The world's largest port in Newcastle will be sold off by the NSW government as part of Treasurer Mike Baird's mostly prudent budget that included only a handful of nasties. There are fears more public ...

Australian shares have fallen as investors nervously wait for an update on economic stimulus measures in the United States. The market fell by as much as nearly one per cent during the day, in line with ...

A massive $60 billion will be ploughed into new roads, rail, hospitals and schools but the NSW public sector is under pressure to find hundreds of millions of dollars in savings. Handing down his third ...

Australian shares have closed lower, with retail and energy stocks among those weighing on the market. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.5 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 4,814.4, while ...

Mining giant BHP Billiton has been given until 2016 to go ahead with the expansion at the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia.

German solar panel manufacturer Solarworld announced Tuesday a capital injection by Qatar, a move which will save the company from bankruptcy as the German sector struggles against Asian competition. Solarworld ...

Sydney, Australia, June 18, 2013 - (ABN Newswire) - MEC RESOURCES LIMITED (ASX:MMR) provides the opportunity to listen to an audio broadcast with Mr David Breeze, Executive Director in a presentation titled ...

EasyJet announced a huge deal on Tuesday to buy 135 Airbus single-aisle A320 passenger planes, including 100 new generation neo aircraft, spotlighting tensions between the British no-frills airline and ...

The overall outlook for supplies of basic food commodities to global markets has improved since poor wheat harvest and tight conditions a year ago,the UN's food agency said on Thursday. The cereal supply-and-demand ...

US supermarket chain Safeway on Wednesday announced the sale of it Canadian operations to Canadian food retailer Sobeys for CAN$5.8 billion ($5.7 billion) in cash. Safeway Inc. said it would use the proceeds ...

Audi will recall more than 6000 hatchbacks due to the same gearbox safety concerns that prompted its parent company Volkswagen to announce a recall of almost 26,000 vehicles. Audi says the voluntary recall ...

Volkswagen will recall almost 26,000 vehicles in Australia because of concerns an electronic malfunction in some cars could cause them to lose power while driving. Affected vehicles include the Golf, Jetta, ...

German auto giant Volkswagen (VW) on Wednesday recalled nearly 26,000 vehicles in Australia and Audi followed suit with 6,000 cars due to a gearbox problem that could cause a loss of power while driving. ...

Kuwait invited bids on Wednesday to build a solar farm to produce 70 megawatts of electricity by 2016, the first phase of a plan to generate 2,000 megawatts from renewables in 2030, the project supervisor ...

Spanish textile giant Inditex, owner of the Zara brand, announced Wednesday a rise in quarterly profit as it pursued a global expansion with a string of new stores including in Japan, China and Russia. ...

German auto giant Volkswagen (VW) on Wednesday recalled nearly 26,000 vehicles in Australia due to a gearbox problem that could cause cars to lose power on the road. The recall follows growing safety concerns ...