COMPANIES

Leighton Holdings Ltd-owned (ASX: LEI) John Holland Group said on Monday that it has secured a $276 million contract that would see the construction of a new port set to serve Rio Tinto Ltd’s Cape Lambert Port B project in Western Australia.

A family who has been building a second home near the Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL) liquefied natural gas project site are being evicted.

The National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB) will spent “the next few days” deciding on how to continue competition after its failed bid for financial management rival Axa Asia Pacific Holdings Limited (ASX: AXA).

The Virgin brand remains in the sky but airplane fares could increase.

Queensland's coal freight network services provider QR National will need be opening its doors to students who have plans of joining the railway industry.

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Australia has captured the interest of the U.S. market after charges of racial stereotyping for an advertisement. The chicken company now takes a worldwide approach in its advertising campaign.

The retail store chain may be Dutch in origin, but it is serving as a magnet for other retailers across Australia.

Media giant firm Fairfax Media Ltd (ASX: FXJ) said on Friday that mobile users accessing its four online news sites would need to pay some fees within the next few weeks as the company announced the launching of its first subscription-based smartphone applications.

Social networking pulled down the editor of New South Wales' Glen Innes Examiner.

Power distributor Aurora Energy said on Friday that Tasmania’s electricity costs has been recently justified by a report which showed that state residents were actually enjoying relatively cheaper power bills as compared with other states and territory in Australia.

The Western Australia Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) came in to resolve the issues that brought about a standstill in the Perth public transport system in August.

The legal team representing the woman behind a multimillion-dollar sexual harassment claim against Australian department store David Jones (ASX: DJS) are tipped to file an amended statement of claim this afternoon.

The Australian Central Territory (ACT) Health is using an ACT Supreme Court decision as a warning to the food and beverage industry.

A 20 month-long industrial battle comes to halt with a management and union decision to increase pay by eight percent.

Toyota Australia announced on Friday it will build a new engine plant that will inject approximately $300 million of project expenditure into the domestic economy.

Plans to form a joint venture of the skies was thwarted in order to protect competition on trans-Tasman routes.

In a last-ditch effort to purchase cheap shares, trader David Tweed has launched a legal bid to force diversified conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES) to open its register.

Insurance company Suncorp-Metway Limited (ASX: SUN) discovered that 32 percent of Australians are in the dark about their current worth. The alarming thing about the ignorance is it is by choice.

Australian supermarket chain Woolworths Ltd (ASX:WOW) remains open to further acquisitions as work continues on its venture into the multibillion-dollar hardware market.

The Northern Territory Government has given the site license for Tenax Energy to build a major tidal energy project over the Clarence Strait.

Coffee prices have been up for about 43 percent in the past three months.

Retirement home provider Aevum Limited (ASX: AVE) has opened the table for a number of companies.

Australian car maker GM Holden Ltd is all set to add a second assembly shift on its Adelaide factory as the company announced on Thursday that 50 more production jobs would be recruited to fill up the afternoon duties that would commence churning on November 15.

The consumers watchdog goes to court in order to stop a unit of south-east Asia's biggest phone operator Singapore Telecommunications Limited from running misleading advertisements.

The seven-week stall on the National Broadband Network (NBN) Company's work seems to be enough to prepare the company for a redirection.

Australian fashion designer Dana Mathers has been credited with leading a new fashion trend in the US.

Well-known wine manufacturer Foster's Group Limited (ASX: FGL) rejected an offer from an international private equity firm to buy 100 percent of the wine assets of Treasury Wine Estates.

Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Australia announced today that they have initiated a safety recall on its top-selling HiLux ute.

The legislation of reforms to regulate the telecommunications sector should come first before the complete implementation of the National Broadband Network.