COMPANIES

OneSteel announced on Tuesday plans to change its name to Arrium Limited in a bid to bring in new investors and clarify the extent of its business.

Jetstar officials insisted on Tuesday that it violated no Australian laws in contracting pilots that were meant in the first place to be deployed outside of Australia.

The Fair Work Ombudsman fined $1,200 the Sandringham branch of Buxton, a real estate agent, over the firing of a 23-year-old woman whom the agent found too young-looking and short for the job.

A study by weight loss company Jenny Craig found that waiters take 23,000 steps a day, more than double the recommended 10,000 steps a day to keep fit.

BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP), the world's biggest miner, has declared on Monday a force majeure at its Bowen Basin coal mines in Australia due to the strikes and heavy rain.

Apple's success with the new iPad has many people speculating about the next Apple product to be released. In line with that, many people are now anticipating the release of Apple's iPhone 5 which is rumored to be released before the year ends.

Florida-based multi-strategy alternative investment manager, Stonehenge Asset Management, LLC is set to launch its third multi-strategy hedge fund, Stonehenge Diversified III, in April this year. The new fund will be domiciled in the U.S. and has appointed NAV Consulting Inc., as administrator.

Qantas Airways and Jetstar will increase their ticket prices because of their higher aviation fuel bill.

China is slowing gaining a foothold into the US and Canada oil and natural gas industry

Sony recently announced that users of Sony Xperia Play can now update their device's OS to the latest Android version which is Android 4.0 or better known as Android ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich).

When Thorsten Heins stepped in for departing co-founders Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis as Research in Motion's new CEO, he faced the uphill task of rejuvenating a company that has been on a steady downward slide. Now with RIM posting a dismal performance last quarter Heins announced a strategic overhaul and the possibility of a future sale of the company.

Immediately after launch of the new iPad, the iPhone Dev Team and other hackers have already announced they have they have discovered multiple ways to jailbreak the third generation iPad.

There'll be no more unpaid overtime work on Foxconn facilities in China in the coming months, according to Fair Labor Association (FLA), which has been commissioned by Apple to conduct audits on its partner Chinese assemblers.

Hardware chain Bunnings Warehouse announced on Friday that it would create 6,000 jobs in Australia over the next three years as part of its $1.5-billion expansion plan. That would involve the setting up of 85 new stores across the country which would also create more than 11,500 construction jobs.

Through its takeover of Anvil Mining, Minmetal Resources of China said on Friday that it would use its recently acquired assets to acquire mines in southern Africa.

Five million units of Samsung Galaxy Note have been shipped since its October debut in 2011, South Korea's Samsung said on Wednesday, marking a significant milestone for a device that the tech world greeted with mixed reactions.

Fresh accusations of wrongdoings further deepened the existing woes of global media firm News Corporation, which has yet to put behind the hacking scandals that led to the closure of its major daily in the United Kingdom.

The Canadian miner, Crocodile Gold, just purchased two Australian mines from another Canadian firm, AuRico Gold. It bought the Fosterville and Stawell mines in Victoria for $101 million.

China assailed Australia's decision this week of banning a major Chinese firm from participating into the $36-billion roll out of the national broadband network (NBN), labelling the move as discriminatory and unfair trade practices.

Tech giant Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is giving back Aussies’ money as iPad 3’s 4G feature is not applicable in the country.

While many Australian businesses would want to gain greater access to ecommerce through mobile devices, many of these firms lack the knowledge and infrastructure to reach their target market.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently made a legal move against Apple regarding the false claims of their new iPad. In response to this, Apple announced that they would offer refunds for people who were affected by this issue.

Recent news reports are claiming that the Android 4.0 or Android ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for the Samsung Galaxy S II will be pushing through for the month of March. Unfortunately, these news reports are false and many Samsung Galaxy S II users are now becoming frustrated regarding the availability of Android ICS in their devices.

Quickflix, the Australian counterpart of US-based Netflix -- which is known for its online DVD rental service -- is expected to launch in New Zealand on Thursday.

Apple has insisted Wednesday that its marketing ploy for the new iPad led not Australian buyers into believing that the tablet computer will be able to connect on Telstra's 4G network.

Xstrata won its legal battle against environmentalists and farmers to operate the open cut mine in Surat Basin in southern Queensland. The legal victory for Xstrata came after a court ruled that environment change is not sufficient reason to stop the development of one of the biggest coal mines in Australia.

Covert operations reportedly sanctioned by ranking officials of global media firm News Corporation were responsible in undermining the operations of the company's competitors in Australia, according to the investigative works of The Australian Financial Review (AFR).

Thailand is wooing struggling automotive companies in Australia to move their operations to the former. Visiting Thai Deputy Secretary General Duangjai Asawacintachit, who heads the Board of Investment, said Thailand's solid economic growth and free trade links to other Asian nations offered wide opportunities for Aussie firms.

Cooper Brewery Chairman Glenn Cooper called for new laws to stop the duopoly in the supermarket industry and protect local owners of farmlands. He specifically blamed Woolworths and Coles, which have engaged in a price war to the detriment of Australian farmers