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Energy giant Santos has secured $1 billion in new debt ahead of a potential balance sheet shake up in the new year.

Downer EDI has won a $2 billion package of work on Adani Group's controversial Carmichael coal mine in central Queensland, involving the construction of on-site infrastructure and provision of mining services.

The Australian stockmarket has opened sharply higher, following a rally on Wall Street.

The Australian dollar has followed metal prices and Wall Street higher, bouncing from the record lows it reached after the US Federal Reserve meeting.

US stocks have surged for the second day in a row following Wednesday's Federal Reserve meeting as investors brushed aside concerns over another drop in oil prices.

Oil prices have skidded sharply lower in volatile trade, pushing the US benchmark futures contract to a new five-year low amid concerns about ample global supplies.

Gold prices edged higher Thursday after Switzerland's central bank said it would introduce negative interest rates next year and as traders continued to adjust their outlook on US monetary policy.

He may be new to the role, but the treasurer has a vital role to play in the fortunes of the Barnett government.

Fairfax Media's radio merger talks with the owner of Sydney station 2GB are back on.

Western Australia led the nation in population growth in the 12 months to June 2014, but the state has experienced the slowest growth rate in eight years, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

ANZ chairman David Gonski insists the bank has a heart, but not the power to cancel debts owed by investors in failed agribusiness Timbercorp.

Apart from a few brilliant authors and composers, not much good has ever come out of Russia; and unless there is a sharp improvement in the outlook for that country it could drag the rest of the world, including Australia, into a crisis to rival that of 2008.

People who use ride sharing taxi services are being warned to be cautious when booking private cars.

Mortgage broker AFG has reached a milestone with a loan book of $100 billion.

The ASX-listed parent company of law firm Rockwell Olivier has been placed in administration, opening up the possibility of its partners buying back the business.

National Australia Bank chairman Michael Chaney launched a defence of coal-fired power as the lender, and rival ANZ, rejected calls to stop funding mining projects.

Energy and mining stocks have led the share market nearly one per cent higher.

The falling Australian dollar may take expected interest rate cuts off the table next year, National Australia Bank chairman Michael Chaney says.

Shares in transport and warehousing company CTI Logistics have dropped nearly 10 per cent today after a substantial profit downgrade.

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Engineering services company RCR Tomlinson has announced it will sell and lease back four properties for $37.5 million, with the proceeds to be used to pay down debt.

Shares in Perth company Resource Equipment have climbed 85.7 per cent today after the board recommended a cash takeover offer valuing the company at $115.5 million.

Building materials firms Boral and CSR have been given the all-clear to merge their east coast clay brick operations.

Plans to upgrade a major Perth highway using proceeds from a trucking toll have drawn widespread criticism, with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Labor Party and the Greens all finding fault with the project and its funding.

Grains marketer and maltster GrainCorp is facing a challenging year, with smaller crops, dry weather and tough competition from rivals.

Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill mining company has told caterers to tighten food security after a worker at its West Australian site bit into a poisoned piece of fruit.

Agribusiness Elders says initiatives undertaken so far as part of a major plan to improve the performance of the company are making progress.

Flight Centre shares have dived by more than nine per cent after the travel agency issued a surprise profit warning.

Quickflix's effort to raise almost $6 million to allow it to compete with the likes of Netflix in 2015 has fallen dramatically short of target.

The Australian sharemarket is one per cent higher after an upbeat assessment of the American economy by the US central bank and a bounce in oil prices.

The Australian dollar has fallen to a new four-and-a-half-year low after the US central bank issued a more upbeat assessment of the US economy.

The Dow has jumped nearly 300 points after the US Federal Reserve made no changes to its monetary policy, saying it can remain "patient" before moving to raise interest rates.