Seven Group Holdings has reported a steep decline in first-half net profit as a strong rise in earnings from its WesTrac equipment business was offset by a write down in the value of its stake in S
The Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday finally reclaimed the ground it held before the carnage of the Great Recession - bailouts bank failures layoffs by the million and a stock market panic t
Waratah Resources has launched a $3.5 million capital raising to advance exploration efforts at its suite of iron ore projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
FarmWorks Australia says it will focus on agricultural chemicals, after selling off its branch and agency network in Western Australia to Ruralco Holdings for approximately $5 million.
The major federal political parties have dismissed the Australian Greens' proposal to pursue a sovereign wealth fund, while providing themselves the opportunity to attack each other.
Retiring QBE Group boss Frank O'Halloran will return to the insurer as a board member next February, a year after posting a 45 per cent plunge in annual net profit.
Exoma Energy has signed Ausdrill to provide a drill rig and drilling services at its Galilee natural gas joint venture in Queensland, in a deal worth $13 million.
Perth-based IT services firm Empired says it will consider paying a dividend to shareholders next financial year after lodging record revenue and a robust lift in profit for the half year ended Dec
The mining sector has given Martin Ferguson its backing as the prime minister considers the ministerial future of the resources minister and other key backers of Kevin Rudd.
Oil and gas producer AWE has booked a near $30 million first half net profit, driven by higher oil prices and lower operating costs, and says it will continue to pursue investments in the energy in
South Africa's Exxaro Resources has taken its stake in takeover target African Iron to 97.88 per cent, allowing it to compulsorily acquire the remaining shares in the company.
State Nationals leader Brendon Grylls should take a cold shower and reassess his "risky strategy" to contest the seat of Pilbara, Premier Colin Barnett says.
The approval of the structural separation of Telstra means the government can go ahead with the rollout of the national broadband network, offering genuine competition in telecommunications, Prime
The uranium industry has achieved a remarkable turnaround in the 12 months since the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima power plant in Japan, a key industry figure says.
A quick way to ruin a business is to penalise successful employees and reward failures, which is what seems to be happening in Australia with the unbalanced re-distribution of the goods and service
Optus has failed to gag AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou from claiming the telco was "lifting" content owned by sporting bodies, behaviour "akin to stealing".
A substantial drop in Atlas Iron's interim net profit was due largely to project value write-downs, but the miner remains on target to meet its full year production forecast.
Goldfields Credit Union has lodged a prospectus ahead of its long-awaited stockmarket float, revealing that it will spend $1.86 million to demutualise and raise $9 million in new capital.
Internet-based shopping is growing at ten times the pace of the struggling traditional retail sector, with annual sales surpassing $10 billion for the first time.
The United States Navy will buy two more high speed catamarans from Western Australia-based shipbuilder Austal for $US321.7 million, taking total work on the firm's order book to more than $2.2 bil
Motorists can kiss goodbye to cheap petrol from tomorrow, with prices set to hit $1.55 as world oil prices surge due to supply concerns in the Middle East.
The Australian share market closed lower, partly pulled back by market giant BHP Billiton, which paid its interim dividend; the big banks, three of which had a ratings downgrade on Friday; and some
