Home building companies Freelife Homes and Visionaire Homes, both divisions of Capital Works Constructions, have been placed into voluntarily administration, leaving more than 300 customers unsure
The Reserve Bank of Australia has refused to rule out further interest rate cuts amid concerns about slowing Chinese growth and weak business investment in Australia.
Today We Learned allows teachers to send specific 60-second updates to parents so they can start better conversations with their children. It closes the loop between the school, the student and the home.
Local IT company ASG Group has won a $15 million contract to provide its services to gas and electricity provider Synergy, and has flagged further possible contract wins potentially worth over $80 million.
Gold extended losses into a second day on Thursday as a firm US dollar and early strength in bond yields dented its investment appeal, and weighed also by uncertainty over the timing of a US interest rate increase.
Oil prices have dived a day after hitting 2015 highs as worries about global oversupply reemerged as traders scrutinised a mixed US inventories report.
Rio Tinto reaffirmed today plans to continue its brownfield iron ore expansions in the Pilbara but has noted all new mine developments are still on hold, leaving a question mark over when it will reach its 360 million tonnes per year production target.
Mathematically it’s impossible, but in about 11 days Australian investors will discover whether one plus one can add up to more than two – because that’s the day the son of BHP Billiton, South32, lists on the ASX.
Former federal Treasury secretary Ken Henry will take the helm of National Australia Bank’s board when chairman Michael Chaney retires at its next annual general meeting in December.
Chinese developer Zone Q Investments is advancing plans for its second major apartment project in Perth, lodging a development application for a 21-storey tower on the corner of Beaufort and Aberdeen streets in Northbridge.
Boutique Subiaco-based technology company Velpic has signed a $5.2 million deal to finance international growth plans, as part of a reverse takeover by east coast-based International Coal.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has denied reports he was told coalition MPs want Treasurer Joe Hockey dumped if next week's federal budget flops with voters.
Half of the board of Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has walked off the job, including chairman John Cooper, after it flagged a change in direction, a number of redundancies and cost-saving initiatives in response to the tough climate for local contractors.
National Australia Bank has launched a massive $5.5 billion capital raising to help it get the jump on regulators and allow it to push ahead with the public float of its troubled UK business.
South32 chief executive Graham Kerr says he is confident the diversified mining company will be ready to operate as an independent entity later this month, after BHP Billiton shareholders strongly endorsed the demerger.
Gold prices edged down on Wednesday, as the impact of higher US real yields counteracted the effects of a sharply weaker dollar, soft US data and doubts the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its June meeting.
Reported activity for primarily the first week of May was encouraging with overall sales up 38% for the week to 770, the highest level since late March.
Oil prices have scored new 2015 peaks after weekly data showed US commercial crude stockpiles unexpectedly slumped in the first decline in four months.
Wall Street stocks have fallen for a second straight session following disappointing jobs data and a warning from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on high equity valuations.
The state government is utilising rarely used powers under the Corporations Act to take control of $1.7 billion owed to creditors of the failed Bell Group and ensure a big slice of that money is distributed to Western Australian taxpayers through the Insurance Commission of WA.
