Despite all the doom and gloom, including today's turmoil on the Australian stockmarket, consumers are still spending up big, particularly on their credit cards.
It's OK to go into red - RBA; Babcock to cut itself in two; BHP softens plans to increase production; Reynolds re-election renews ABCC push; Razor gang with sharp eye for WA cuts
THE corporate watchdog has charged Perth company director Malcolm MacCormick with insider trading in relation to last year’s sale of his family business to ASX-listed company Walter Diversified Servic
SOUTH Perth-based property developer Finbar has put its majority owned Gateway office development, currently being built on the former Nutrimetics site on Albany Highway, on the market.
ADMINISTRATORS have been appointed to Malaga-based TriniTEQ Ltd after the company sold its business operations to a group of Australian and US-based venture capital shareholders.
PARAMEDICS were this week offered pay rises of between 15 and 29 per cent under a revised proposal from St John Ambulance.The offer includes the introduction of a new classification structure that bet
MINER Consolidated Minerals has been hit by plunging commodity prices, advising staff that it plans to close two of its Western Australian mines and cut employment of staff and contractors by 180 posi
THE market downturn may take the heat off employers in the short term, but the experience of the past few years has shown that workers have far more choices about where and how they want to work – inc
THE Australian share market has closed 3.5 per cent down at fresh four-year lows, wiping $34 billion from the value of the market following a weaker performance on Wall Street overnight.At close, the
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has announced the formation of a 12-member industry working group, chaired by former resources minister Peter Jones, to advise on ways to improve the state
BARACK Obama made the sale. Sixty three million people were sold on his potential ability to lead and govern. And they did so without the benefit of actually seeing what he will do.
WOMEN in the resources sector are mystified why none of their number were called up for a new committee to advise state Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore (pictured).The 12-man group consists m
Shares in AWB gained over four per cent in early trading after the wheat exporter and agricultural services group reported that full-year net profit more than doubled.
Mac's $15bn global fire sale; Coal, ore exports to drop by $30bn; Reynolds wins construction union vote; Wealth slump fuels case for more rate cuts; Citi, ABN the latest to slash finance jobs
The nation's nuclear science chief says lifting the ban on new uranium mines in Western Australia will prove a positive step for the cause of nuclear energy, although the federal government will ensure any moves are closely regulated.
Resource state lifts its ban on uranium mines; Lion Nathan's $8bn bid fails to impress Coca-Cola; BHP under fire as market tips deeper ore price cuts; Japan recession hits markets; Labor's $2bn bid to save car yards
National Australia Bank chief executive John Stewart took home more than $8 million in fiscal 2008, a slight decline from the previous 12 months, although the bank's share price dropped by 39 per cent over the same period.
Retail sales in the September quarter were virtually flat, signalling that more interest rate cuts are on the way amid a decline in consumer confidence, economists say.
Beverage group Coca Cola Amatil says it has received a merger proposal from Australia's second-largest brewer, Lion Nathan, that values the target at around $7.61 billion.
G20 backs new growth push; Windfall will go to WA and Victoria; BHP faces ore export plunge; Collapse of ABC to fuel legal overhaul; Ban all native forest logging - Conservation Council
Privately owned miner Consolidated Minerals has been hit by plunging commodity prices, advising staff this week that it plans to close two of its Western Australian mines and cut employment of staff and contractors by 180 positions.
ETS risks loss of Sunrise to Timor, warns Voelte; CBA faces $2bn debt threat; Jobs go in Westpac merger; States revolt over carbon plan; Shares dive as US shakes up financial bail-out
Radio broadcaster Austereo Group says the market is more demanding and its first half results will be slightly lower than the previous comparable period.
Legislation imposing permanent restrictions on short selling needs to pass parliament before it rises for the long Christmas break next month, Corporate Governance Minister Nick Sherry says.
