US stocks have closed lower, unable to hold on to earlier gains amid weak corporate earnings and after the Federal Reserve left policies on hold as expected.
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has struck a blow against the Fairfax Media board, voting against the company's executive pay report after a torrid annual general meeting.
Mineral Commodities has announced plans to raise $14.5 million through a placement a, to fund the development of its Tormin mineral sands project on the west coast of South Africa.
Engineering and construction contractor Forge Group has outlined a new divisional structure to support a planned diversification of its business into the process infrastructure and oil & gas se
Electricity network operator Western Power says it still doesn't know the cause of the 2009 Toodyay bushfire that destroyed 38 homes and continues to deny any liability, despite paying compensation
Global insurer QBE expects to achieve modest premium growth this financial year.Chief financial officer Neil Drabsch said QBE expected premium growth in the low single digits this year.
Mining productivity is expected to turn around and post big gains over the next decade, but the sector is unlikely to enjoy the same rate of growth in employment, a central banker says.
China's manufacturing activity contracted in October but at a slower pace than in previous months, a sign the slowdown in the world's number two economy is bottoming out.
The massive rises in electricity prices in the last five years should not have occurred and were due to a flawed set of industry rules, says the competition regulator.
Shares in Fairfax Media have gained as much as nine per cent after its executives reassured shareholders a strategic review would help the troubled media company ride out tough trading conditions.
Economists say a larger-than-expected rise in inflation for the September quarter could encourage Australia's central bank to keep the cash rate steady at its next meeting.
Poor earnings and forecasts from major US industrial firms have added to a global markets downturn to send US stocks plummeting, with DuPont losing 9.1 per cent on its earnings plunge.
Despite voter dissatisfaction in the western suburbs and cost-of-living pressures statewide, Colin Barnett and his government remain on track for re-election.
TO coincide with the official month of volunteering, Alcoa plans to donate 10,000 employee work hours to charity organisations as part of its seventh annual Month of Service program.
SCITECH'S Aboriginal Education Program has received international recognition for its work to increase school attendance by Aboriginal children in remote communities.
