalised a $55 million funding arrangement for its Andy Well gold mine in the Murchison region.

Internet service provider iiNet has signed the first mobile virtual network operator agreement with Optus Wholesale, which will enable it to offer 4G wireless broadband services to customers.

Forge Group subsidiary Cimeco has received a notice of award for a $70 million engineering and procurement contract at Rio Tinto's West Angelas and Brockman iron ore mines in the Pilbara.

The carbon tax is not totally to blame for higher electricity prices, gas and electricity supplier AGL Energy says as it calls for the deregulation of what consumers are charged.

Northern Iron has cut jobs and suspended its exploration program to help offset the effects of falling iron ore prices.

Federal Labor continues to make gains on the coalition in two new opinion polls, as anger over the carbon tax wanes and state budget cuts rebound on Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

Engineering and construction group Clough has won a key contract at Tap Oil's Manora oil development in the Gulf of Thailand, adding a $US60 million package of works with Pearl Oil to its growing o

Macmahon Holdings is poised to cut its earnings guidance, only a month after the mining services and construction group forecast 20 per cent profit growth for fiscal 2013.

Australian stocks have opened marginally firmer, with strong gains among resources-related companies offset by weakness in defensive market sectors such as healthcare and utilities.

Gold futures have eked out a new six-month high as optimism for demand remained strong in the wake of the US Federal Reserve's newest monetary-easing initiative.

A Chinese government office is forecasting economic growth of between 7.7 and 7.8 per cent for the year in a sign of an expected improvement in prospects for the world's second-largest economy.

The Federal Reserve's open-ended QE3 has pulled US stocks out of their slumber and into a two-day rally, taking indices to new multi-year highs.

The Australian dollar has surged to its highest level in a month after the US Federal Reserve announced a renewed program to give the flagging American economy a boost.

Fortescue Metals Group has had a High Court win that opens the way for a further review of its access to Pilbara rail lines owned by mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.

Productivity Commission chairman Gary Banks will retire from his position in December, federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says.

Mobile accomodation manufacturer Desert Plains has gone into voluntary administration after racking up debts of more than $3 million.

Australian shares finished at a four-and-a-half-month high, after the announcement of fresh US Federal Reserve economic stimulus measures buoyed investor confidence.

Treasurer Wayne Swan says the federal government's Asian Century White Paper will be a long-term planning tool setting ambitious targets to be achieved by 2025.

James Packer's Crown Casino has raised $532 million through its subordinated notes offer.The amount exceeded the $400 million Crown in August said it was seeking to raise.

The state government has made an amendment to the metropolitan planning scheme to facilitate the development of a 429 hectare tract of land in Bullsbrook for industrial purposes.

Supermarket retailer Woolworths insists it has not yet made a decision on whether to sell more of its multi-billion-dollar property portfolio.

It obviously takes a bit more than a couple of positive economic statistics to put a smile on people's faces.

ANZ Bank says its variable interest rates for Australian retail mortgages and small business lending will remain unchanged after its September interest rate review.

Western Australia's peak business representative body has joined the Labor opposition in urging the state government to deregulate the retail electricity market, calling for an independent regulato

Billionaire businessmen Kerry Stokes and James Packer believe Australia has to show China a little more love and respect if it wants to deepen its trade relationship.

A fresh capital raising and further asset sales are believed to be among the options being evaluated by iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group, which has halted trade in its shares as negotiations c