Besides using the Qantas labor row to its advantage, Virgin Australia aims to get a larger share of the corporate passenger market by offering premium lounges.
Samsung had a sobering admission this week: Apple is getting its way in the ever-expanding tablet market, with one company executive conceding at the ongoing Barcelona Mobile World Congress that the Galaxy Tab product lines were not selling as expected.
Although online sales accounted for only 5 per cent of total retail spending in 2011, it grew at an incredible pace of 29 per cent while traditional retail store sales went up by a mere 2.5 per cent.
The U.S. Navy has ordered two more join high speed vessels (JHSV) or catamaran worth $321.7 million from Australian shipbuilder Austal. With the two new orders, the total catamaran orders awarded to Austal has reached $1.45 billion.
Barely a week after Telstra Corporation submitted its revised structural separation undertaking (SSU), the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave its approval for the $11 billion deal between NBN Co and the country's dominant telco to go ahead.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) doesn't plan to -- and never did -- tout prototypes of future devices at the Mobile World Congress or at any other electronics exhibition; it doesn't provide teasers; and it doesn't intentionally misplace prototypes at a San Francisco, California-area bar.
Which is the world's most expensive car? Well, the title of 'world's most expensive car' is hard to award. There are a few cars that are priced in Euros or Pounds, which means their prices in U.S. Dollars depend on the day.
Sony Ericsson's new smartphones will hit the market soon under the new division Sony Mobile Communications that rose from the ruins of the Japanese firm's failed partnership with the Swedish tech company.
WikiLeaks has announced on Monday the publication of millions of email exchanges obtained from controversial international security expert Strategic Forecasting Inc (Stratfor), which WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has accused of targeting activist groups.
For car maker Holden to maintain its two-model manufacturing facility in Adelaide, the firm needs $250 million assistance from the government, Holden Chairman and Chief Executive Mike Devereux said on Sunday.
There is a possibility that Apple, Inc. (NYSE:AAPL) will take the victory the tablet wars due to the eminent release of iPad 3 and the slash on the price tag of the iPad 2.
The risk of the closure of Caltex Australia's Sydney and Brisbane refineries became higher after the oil giant announced on Monday $852 million loss for 2011. Caltex is currently reviewing its operations which could result in the axing of 800 refinery jobs.
Many people are anticipating the Mobile World congress as top players in the smartphone industry are expected to launch their latest offering during the event.
Dell just unveiled the company's first ultrabook called the XPS 13. Dell also announced that they would begin shipping the company’s ultrabook to U.S. and Canada stores by next week.
Jetstar passengers are complaining of the budget air carrier's flight delays and postponement. The average delay of 25 per cent of Jetstar planes in January was at least 15 minutes.
Pressures coming from U.S. attorney generals compelled six leading tech companies to provide more information to users who may be compromising their privacy whenever they download apps into their mobile devices.
The National Broadband Network nears its full realisation as Telstra Corporation submitted on Thursday its revised plan that will pave the way for NBN Co to assume control of the giant telco's national communication network.
Santos, a coal seam gas (CSG) mining company in Australia, admitted committing environmental errors in its Pilliga East State Forest operations. In a report to the New South Wales government which contained a review of its drilling operation, Santos said there were many instances of pollution, including leaks and spills, that were reported.
Virgin Australia has benefited from the months-long labour dispute at Qantas by registering a first half profit of $51.8 million. It is more than double the $23.8 million the air carrier had compared to the same period a year ago.
Australian consumers are forewarned of a fake telephone survey with the aim of defrauding them using their own bank accounts and other information.
Crescent Wealth, Australia's first Islamic wealth manager, announced on Thursday that it has entered into an agreement with Saturna Sdn Bhd (a wholly-owned subsidiary of US based Saturna Capital) to act as the portfolio manager to the Crescent International Equity Fund to be launched later this year.
The Mobile World Congress is kicking off in a week and most of the buzz about the new mobile devices center on which companies are announcing 4G LTE devices. LTE technology is set to overtake 3.5G as the dominant category in wireless infrastructure so mobile phone manufacturers are racing to provide phones that support 4G LTE technology.
SR Exports, Australia's largest producer of tomatoes, blamed on Wednesday the country's supermarket giants for their poor business which led to the agricultural company's voluntary administration and loss of 60 jobs.
The much-awaited update for Research in Motion's (RIM) PlayBook tablet computer finally arrived this week, which allows the device to process email independently.
The Minerals Council of Australia is supporting the minerals resource rent tax. Mitch Hooke, chief of the council, told a Senate hearing in Canberra on Tuesday that the proposed 30 per cent tax on profits of large coal and iron producers is workable.
Noisy drivers are the biggest neighbourhood nuisances in Australia, with dangerous drivers running a close second.
Alcoa clarified on Tuesday media reports that it has offered Point Henry smelter workers job offers in Saudi Arabia to work in a joint venture project.
Financial regulators in the US could finally be ready to switch the financial reporting measures for US companies to the globally accepted standards for accounting.
Foxconn Technology said this weekend that it would increase worker salaries at its Chinese factories by as much as 16 to 25 percent as it faces intense public scrutiny over the working conditions in at its factories.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average pierced the 13000 level for the first time since before the financial crisis, but traded largely below the mark during a choppy session in which stocks were negative at times. The Dow broke 13,000 before noon Tuesday and a handful of other times throughout the day, but was down 17 points, or 0.1%, at 12933 in afternoon trading.
