JUST two in five Australian households (42 per cent) are watching free-to-air digital television services, research released today by the national broadcasting regulator shows
THE Australian Tax Office has briefed potential suppliers on what it wants from its upcoming desktop computing services contract, currently worth around $40 million a year
AUSTRALIAN singer Michael Johns modelled his latest American Idol performance on Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, but was accused of sounding like a "wannabe" by the judges
FEDERAL Treasurer Wayne Swan says he is "in step" with recent decisions of the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise interest rates repeatedly in an attempt to bring inflation under control
BAGHDAD`S streets were empty of cars and trucks today as Iraq marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein`s regime with the capital under curfew
US special forces have destroyed an al-Qaeda in Iraq training camp and a massive cache of weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, the American military said today
AFTER failing to attract a stockbroker or a contract for difference (CFD) operator to bail out Lance Rosenberg`s embattled Tricom Equities, Babcock & Brown and ANZ Bank have thrown a lifeline to Tricom to prevent its collapse and keep their money and secrets safe
WEST Australian Newspapers has reported a lift in third-quarter net profit and forecast solid growth on the back of the booming WA economy and upgraded printing presses
AIRBUS chief Tom Enders said he and other executives reportedly named as suspects in a French regulator`s probe into insider trading at parent company EADS are innocent
THE Bank of England is widely forecast to trim British interest rates tomorrow as it monitors fresh evidence of a housing market downturn amid the global credit crunch, analysts said
JAPAN`S central bank has left its official interest rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent, as expected, amid growing worries about the health of the global economy
THE Australian share market closed lower after a weak lead from Wall Street, confirmation of declining domestic consumer sentiment and continuing concerns about the global credit squeeze
THE head of European plane-maker Airbus today said he and other officials were innocent of insider trading, and slammed a French probe into the allegations as incompetent, biased and unfair
SUPERMARKET giants should be banned from opening new stores in areas where they already have a stranglehold, the nation`s independent grocers group has told an inquiry
Pressure on ... RBA governor Glenn Stevens faces a tough decision at the central bank`s next board meeting
THE Kyle Sandilands/Rove McManus fight ensues amid claims Rove may have once had a fling with Kyle`s fiancee, Tamara Jaber
