Australian shares are lower at noon, defying upward trends overnight on Wall Street. Independent movement in the S&P/ASX 200 index has largely reflected trading of local high yielding stocks like banks ...

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 ...

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Tuesday: ELD - ELDERS - down 1.2 cents, or 13.33 per cent, at 7.8 cents RHL - RURALCO - down 3.00 cents, or 0.88 per cent, at $3.36 Elders has ...

Australian shares are weaker as traders nervously await the Reserve Bank's June board meeting minutes, with the big banks and miners suffering losses. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said investors were ...

Sydney, Australia, June 17, 2013 - (ABN Newswire) - Buccaneer Energy Limited (ASX:BCC) is pleased to invite current US based shareholders to a shareholder briefing to hear about the Company's progress ...

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Tuesday: LLC - LEND LEASE - down 70 cents, or 7.5 per cent, at $8.65 Lend Lease says earnings from its construction businesses have fallen, and will ...

US stocks surged Monday a day before the Federal Reserve begins meeting to review monetary policy, with expectations mounting that it will make no sharp changes to its economic stimulus. The Dow Jones ...

After many years of falling, home prices appear to be back on the rise. Meanwhile, mortgage rates are near historic lows. Do you have any thoughts about what is driving the price increases, and whether ...

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 ...