Australian industrial brands business Alesco Corporation (ASX: ALS) has posted another annual net loss and remains cautious about the coming 12 months.
Retail giant Coles announced on Tuesday that it would start selling car insurance, which the company described as a product carrying flexible coverage with a lifetime guarantee on auto repairs by authorised motor vehicle repair outlets.
Macarthur Coal has announced its achievement of high sales for fiscal year 2010, in spite of its poor posting for the second quarter of this year.
The Broadband Industry Training Network, a newly formed group, will convene in Melbourne tomorrow to address the lack of skilled technicians needed to construct the national broadband network.
Robust growth is predicted in Melbourne's retail and industrial markets, according to BIS Shrapnel chief economist Frank Gelber.
The Australian Dollar has opened little changed and is still starts with a "9" as global markets "seem" to be becoming cautiously optimistic about the economy in the latter half of calendar 2010.
Telstra Corp. has been ordered by court to pay fines to the Commonwealth worth $18.55 million for violating the Trade Practices Act and its conditions for carrier licence by locking out other broadband companies from its telephone dealings.
Macarthur Coal (ASX: MCC) has announced an 11 per cent drop in coal sales in the June quarter against the previous corresponding period. The company, however, noted that it has achieved a sales record for the June 30 financial year.
Gold producer Lihir Gold Ltd (ASX: LGL) said today its three months to June production is in line with guidance.
Overnight, US markets were mixed but little changed as investors took a breather after several strong days of gains.
The chances of QBE buying rival Australian general insurer, Insurance Australia Group continue to fade.QBE's surprise 40...
Mixed earnings reports and economic data left Wall Street poised at a point of indecision last night. Dow up 12. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEST)
It was a mixed first half result from Rio Tinto's NSW coal mining subsidiary, Coal & Allied, with sales and earnings do...
US consumer confidence fell from 54.3 to 50.4 in July, just below forecasts centred on a result near 51.0.
U.S. stocks were mixed Tuesday as a weak consumer-confidence reading offset the latest round of strong corporate earnings. Stocks traded in a narrow range throughout the day.
Some misleading reports on the half year profit performance of Singapore -controlled property group, Australand, as some...
Investors continue to like what they see in the full year result from GUD Holdings.Throw in a bit of Masterchef, some sw...
An increase in the Australian Conference Board leading index from 0.1% to 0.3% during the month of May added some underlying support to the Aussie dollar in Asia yesterday as it held firm above the 90 cent handle etching out gains to enter offshore exchange at 0.9025.
Melbourne-based listed investment company, Australian Foundation Investment Company Ltd, says it will take a patient a...
The Australian dollar opened steady today as investors wait for the release of official inflation data.
The Australian share market is expected to start in positive territory after the Dow Jones Industrial Average saw gains for the fourth consecutive day.
The consumer price index (CPI), the key measure of inflation, is believed to have increased in the June quarter by 1 per cent for an annual rate of 3.4 per cent, an AAP survey of 11 economists shows.
Developer Australand Property Group (ASX:ALZ) says housing affordability will become more and more difficult due to higher interest rates although the company remains well placed to meet Australia's housing shortage.
Australia's largest independent grocery network, IGA, has launched a new campaign on 25 July giving a voice to its customers from stores across the nation.Focusing on the global trend towards localisation and IGA's advantage of being able to tailor each store specifically to its local area, the camp...
Second quarter profits at credit card company American Express nearly triples, and came in well ahead of analyst estimates, as spending by card holders vaulted 16 per cent. American Express also benefited from having to put away less than half as much money to cover losses as it did in the previous ...
In an exciting development after the 2010 final, Coles is pleased to announce it has signed a new two year deal as the exclusive supermarket sponsor of Network Ten's MasterChef Australia.The new partnership will see Coles continue its relationship with the groundbreaking show in 2011 and 2012, inclu...
Kraft Foods announced plans to significantly increase the whole grain content in its leading Nabisco cracker brands, more than doubling the amount of whole grain currently used across the Nabisco portfolio. Over the next three years, some of America's favorite cracker brands, including Wheat Thins, ...
Neither major political party has a policy on something that affects every Australian, every day - food and groceries, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) said today.Highlighting that Australia's $100 billion food and grocery industry is four times larger than the automotive sector and em...
The Australian market managed to hold onto gains but couldn't sustain itself above 4500
Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC) denied on Tuesday circulating speculations that the bank is about to launch a strategic move on Asia as it clarified that the company is maintaining its concentration on its Australasian business operations.
