The Australian share market fell more than one per cent to a two-year low, pulled down by investors selling out of miners and energy companies after commodity prices slumped.
The Australian share market got off to a flier this morning, before slipping, spiking and sliding again to be trading just under 3,900 points, in a volatile start to the week's trading.
The Reserve Bank of Australia should cut interest rates because the local economy is starting to tank with some sectors already in recession, the federal opposition says.
US stocks halted their downward slide on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hovering just above the break-even mark at the close, despite ongoing gloom about the state of the global econ
The Australian share market closed at a more than two-year low, with both major indices closing below the significant 4,000 point mark as investors fretted about the possibility of a global recessi
The Australian share market was firmly in the red at noon following tumbles on Wall Street and European bourses overnight, as a cocktail of negative economic data weighed on investor sentiment.
The Australian share market closed more than 2.6 per cent lower to its weakest close in more than two years, amid global uncertainty following big falls on Wall Street over a downgraded economic ou
The $25 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the north-west coast has passed its final regulatory hurdle, paving the way for a final investment decision.
Geraldton-based Centrals Civil Earthmoving and Mining Contractors has won two major three-year mining services contracts with MMG Golden Grove, which it says will create 40 new jobs in the Mid West
Travel provided the inspiration for Vanessa Phillipson to start her own hospitality business, and it seems a tapas bar was just what Rockingham was crying out for. Carolyn Herbert reports.
IN a reflective and personal moment 20 years ago, Helen Sewell made a deal with herself – if she ever made a substantial sum of money she would put some of it towards growing the support base for f
MATTHEW Beagley has been involved in the seafood industry for almost a decade, which is a significant period of time considering the Partridges co-owner is just 24 years old.
The evolution of Northbridge has led to a changing of the guard when it comes to the focal point of the inner-city entertainment neighbourhood, according to local property experts.
Perth's residential property market remains in the doldrums as sellers start to pull their properties off the market, the median house price continues to decline and an increasing number OF people
ANDREW Forrest is much more than just one of Australia's richest people, he's a showman who adds a little bit of Hollywood to what would normally be the dry and dusty world of iron ore.
THE private wealth of iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart has become a little more public in the past year, during which she emerged as Australia's richest person.
WHEN Pankaj Oswal emerged with a 5 per cent stake in listed Phosphate Australia in late 2008 – a little more than $2 million for 5.5 million shares at an average of 36 cents each – he was at the to
