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ST Bartholomew's House marks a major milestone this year, having provided support services for the state's homeless for 50 years.

The deepening relationship between WorleyParsons and the Royal Flying Doctor Service is a prime example of how partnerships between the corporate and not-for-profit sectors are shifting away from being purely financial.

The RAC has reinforced its favour of global media and branding agencies with it announcing a new winner for its media communications work.

Motor retailer and logistics company Automotive Holdings Group's profit is up more than 30 per cent, thanks to strong sales and results from its core businesses.

Fortescue Metals Group has attracted an investment of up to $US1.15 billion ($A1.27 billion) fom Taiwan's largest private company, Formosa Plastics Group, to underpin the development of a new iron

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says plans to introduce tax concessions and incentives in the Northern Territory could be extended to northern Western Australia and Queensland.

Australian shares are weaker as uncertainty about US stimulus measures hit Wall Street and local resource stocks.

Santos' half year net profit has risen three per cent due to increased sales revenue from higher gas prices.

We live in strange times when a state treasury is more bullish about commodity prices than an investment bank.

ANZ made a $4.7 billion profit for the nine months to June, an increase of 7 per cent.The bank said the result was driven by revenue growth and productivity gains.

The Australian dollar is lower after better-than-expected US jobless claims figures boosted the greenback.

US stocks have tumbled after Dow components Cisco and Walmart spotlighted the weak economic outlook in their earnings reports.

A stable society is not served by galloping growth in laws, according to one of the country's senior judicial figures.

The Australian dollar has firmed after Japan's economics minister, Akira Amari, said Australia's second largest trading partner was halfway out of deflation.

The share market edged lower due to mixed reactions to corporate earnings reports.

Shares in Elemental Minerals jumped by more than 10 per cent on the Australian Securities Exhange today, after the explorer announced it had won a mining licence for its Sintoukola potash project i

Rio Tinto's dispute with the Mongolian government has intensified after the mining giant said it would sack up to 1,700 mostly local workers.

Nickel miner Mincor says it is well placed to capitalise on a turnaround in the nickel market, even as the miner slumped to a loss of more than $20 million for the 2013 financial year.

The coalition has refused to commit to reducing application fees for 457 visa workers if elected to government, despite flagging plans to make the scheme more “user-friendly”.

Vanadium hopeful TNG has moved to cut costs, slashing all directors' fees and management salaries by between 10 and 20 per cent, and cutting five jobs in Western Australia and the Northern Territor

Fortescue Metals Group has vowed to focus on reducing its debt by 30 or 40 per cent following the official completion of its $US2.4 billion port expansion at Port Hedland.

The recent opening of a five-star Chinese restaurant won't be the last addition to Crown's culinary line-up.

Federal Labor would set up a special economic zone in northern Australia if re-elected, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

Matrix Composites & Engineering says the worst is behind it after recording a $2.9 million loss for the year ended June 30, a significant improvement on the previous year.

Wesfarmers is optimistic about the year ahead after supermarket giant Coles helped it grow annual profit by 6 per cent to $2.26 billion.

Adapting to change is often considered one of the keys to business success, and yacht maker turned sculptor and builder, Glenn Swarbrick, has it in spades.

Ten years ago this month, one of the state's most debated infrastructure projects opened at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson. Business News analyses its impact.

Australian stocks have opened slower on the back of disappointing data out of the United States.

Penalty rates for workers are firmly in the sights of the coalition if it wins the federal election, unions say.

Chilean workers have gone on strike at BHP Billiton's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, over demands for an annual bonus and better working conditions.

It's one thing to be liked on social media but another to use the ‘like' to become more interactive with your customers.

- The Australian dollar is a quarter of a US cent higher, helped by some positive European economic data and higher metals prices.