Chevron Corp.'s liquefied natural gas output from its $42-billion project in northwest Australia output will partly be marketed in Southeast Asia, China, and India.
The employment surge this month also translates to a wake-up call for the Australian parliament to consider its policy on migration as the country now succumbs to higher demand for labour since 2006.
The Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) Board of Directors have not made any final decisions whether to pursue or not their planned iron ore venture with BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) in Western Australia seen to earn and save the companies billions of dollars.
Private health insurer NIB Holdings Ltd is hoping members of takeover target GMHBA will pressure its board to give a more serious consideration to NIB's $140 million offer.
Attentive and trained flight attendants of Qantas Airlines has secured their 280 passengers bound for Hong Kong when a threat from an emotionally unstable passenger became clear.
Leighton Holdings (ASX: LEI) today announced its subsidiary John Holland, which is one of Australia's leading and most diversified contracting, engineering and services providers, has been awarded a $348 million contract for the provision of mining services to the 'Plains' pit of the Jellinbah Coal Mine.
The relative weakness in the construction industry may soon be abated, thanks to the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to keep interest rates steady.
Android users can now access the eToro's financial trading platform and OpenBook, as its new social trading network.
The Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) 70 percent royalty option is now available in the United Kingdom, according to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).
The chairman of coal to supermarkets conglomerate Wesfarmers (ASX: WES) has joined the BHP CEP in supporting the idea of a carbon tax but thinks Australia should wait for other countries to introduce a levy first.
McDonald's cannot open a store in the Barossa Valley, a major wine-producing region and tourist destination of South Australia, the Development Assessment Panel has ruled.
The proposed sale of Queensland Rail National will proceed as planned, according to QR National chief executive Lance Hockridge, who added that the company’s reputation alone has already attracted enormous investor interest in the share float.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ASX: ANZ) announced it will pay primary-caregivers a $4,000 childcare allowance as part of new measures to "attract and retain talented women."
Iron ore mining firm Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX: FMG) has been ordered on Wednesday to pay damages of up to $US3.7 million or $A3.81 million following a shipping contract row with Armada (Singapore) Pte Ltd that arose when FMG cancelled its five-year deal with Armada in January 2009.
Virgin Blue cancelled anew some flights scheduled for Wednesday, in what the company labelled as a planned disruption, following the resumption of its computerised check-in services today.
Internet marketing research company comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) announces the availability of mobile-optimized tagging for publishers, set to provide significantly enhanced measurement of mobile audiences across the world.
Australia's biggest wheat producer down AWB Limited (ASX: AWB) is now very close to be acquired by Canadian firm Agrium Inc. ((TSX and NYSE: AGU) as the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) gave its nod to the deal.
Touted by South Australia Premier Mike Rann as the most advanced hot sedimentary aquifer project in the country ever, Panax Geothermal Ltd (ASX: PAX) said on Tuesday that its Penola project saw a breakthrough as the company revealed that the Salamander-1 well in Otway Basin could shortly become a geothermal energy production well.
Australians consumed more fast food and dined out often in August providing a boost to retail sales, which grew by 0.3 percent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.
Emerging iron ore mining player Brockman Resources Ltd (ASX: BRM) revealed on Tuesday that its planned Marillana project in the Pilbara regions of Western Australia could eventually amassed a rich yield of up to $35 billion through the course of its projected 25 year life.
Australia's labour market has once more risen in September on account of job postings on newspapers and the Internet, the ANZ Bank said in a statement today.
New Zealand insurer Tower Ltd. listed in both the NSX and the Australian Stock Exchanges (TWR: NSX/ASX) has announced that it offers to buy industry rival Fidelity Life Assurance Co. for about $118 million.
The Sydney Airport will be able to meet its debt obligations due in 2011 and 2012 as its issued bonds recently fetched US$ $965 million.
Mineral explorer Conquest Mining Ltd’s (ASX: CQT) complete takeover of North Queensland Metals Ltd (ASX: NQM) assumes a full-swing mode as Conquest chair Jake Klein took the helm on Friday as new chairman of the target company.
The nation’s largest provider of integrated health insurance and health solutions humbly presented a full-year net profit before tax of $380 million, but expected premium increases to stay below the industry average.
The nation's largest telecommunications firm is expected to find ways to motivate employees following its announcement of slashing 6,000 of its more than 43 thousand jobs.
Three major wineries entered the fray in a growing initiative to thwart the planned establishment of a coal mine near the Margaret River in Western Australia.
Testing of a dengue control experiment will be conducted first in Cairns this January. The experiment comes as the only solution to the rising cases of dengue infection in Australia's favorite tropical holiday destination in far north Queensland.
Spiral Foods Proprietary Limited is pulled to the court room for distributing soy milk products that allegedly caused people to suffer from thyroid problems.
BHP Billiton Ltd. (ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto Group (ASX: RIO) has sought a little more time from the competition regulator in order for them to submit another set of documents to make their proposal more viable.
