Harvey Norman's revenue surges 3.9%

Harvey Norman announces an increase in its revenue for the quarter to 31 March.

Job cuts will not affect safety

Alan Joyce, chief executive, Qantas, assured the public that the loss of jobs at the airline would not undermine the safety of the airline. (1:10 AM AEST)

Cathay and Singapore may be next in job cuts

Qantas announced job losses of 1750 people yesterday and Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines may not be far behind. (12:57 AM AEST)

S&P cuts Telstra outlook to negative from stable

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Tuesday lowered its rating outlook on Australia's dominant telecoms provider Telstra Corp Ltd to negative from stable, citing regulatory and technology risks. (12:30 AM AEST)

UK grocery e-tailer finds online resistance to recession

Highlighting the potential of grocery retailing, UK specialist online grocer Ocado has recorded a year-on-year sales boost of more than 30 per cent.Co-founder Jason Gissing said the company, which sells goods from upmarket retailer Waitrose, would ha... (4:27 PM AEST)

Foster's makes two key senior appointments to help guide restructure

Foster's Group Limited yesterday announced the appointment of Andrew Leyden to the newly created senior leadership role of Chief Information Officer. The news follows last Wednesday's appointment of Donna Watt to another new role, that of Transformat... (3:38 PM AEST)

General Electric To Increase Exposure To Australian Corporate Lending Market

General Electric (GE) says it intends to pick up some of the slack in the Australian corporate lending space which has been left by international banks who have retreated back to their core domestic banking markets in order to recuperate from the wou... (Apr 15)

Government outlines plan to reintroduce alcopops tax

The Federal Government has today announced that the controversial alcopops tax legislation will be reintroduced to Parliament in May.Speaking at a press conference Health Minister Nicola Roxon and Treasurer Wayne Swan advised that new legislation wou... (Apr 15)

Minister heads to China in search of FTA and global food security agreement

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke is in China and Hong Kong this week with Australian industry leaders promoting wine and meat and pushing for a free trade agreement.Mr Burke will meet with Chinese counterparts including th... (Apr 15)