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A survey that shows businesses have estimated a 14.5 per cent jump in energy costs due to the carbon tax underlines why the impost must be scrapped, Tony Abbott says.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has called on the federal government to publish its latest budget position numbers so the coalition can work out its surplus prospects.
Nine Entertainment has been saved from collapse with a Federal Court judge giving the final tick of approval to a $3.4 billion recapitalisation scheme.
The Australian share market has opened higher for a ninth straight day, despite substantial falls among insurers due to the flood and storm crisis on the east coast.
Australia's mining construction boom is expected to peak in late 2013 and government spending cuts are making it harder to find a new driver of economic growth, economics advisory group Deloitte Ac
US construction equipment group Caterpillar has posted a 15 per cent rise in 2012 net profit, but that was below market expectations owing in large part to a charge of million that arose from acco
US stocks have finished mostly lower despite a stronger-than-expected manufactured durable goods report and a nearly 2 per cent lift from Caterpillar earnings.
Penrice Soda chairman David Trebeck launched an angry attack on dissident shareholder London City Equities (LCE) after he survived Australia's first two strikes board spill meeting.
Clients of financial advisers will find it easier to determine if they are getting value for money under new guidelines issued by the corporate watchdog.
Apple's shares have plunged more than 12 per cent after its earnings disappointment, but the Dow has held up in positive territory with help from airline stocks.
Treasurer Wayne Swan says the federal government is giving infrastructure financing "serious consideration" as a Labor appointee to the Reserve Bank board calls for budget deficits to fund new road
The Australian dollar is higher after weaker-than-expected national consumer price index figures and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) downgraded its economic forecast for Europe.
The Australian share market closed higher after BHP Billiton's production report exceeded expectations and weak inflation figures drove up high yielding stocks.
The Australian dollar has maintained a strong position after weaker-than-expected inflation data which could clear the way for a Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate cut.
The Australian market is higher after mining giant BHP Billiton's half-year production report exceeded expectations and following strong leads from the US.
Centro Retail shareholders have overwhelmingly agreed to change the shopping centre company's name to Federation Centres as it attempts to put past problems behind it.
The Australian dollar has rallied against its US counterpart after Japan's central bank announced new measures aimed at lifting the world's third largest nation economy out of a long period of defl