Australian Market Report. Shares closed lower, falling into the red after the Reserve Bank unexpectedly kept rates on hold. More...
Australians face more home loan pain, with the big banks considering a rate rise this week. More...
Borrowers will have to wait for more interest rate relief after the RBA surprised by leaving rates unchanged. More...
The Reserve Bank's shock move to leave its key cash unchanged served as rocket fuel for the Australian dollar, propelling the currency to record highs. More...
NAB vows to offer the lowest mortgage rate of the big four banks for the rest of the year as it announces a quarterly net profit of $1.6 billion. More...
NAB has finally launched a review of its UK business, which is battling a market in the grip of recession. More...
Glencore and Xstrata agreed on an all-share merger worth $US90 billion in the industry's largest ever deal, creating a commodities powerhouse. More...
Qantas has taken one of its flagship A380 aircraft out of service. More...
Scoot, South-East Asia's newest budget airline, has selected the Gold Coast as its second Australian destination, ramping up pressure on Qantas's budget offshoot, Jetstar, on its home turf. More...
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has accused the Opposition of being confused about its economic policies. More...
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten's criticism of banks for sending jobs offshore has been sharply criticised by business leaders who pointed to rising labour costs in Australia and said that companies must have the flexibility to respond to changing market conditions without being subject to political criticism, according to a report by The Australian. More...
Macquarie Group will cut jobs, close unprofitable businesses and aggressively target costs to boost earnings as it forecasts a 25 per cent fall in full-year profit. More...
A New Zealand-born billionaire is in negotiations with Gunns to buy a substantial part of the Tasmanian-based timber company. More...
The Tasmanian Greens leader is trying to warn off potential investors in the timber company Gunns. More...
Struggling retailers have a message for Glenn Stevens - take a look inside my shop if you think things are "trending" well. More...
Transurban has highlighted its 'defensive nature' after reporting steady growth. More...
Packaging group Visy Board is investigating what it believes is a ''widespread'' and long-running fraud in its payroll office, with the company accusing a staff member of stealing more than $3.31 million. More...
Founders of Storm Financial, Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis, hit back at the corporate regulator. More...
St George Bank apologised for an error in which email addresses of some 500 clients were revealed. More...
Cochlear has suffered a $20.4 million dollar half-yearly loss after recalling one of its most popular bionic ear devices. More...
BHP Billiton's Queensland coal alliance is looking down the barrel of one million tonnes of lost production in its battle against unions in the Bowen Basin. More...
One of the world's biggest pension funds, the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), has tapped the fund manager behind Australia's super industry to manage more than $US500 million ($466 million) worth of infrastructure investments around the world. More...
OZ Minerals Ltd has awarded Leighton Holdings Ltd subsidiary Thiess a $1 billion mining contract relating to its Prominent Hill project in South Australia. More...
One of the founders and current directors of online hotel booking site Wotif.com has already proven his venture capitalist credentials. More...
The West Australian Government has launched the final nail in the coffin of Vasse Coal's dreams to mine coal near the Margaret River wine region. More...
Mining and rail equipment manufacturer Bradken expects new projects in China and increased sales to the resource sector to continue growth in the future More...
Foster's has lost the rights to Asahi as the Japanese brewer of the popular imported beer mounts a fresh push into the Australian market More...
Shipbuilder Austal has won a repeat order to build a 35 million euro ($42.5 million) ferry for French Polynesian operator SNC Aremiti Ferry. More...
Challenger Diversified Property Fund has started the 2012 reporting season with an earnings upgrade. More...
US retail giant Walmart has named an Australian as chief executive for its China operations, four months after the retailer’s former boss quit following a scandal. More...
Jessica Irvine. The interest rate forecasting business is tricky. More...
Michael Pascoe. Australia is being forced to change and RBA governor Glenn Stevens knows not to listen to bleating lobby groups. More...
Tony Webber. Singapore Airlines should be allowed to fly on the Pacific route even if it hurts Australia. More...
Malcolm Maiden. The Reserve Bank's decision to leave its cash rate is going to cause some hand-wringing. More...
Elizabeth Knight. The collective sigh of relief was near audible from the headquarters of Australia's banks yesterday. More...
Ian McIlwraith. Jonathan Mott has started 2012 with a bang - telling us that the banks were about to slash jobs. More...
Christopher Joye. Many economists were tipping the Reserve Bank to cut the official cash rate, but from purely policy setting perspective, the decision to hold was a no-brainer. More...
Michael Evans. It's hardly the language of a growing business. In the space of 10 minutes yesterday, Macquarie's deputy managing director, Greg Ward, delved into the Macquarie thesaurus to hammer home the cost focus of the millionaire's factory. More...
U.S. Market Report. Stocks traded edged higher on Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of discussions on a bailout package for Greece that would help the country avoid a chaotic default. More...
World Market Report. An updated report of the worlds' latest market movements More...
In a huge consolidation of the international mining industry, Swiss company Glencore International agrees to acquire rival Xstrata for $61.9 billion in stock. The combined firm would have a market value of $90 billion. More...
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes piles pressure on Greece to agree tough reforms, saying a euro exit would be "no man overboard". More...
A German flag was burned in Athens as unions held a 24-hour walkout in protest at further austerity in Greece More...
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday renewed a pledge to prevent Europe's financial crisis from damaging the U.S. economy in testimony before Congress that mirrored remarks he made last week. More...
BP announces sharply higher profits and increases its dividend to shareholders for the first time since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. More...
India's economic growth is likely to dip below 7% for the 2011-12 financial year, new government statistics show. More...
Profits at Swiss bank UBS slump by three-quarters and the outlook remains tough as the eurozone crisis saps business. More...
The boss of majority state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland urged his staff to "prove the critics wrong" and continue a clean-up that has cost 38 billion pounds ($60 billion) in the past three years. More...
Carmaker Toyota has increased its full-year profits forecast, saying its recovery is on track following the impact of the Japanese tsunami, Thai floods and the strong yen. More...
A Mitsubishi Motors boss offers to sell its Dutch factory for one euro, a day after the Japanese car-maker said it was halting production there. More...
Coca-Cola Co reported better-than-expected quarterly results and announced a new cost-savings program on Tuesday that it will use to boost its brands and mitigate higher commodity costs. More...
ArcelorMittal has reported a loss for the final three months of last year, but is forecasting better times ahead. More...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper begins the official part of his second visit to China in just over two years today as Canada seeks to deepen energy ties and win business for companies such as Manulife Financial Corp. More...
China’s central bank pledged support for first-home buyers as a crackdown on real-estate speculation threatens to trigger a property slump in the world’s second-biggest economy. More...
China's hot property market and its implications on the global economy has been on the minds of many investors, and for good reason. More...
Facebook's founder will pay a steep price to exercise stock options worth up to $5 billion. More...
Beyond the reach of regulators, and about half the size of the world's banking industry, a thriving breed of "shadow banks" is emerging that could trigger the next chapter in the global financial crisis. More...
Robert Peston. The £60bn merger of Glencore and Xstrata may be good for shareholders and executives, but will customers of their metals and fuel – especially in China – be delighted? And is it plausible that the entrepreneurial bosses of the two companies would work together in perfect harmony? More...
Stephanie Flanders. When the financial markets started to perk up in the last few weeks of 2011 it was easy to see what was driving the turnaround: good economic news out of the US, and a shedload of cheap medium-term loans for banks from the European Central Bank. More...