THE Australian dollar was weaker at noon, after hitting a 12-month low, as investors unwound carry trades on risk aversion from a lower global economic outlook
THE former auditors of beleaguered ABC Learning Centres distanced themselves yesterday from any responsibility for delayed full-year results expected to show greater losses than expected
NATIONAL Australia Bank and Commonwealth Bank yesterday refused to comment on speculation that they are in talks with British lender HBOS over a potential acquisition of its Australian retail arm, BankWest
CHINALCO chairman Xiao Yaqing says it is "possible" that the Chinese aluminium giant will lift its strategic stake in BHP Billiton`s $160 billion takeover target Rio Tinto
OPES Prime`s financiers will ask the Federal Court to throw out a $100 million-plus class action launched by Slater & Gordon on behalf of more than 50 clients of the collapsed broker
ADELAIDE-BASED Savings & Loans credit union has pledged to cut its home loan interest rates by 0.25 percentage points if the Reserve Bank approves the same cut in official rates today
JUST Group will cease trading on the Australian Securities Exchange at the market`s close today after Solomon Lew`s Premier Investments succeeded in its takeover of the clothing retailer
