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Weak jobs trend confirmed by data

ABS figures on Thursday showed a higher jobless rate and confirmed the trend in employment growth is too weak to hold an even higher jobless rate at bay.

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Angst continues for Banksia investors

The $660 million collapse of Banksia Securities has left thousands of investors in three states wondering what will happen to their cash.

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Aust Post delivers $281m profit

Australia Post will be delivering on weekends in the lead up to Christmas, as it invests $2 billion in its parcel network and digital mail boxes.

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Business costs threaten LNG boom: oil boss

Rising business costs are threatening the anticipated liquefied natural gas (LNG) boom, says Exxon Mobil's Australian boss.

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Kiwi falls after IMF cuts growth forecasts

The New Zealand dollar followed equity markets lower after the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for global growth.

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Yahoo!7 appoints new CFO

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Budget warning keeps onus on RBA

The federal government's warning of more budget savings to come will keep the onus on the RBA to cut the cash rate to support growth.

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Fed govt's tax moves questioned

Questions have been raised about the impact Australia's tax regime is having on investment by resources companies at a conference in Darwin.

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Job cuts to continue at Perpetual

Fund manager Perpetual's major restructure which was aimed at reducing costs has contributed to a significant drop in its full year profit.

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RBA - more to instability than price booms

A paper by RBA economists argues that there's more to housing maket-led instability than just price and debt levels - housing supply is also crucial.

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Outlook improves for Aust exporters

Australian exporters are expecting increased orders and profits as they innovate offerings and seek new markets to offset the high Aussie dollar.

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RBA could stay rate cut after job figures

A solid but unexciting labour force reading for July should give the RBA more fuel to hold off on rate cuts until the end of the year.

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RBA gives no clear pointers on rates

The RBA annoucement on Tuesday that it will keep the cash rate at 3.5 per cent came with no real hint that further cuts are in the pipeline.

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Facebook, Zuckerberg, Morgan Stanley hit with lawsuit

Less than a week after Facebook's initial public offering, the social networking firm's new shareholders Wednesday filed a class action lawsuit against the company, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Morgan Stanley.

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Twitter More Accurate In Stock Market Price Predictions That Any Investment Strategy

A University of California research demonstrates that Twitter can predict stock prices better than any existing investment strategies.

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Sundance Resources Signs MoU On Co-Operation For Iron Ore Infrastructure With Core Mining

Sundance Resources Friday signed an MoU on co-Operation for Iron Ore infrastructure with Core Mining.

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Macquarie Telecom Enters Strategic Relationship With TZ Limited

Macquarie Telecom and TZ Limited have entered a strategic relationship for the use of TZ Centurion™ System as the micro-protection solution for Macquarie's Intellicentre 2 data centre facility at Macquarie Park in Sydney.

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