- Direct flights from Perth to China prove popular ABC - 47 minutes ago
China Southern Airlines is recording passenger loads of up to 80 per cent on its direct flights to Perth but it has no immediate plans to expand the service.The airline has just completed the first six ...
- China firm buys AMC to create cinema giant AFP - 10 hours ago
Wanda, a property firm owned by one of China's richest men, said Monday it would buy US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion, in a sign of China's growing clout in the entertainment business.The ...
- Goldfields Credit Union Limited 21 May 2012 InvestSMART - 12 hours ago
GCU is a stable, well managed Authorised Deposit-taking Institution based in the heart of the Goldfields Region in Western Australia. For nearly 30 years the Company has offered banking services to the ...
- China's Wanda to buy US cinema owner AMC AFP - 15 hours ago
Chinese property group Wanda said it had agreed to buy US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion in a deal which will create the world's largest movie theatre owner.Wanda, a private firm whose ...
- Goldfields Credit Union Limited 21 May 2012 InvestSMART - Sun, May 20, 2012 6:10 AM AEST
GCU is a stable, well managed Authorised Deposit-taking Institution based in the heart of the Goldfields Region in Western Australia. For nearly 30 years the Company has offered banking services to the ...
- Vietnam police hunt former Vinalines chairman AFP - Sun, May 20, 2012 5:42 AM AEST
Vietnamese police have issued an arrest warrant for the former chairman of state-owned shipping firm Vinalines, official media said, as the scandal rocking the debt-mired company deepens.Duong Chi Dung, ...
- Goldfields Credit Union Limited 21 May 2012 InvestSMART - Sat, May 19, 2012 6:10 AM AEST
GCU is a stable, well managed Authorised Deposit-taking Institution based in the heart of the Goldfields Region in Western Australia. For nearly 30 years the Company has offered banking services to the ...
- GM spurns pricey SuperBowl ads AFP - Fri, May 18, 2012 10:44 PM AEST
General Motors said Friday it will skip the next SuperBowl advertising extravaganza because ads cost too much, just days after it pulled online ads from social network Facebook.GM, the nation's largest ...
- Repsol stops shipping liquid gas to Argentina AFP - Fri, May 18, 2012 7:42 PM AEST
Spanish petroleum giant Repsol on Friday cancelled its contract to supply liquid natural gas to Argentina after the South American nation seized control of its subsidiary YPF."We are terminating the ...
- Ten negotiating sale of Eye Corp AAP - Fri, May 18, 2012 5:54 PM AEST
Ten Network Holdings is negotiating the sale its outdoor advertising business Eye Corp, saying it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with a bidder.It is believed local rivals JCDecaux, APN News ...
- Analysts expect flat Myer sales result AAP - Fri, May 18, 2012 4:25 PM AEST
A dearth of customers and heavy discounting are expected to have kept Myer's sales in the doldrums.However, the market will be looking for signs of a recovery as the department store chain continues to ...
- ACCC to probe online price deals ABC - Fri, May 18, 2012 12:58 PM AEST
The competition regulator has announced it will investigate clothing importers who are making deals with international online stores to inflate prices for Australian shoppers.There are reports that some ...
- Two south-east Qld casinos to cut jobs ABC - Fri, May 18, 2012 12:38 PM AEST
The owner of Queensland's two largest casinos says its cutting more than 60 jobs at its major properties in the state's south-east.The 64 positions will go from Brisbane's Treasury Casino and Jupiter's ...
- Some Retravision stores having cash flow problems ABC - Fri, May 18, 2012 10:47 AM AEST
The owners of Victorian Retravision stores will meet this morning to discuss cash-flow problems in the Retravision group.It is believed some stores are facing financial difficulties.Employees have been ...
- Qantas to face Virgin competition on Isa-Brisbane route ABC - Fri, May 18, 2012 9:34 AM AEST
Virgin Australia will revive its weekday service between Mount Isa and Brisbane, ending the Qantas monopoly on the route.The move has been announced in a joint statement between the airline and mining ...
- Goldfields Credit Union Limited 21 May 2012 InvestSMART - Fri, May 18, 2012 6:10 AM AEST
GCU is a stable, well managed Authorised Deposit-taking Institution based in the heart of the Goldfields Region in Western Australia. For nearly 30 years the Company has offered banking services to the ...
- Moody's downgrades four Spanish regions AFP - Thu, May 17, 2012 5:46 PM AEST
Credit risk rater Moodys Investors Service downgraded four of Spain's regional authorities on Thursday and warned they would likely miss their deficit-reduction targets.It said it cut the credit rating ...
- Star report 'has no impact' on Packer bid AAP - Thu, May 17, 2012 5:37 PM AEST
A report clearing Sydney casino The Star of any wrongdoing over its investigation of sex harassment claims is unlikely to stop James Packer's push to buy its owner Echo Entertainment.The Star on Thursday ...
