Female, baby boomer with a supply of working capital and a coffee machine - that's the profile of a hospitality success story, according to a new industry index.The inaugural Hospitality Industry Success Index (HISI), developed by national equipment financier Silver Chef, was unveiled in Brisbane la...
Cancer specialists in Australia are calling for a national policy on genetic testing of cancer patients in public and private hospitals to identify who can receive particular drugs that work only in the presence or absence of a particular gene.
Motorola Inc. has announced it would break up into two distinct units with one making networks and telecommunications equipment and the other making handsets and home entertainment products.
Talks over the Gillard government's watered down mine tax announced on Friday carry on as junior iron ore companies propose further concessions in a meeting with Resources Minister Martin Ferguson in Perth today.
NBN Co, the broadband company, has chosen Melbourne as the site for its Network Operations Centre (NOC) and Test Facility to monitor and manage the National Broadband Network (NBN)
The Australia 200 CFD Index finished the session flat at 4238, with industrial strength offsetting material and energy weakness.
Andrew Forrest, chief executive officer of Fortescue Metals says that PM Gillard’s new tax on mining had placed only a “reasonable framework” for further negotiations.
RiverCity Motorway Group said on Friday that the toll reduction it implemented beginning Monday this week resulted to a 12 percent boost on Clem7 tunnel as about 28,415 vehicles passed through the 6.8-kilometre road on Thursday.
RiverCity Motorway Group said on Friday that the toll reduction it implemented beginning Monday this week resulted to a 12 percent boost on Clem7 tunnel as about 28,415 vehicles passed through the 6.8-kilometre road on Thursday.
Terrafugia, a company based in Woburn, Massachusetts, announced plans to release a car-plane hybrid.
Toyota Australia is set to announce its second round of recall in a week’s time following the car manufacturer’s detection of a fault with a number of its Lexus and Land Cruiser model.
BA Merrill Lynch has initiated coverage on PanAust with a Buy rating, attracted to the combination of leverage to copper prices and production growth going forward.
Motorola announced on Thursday that the company would be divided into two separate entities by next year, with one division focusing on handset developments and the other training its attention on professional safety equipments.
Storm Financial investors who saw their savings wiped out as the Townsville-based financial services group collapsed in 2008 are set to file a class suit against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in the Federal Court this Friday.
Big miner Xstrata will resume a key project that it postponed after former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd proposed the troublesome resources super-profits tax.
Household goods retailer Harvey Norman will acquire most of the branches of its falling competitor Clive Peeters for $55 million.
Clive Peeters receiver and manager Phil Carter announced this morning that details are still being finalised, with the number and location of the stores to be disclosed next week.
International passenger traffic on Australia’s airports saw a sluggish growth in April as fresh government figures showed that a total of 2.059 travellers passed through in and out of the country in the month, which is a 4.2 percent improvement from the 1.976 million posted on the same corresponding month last year.
A brief look at important company events and economic data releases next week.
Following the news of a revamped mining tax, a lobby for smaller mining companies argued that the federal government's decision was shaped out with the big three miners at the expense of others.
Global miners were encouraged by Gillard's announcement of a revamped resource super-profits tax, which has previously infuriated the industry in its original state.
U.S. stocks fell Thursday, with Bank of America, General Electric and Intel among the decliners, as disappointing data on the U.S. housing and job markets sparked concerns over the pace of the economic recovery.
This morning's dramatic changes made by the government to the RSPT is a huge win for Australia's biggest industry and should go a long way to easing the markets concerns.
The Australian currency opened higher this morning as data signalling a slack off in the US economic recovery undermined the American dollar.
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The Australian government and the miners and energy companies have reached an agreement on a new tax regime.
