Singapore Airlines could face a battle from a Chinese competitor if it wants Air New Zealand's cornerstone stake in Virgin Australia, according to analysts.
The head of Shell's Perth-based communications and government relations team has been named the next chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Gold has fallen after strong US economic data boosted investor risk sentiment and a top US Federal Reserve official said an interest rate rise is likely ahead of the market's current expectations due to fading economic concerns.
US stocks have ended weaker, pulling back from a recent rally that took them to new 2016 highs, as losses in commodity-related and industrial shares offset gains in healthcare.
Mark Pownall and 720Drive presenter Jane Marwick speak with Austal CEO David Singleton, X-press Magazine founder Joe Cipriani and Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce & Industry CEO Hugh
Fortescue Metals Group plans to move to a full owner-operator model at its Christmas Creek mining operations after Downer EDI's contract expires at the end of September.
SPECIAL REPORT: Western Australia's next major greenfields liquefied natural gas project could be a decade away after Woodside last month decided against further progressing its Browse floating LNG facility.
Cottesloe-based Quickflix plans to cut staff, reduce directors' pay, and close offices in Sydney and Auckland in an effort to turn around the troubled streaming service.
Brookfield Multiplex will start work by the middle of the year on a $350 million expansion of Mandurah Forum, with the redevelopment to make the southern suburbs mall the sixth-biggest shopping cen
About 54 local jobs will be axed when RCR Tomlinson shuts down 14 operations across the country, with the company seeking to significantly reduce its exposure to the depressed coal market.
The competition regulator has flagged a fresh review of the $9.05 billion takeover of rail and ports giant Asciano and is examining whether the new cross-ownership deal will lead to any common financial interest among the suitors.
Gold has fallen more than one per cent after US March payrolls data beat expectations, allaying some fears about the US economy and stoking speculation about the timing of likely interest rate rises by the Federal Reserve.
In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the Kailis family and agribusiness, the $A, state cabinet, WA stocks performance and oil & gas.
Energy giant Santos has finalised a new executive team and corporate structure that centralises management in Adelaide, though it has a strong Western Australian flavour as five members of the executive committee have worked in Perth.