- Goldfields Credit Union Limited 21 May 2012 InvestSMART - Thu, May 17, 2012 6:10 AM AEST
GCU is a stable, well managed Authorised Deposit-taking Institution based in the heart of the Goldfields Region in Western Australia. For nearly 30 years the Company has offered banking services to the ...
- Westfield under fire again over cleaners AAP - Wed, May 16, 2012 5:46 PM AEST
Westfield Group has again come under fire over the treatment of low-paid shopping centre cleaners hired through third parties.Community service provider Uniting Care said cost-cutting was being imposed ...
- Unions push to increase state minimum wage ABC - Wed, May 16, 2012 1:53 PM AEST
Unions WA wants the state's minimum wage to be increased by 7 per cent but businesses say that would cripple small cafes, shops and restaurants.Yesterday, the Commerce Minister Simon O'Brien announced ...
- Toll shares plunge amid earnings gloom AAP - Wed, May 16, 2012 1:16 PM AEST
Transport and logistics group Toll Holdings has warned of lower earnings in 2012, sending its shares plummeting.Toll on Wednesday announced writedowns on its freight operations in Japan and some of its ...
- Goldfields Credit Union Limited 21 May 2012 InvestSMART - Wed, May 16, 2012 6:10 AM AEST
GCU is a stable, well managed Authorised Deposit-taking Institution based in the heart of the Goldfields Region in Western Australia. For nearly 30 years the Company has offered banking services to the ...
- GM to pull ads from Facebook AFP - Wed, May 16, 2012 4:33 AM AEST
General Motors has confirmed that it is pulling its advertising from Facebook after determining that paid ads had little impact on consumers.GM has been spending about $10 million on paid advertising and ...
- Gillard pledges allegiance amid HSU scandal ABC - Wed, May 16, 2012 1:24 AM AEST
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is pledging to work alongside union leaders as they deal with the fallout from the scandal-plagued Health Services Union.The HSU has been suspended from the ACTU, while its ...
- S. Korea jobless rate falls due to service jobs AFP - Wed, May 16, 2012 12:15 AM AEST
South Korea's unemployment rate declined in April due mainly to more positions in the service sector, official figures showed Wednesday.The jobless rate was 3.5 percent last month, down from 3.7 percent ...
- GM to pull ads from Facebook: report AFP - Tue, May 15, 2012 11:01 PM AEST
General Motors plans to stop advertising on Facebook because it determined paid ads had little impact on consumers, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.The ...
- US class-action ebook price-fixing suit can proceed AFP - Tue, May 15, 2012 10:02 PM AEST
A judge Tuesday allowed a class-action case to proceed against Apple and six publishing houses alleging a price-fixing scheme for electronic books, citing "ample" indications of a conspiracy.The ...
- Oil prices diverge amid European, US data AFP - Tue, May 15, 2012 5:15 PM AEST
World oil prices diverged Tuesday as dealers balanced better-than-expected eurozone economic growth figures and steady US data with ongoing concerns over Greece.Brent North Sea crude for delivery in June ...
- Union bosses use congress to slam HSU scandal ABC - Tue, May 15, 2012 1:53 PM AEST
Union leaders have used the start of the ACTU Congress to condemn the alleged behaviour that has engulfed the Health Services Union.The HSU has been suspended from the ACTU, while its East branch has applied ...
- Goldfields Credit Union Limited 21 May 2012 InvestSMART - Tue, May 15, 2012 6:10 AM AEST
GCU is a stable, well managed Authorised Deposit-taking Institution based in the heart of the Goldfields Region in Western Australia. For nearly 30 years the Company has offered banking services to the ...
- 'Singapore Girl' can now fly until her 50s: airline AFP - Mon, May 14, 2012 11:50 AM AEST
Singapore Airlines stewardesses will now be able to fly well into their 50s after the airline agreed to add up to three years to their careers, the company said Monday.Under the new agreement signed by ...
- Coal ship movements spark fears for whales ABC - Mon, May 14, 2012 11:21 AM AEST
A Queensland academic says authorities may have to consider moving shipping lanes if increased coal exports put whales at risk.A University of Queensland study has found the 'hot spots' for whales in Queensland ...
- Japan Airlines reports $2.33 bn profit AFP - Mon, May 14, 2012 10:51 AM AEST
Japan Airlines (JAL), which went bankrupt two years ago in one of the country's biggest-ever corporate failures, on Monday logged an annual net profit of $2.33 billion, thanks to cost-cutting efforts.The ...
- Goldfields Credit Union Limited 21 May 2012 InvestSMART - Mon, May 14, 2012 6:10 AM AEST
GCU is a stable, well managed Authorised Deposit-taking Institution based in the heart of the Goldfields Region in Western Australia. For nearly 30 years the Company has offered banking services to the ...