The head of Australia Post says it took longer than he expected to reform the company's haemorrhaging mail business and reduce its losses, delaying the company's expansion overseas.
The recently appointed Australian small business and family enterprise ombudsman has launched an inquiry into the payment practices of big businesses and governments across Australia.
Woolworths shares have slipped after it announced retail expert Sally Macdonald's resignation as Big W chief executive after less than a year in the job.
Poseidon Nickel has landed an agreement for Kidman Resources to use its mothballed Lake Johnston infrastructure to process lithium ore from the Melbourne-based company's Mt Holland mine, in a deal potentially worth at least $18.5 million.
The Australian share market has opened higher on the back rising energy shares and with investors seeming slightly more positive about a Trump presidency.
The Australian dollar is little changed against its US counterpart as the greenback's post-election rise stalls along with the surge in US bond yields.
Oil prices have jumped six per cent, with US crude notching its biggest daily percentage gain in seven months, on renewed expectations that OPEC will agree in late November to reduce a global supply glut.
US stocks rose on Tuesday, with the Dow registering its fourth consecutive record high close as tech stocks rebounded from a post-election battering and energy stocks were boosted by a sharp rise in oil prices.
A national tourism business backed by Quadrant Private Equity has acquired Rottnest Express, one week after a food services business also backed by Quadrant announced plans to buy family-owned Sealanes.
RBA, IMF warn of debt, housing riskHeavily indebted Australian households and governments need to build greater financial resilience against a global economy facing fresh
Macmahon Holdings has unveiled the remuneration package for new chief executive Michael Finnegan, adding to a trend in the contracting sector for lower base salaries but greater potential for bonuses.
The organisers of Perth's inaugural Festival of the Web, which will incorporate the International World Wide Web conference, hope to attract 3,000 delegates to the Western Australian capital next April.
Nine Entertainment has come close to a first strike against its remuneration report as shareholders railed against the high pay awarded to executive and non-executive directors despite the broadcaster's disappointing performance.
Nano-technology company Dotz Nano has announced plans to establish a $S20 million ($A18.7 million) research centre in Singapore, on the same day it made fruitful gains on its first day of trading on the ASX.
The Australian share market has closed weaker despite retracing some of its earlier losses as market enthusiasm for the potential policies of US president-elect Donald Trump moderates.
Every member of the Australian Test side beaten so comprehensively by South Africa in Hobart will return to first-class cricket on Thursday, with the exception of pacemen Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Joe Mennie.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned a Perth man from providing financial services after finding he had redirected $254,000 worth of clients' funds into his own accounts.
The Australian Shareholders' Association is calling for Gerry Harvey to be removed as Harvey Norman executive chairman after a heated exchange with the retail veteran about the company's accounts.
Belmont-based GR Engineering Services has been contracted to undertake a scoping study at Primary Gold's Mount Bundy project in the Northern Territory.
Rox Resources has locked horns with Marindi Metals over a failed bid to acquire its stake in the Reward zinc project, a day after Marindi started legal action against Kidman Resources over another deal which Kidman says doesn't exist.
Oil prices have been largely steady, rebounding from three-month lows, on a report saying that OPEC members were seeking to resolve their differences on a deal to cut production ahead of a meeting later in November.
Gold has fallen for the third straight session, finding a five-and-a-half-month low as the US dollar and Treasury yields strengthen on expectations that President-elect Donald Trump will boost US spending.
US stocks closed little changed on Monday after rising dramatically the week before and a decline in the technology sector offset a steep rise in financial stocks as investors bet on higher interest rates.
