Growing Australian interest in Halloween is making the quintessentially American celebration as important for retailers as Easter and Christmas, the peak retailers' group says.
Foreign investment in Australia is being inhibited by its strong dollar and perceptions about its attitude to offshore investment, according to the latest Global Ambition survey.
More reports of falling earnings and slashed forecasts sent US stocks lower for another week, with uncertainty over the November 6 election and what will follow, policy-wise, increasingly holding i
The world's largest private sector coal miner Peabody Energy has become the latest global giant to attack Australian governments for policies they say threaten the industry.
The Australian share market has closed lower on fears that US markets will react badly to the latest earnings figures from iPad and iPhone maker Apple.
Matrix Composites & Engineering has announced it has cut 46 jobs in manufacturing and administration this month as part of a wide-ranging strategy to slash costs.
The future looks bright for Western Australian beer – despite the impending closure of the Swan Brewery – with the state's craft brewers taking home a swag of awards at the Beer and Brewer Magazine
Self-funded retirees, who don't subscribe to the theory of staying fully invested in the market, may find comfort in the views of Felix Stephens, head of strategy and research at Advance Asset Mana
Noble Minerals Resources has labelled an unsolicited offer from Resolute Mining as inferior, uncertain and unequitable and held firm on its preference for Chinese investment.
Transport and logistics group Toll Holdings says it still expects to increase earnings this financial year despite weaker economic conditions impacting some of its businesses.
Buru Energy says it has stopped work at its Ungani oil project in Western Australia after traditional owners claimed it had destroyed a significant Aboriginal archaeological site.
US stocks have made modest gains as durable goods orders and weekly unemployment claims came in better than expected and Procter & Gamble earnings beat forecasts.
The first indigenous woman elected to an Australian parliament has come out swinging against Browse gas hub opponents, saying the Broome community is not divided over the proposal and it's only a s
A review of local government in metropolitan Perth has called for a reduction in the number of councils from 30 to 12 and the introduction of compulsory voting in local council elections.
The state government has passed amendments to its building legislation introduced earlier this year, saying the changes will minimise delays and cut unnecessary red tape in the approvals process.
The Australian dollar has hit a one-week high, amid increased optimism about the Chinese economy and reduced expectations of further domestic interest rate cuts.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is under pressure from the Labor caucus to make mining companies contribute more to local communities and review the government's plan to allow more foreign mine worker
Western Australia should maintain its AAA credit rating if steps being taken by the Barnett government are as effective as hoped, Treasurer Troy Buswell says.
Gold miner Resolute Mining has acquired a 20 per cent stake in Noble Mineral Resources, while at the same time making an $85 million financing proposal designed to trump a similar offer from China'
