BUSINESS

Grains marketing and processing firm GrainCorp is creating one of the largest edible oil enterprises in Australia with its $472 million buy-in of Gardner Smith and Goodman Fielder.

FNArena has added another video to its Investors Education section on the website. This week ATW's Jerry Simmons takes a look at natural gas and its likelihood of moving lower.

Newcrest (ASX: NCM), Australia's largest gold miner, announced on Tuesday that its goldmine on Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea is temporarily closed due to protests from landowners.

Financially challenged flag carrier Qantas is facing more turbulent days ahead as Virgin Australia indicated a looming price war following its return to profitability.

Investment banks in London have been forced to offer more competitive salaries to attract this year's top graduates who industry players say have been deterred by the recent banking scandals.

By Greg PeelThe Dow fell 21 points or 0.2% while the S&P lost 0.1% to 1409 and the Nasdaq gained 0.1%.

The number of counterfeit notes detected by private banks in India grew by 23 percent from 2010-2011 to 2011-2012, reported the Reserve Bank of India on Sunday, with the Indian government set to introduce plastic notes across five cities by the end of this year in an effort to reduce forgery and thwart other illegal activities related to fake currency.

In the mid-1930s...Germany faced a critical decision. More? Or less?

We continue our search today for evidence that Australia's commodity boom is over. Of course we could be totally wrong. But that's the establishment position anyway.

Philippine Airlines informed that it had signed a $7 billion contract to buy 54 Airbus jets as a part of a modernization program to meet higher demands for transporting both passengers and cargo in Asia, the Middle East and Australia.

Wal-Mart Inc. vowed retailers to reject the $6 billion credit card fee settlement that Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and other major banks had agreed to pay to retailers.

Australian stocks closed just shy of their opening highs today, with defensive stocks leading the gains following a mixed finish on global share markets. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) finished higher by 14.1pts or 0.3pct to 4387, after hitting an intra-day high of 4391.9pts.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is among the bodies to suggest that loan-to-value (LTV) ratios should be capped for property lending in Australia.

Efforts to lure corporate travellers from rival airliner Qantas Airways Ltd. had definitely paid off, as Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd., Australia's second-largest airline, posted a full-year profit of AU$22.8 million (US$23.6 million), up 134 per cent from the AU$67.8 million loss a year ago.

Blazing wireless internet connectivity will be enjoyed by more than 60 percent of Australians come mid-2013 courtesy of the country’s leading telco Telstra Corporation.

Yesterday the local share market closed slightly weaker and today the start of trade was very muted, we had low volumes being traded and once again investor caution leading the way.

All construction work at the Cotter Dam site was stopped on early Tuesday morning by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) over safety concerns.

Three rare Australian coins sold for almost $900,000 at a Melbourne auction on Monday night. The sale broke two records.

Two mining projects will change owners amid speculations if these developments confirm the end of Australia's mining boom.

By Andrew NelsonYou can call it a support, or you can call it resistance, but either way uranium has stayed within a few dollars of US$50/lb for a long time now.

Acting Health Services Union (HSU) National President Chris Brown is studying the filing of 10 charges in a bid to oust whistleblower and HSU National Secretary Kathy Jackson.

The next time one of your customers wants to browse listings on realestate.com.au, they may well reach for their touchscreen tablet or phone, instead of their computer.

Last Friday, we got a little more enthusiasm in the markets... a little more spark...

By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 33 points or 0.3% while the S&P was flat at 1410 and the Nasdaq gained 0.

Despite a positive start, the local share market closed slightly lower today with investors unwilling to take on too much risk ahead of an important week on the global front. Chinese shares fell to their lowest level in three and a half years, following a fall in profits from industrial companies. After rallying to an intra-day high of 4402.9pts, the local market closed down 3.6pts to 4372.9.

The market responded positively with the Sundance Resources (SDL: ASX) announcement that it has accepted the lower and revised takeover offer of China's Hanlong Resources.

GM Holden has announced Monday the recall of more than 51,000 units of vehicles that the carmaker assembled and marketed in South Korea between 2007 and 2010, pinpointing faulty brake modules as the likely cause of the unprecedented move.

The global smartphone market has become more ‘exciting’ as an American jury found Samsung actually infringed on a number of patents exclusively owned by Apple, tech experts said.

In 2011, Australians lost a total of $4.8 billion to cybercriminals, according to a Norton cyber crime report released on Monday.