China's latest economic data should be welcomed by Australian businesses, as the Asian giant appears to have reined in growth to a more sustainable pace.
Hundreds of companies hoping to win contracts on Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill iron ore project were clamouring to hear how they could improve their chances during recent roadshows.
Energy company AWE has publicly attacked its far bigger joint venture partner Origin Energy after the latest cost blow-out at the troubled gas project in Bass Strait.
Pipeline Partners Australia looks set to succeed in its $1.23 billion takeover bid for energy infrastructure investor Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF).
Leighton Contractors has set up a new indigenous joint venture to deliver infrastructure works for the state government's $517 million Ord River irrigation scheme.
Former Liberal MP Bernie Masters says he will run against Treasurer Troy Buswell in the March state election because past indiscretions make him unfit to sit in parliament.
Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIX) says that passenger growth at its portfolio of airports grew by 1.3 per cent in May compared with the same month a year earlier.
Western Australia continues to grow off the back of the resources sector but the state's economy is being hampered by faltering commodity production and a possible slowdown in Chinese growth, accor
The Australian dollar has pulled back a bit after dropping to its lowest level in two weeks overnight ahead of the release of key Chinese economic data.
The Nasdaq stock index led Wall Street lower Thursday, as traders shrugged off data showing US unemployment claims fell to their lowest level since March 2008.
Supermarket operator Coles says the retail landscape is getting more competitive as big overseas retailers move into the Australian market, but Coles won't be expanding internationally at this stag
Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill division has refuted claims its pledge to spend millions training local workers in exchange for an enterprise migration agreement (EMA) is a publicity stunt.
Perth was the standout capital city performer for land sales over the March quarter, with transactions increasing by 22.9 per cent, but the Housing Industry Association has warned that sales are ti
Rallies denouncing the federal government's enterprise migration agreements (EMAs) are planned for the Pilbara as the mining union continues to dispute claims of a lack of skilled d
Struggling department store Myer is shedding 100 jobs in its latest attempt to shave costs during the toughest trading conditions in a quarter of a century.
