LOW consumer confidence has forced Flight Centre to downgrade its pre-tax earnings guidance by up to 4 per cent.

FAIRFAX Media is plotting to clinch a triumvirate of deals before Christmas to lay the ground for a full-blown merger.

MEDIA mogul Bruce Gordon wants the power to veto the chief executive of Ten in a move that will up the ante in the battle for control.

The average price for a capital city homes has jumped above $600,000, after prices surged nearly 10pc annually.

AUSTRALIAN businesses need to recognise the growing economic importance of women, says US sociologist Marianne Cooper.

Michelle Rex signed up to a plan in 2007 and made fortnightly payments totalling $8,000, thinking it was a savings plan. By the time she spoke to a financial counsellor, she was already $2,000 over her maximum payout amount.

DAVE Hyman is just one of the several new disruptive faces eyeing the financial services sector’s billions of dollars in profits.

PRIVATE companies want exemption from the corporate tax list.

Fiji's tourism industry, the backbone of the country's economy, is under threat as coral reefs are killed off. But a US-born marine biologist known as "the coral gardener" says he may have a solution to the problem.

BORAL and CSR have been given a surprise green light by the competition watchdog to merge their clay brick businesses.

AUSTRALIA’S sharemarket is on track for its biggest two-day gain in a year after a rally led by resources and financial stocks.

Investors were bracing for the outcome of emergency talks on Greece, but Australian shares had another good week.

THE sliding dollar should help the nation’s retailers lock in the highest price rises in almost five years.

CEO Andy Penn says he has “no plans” to sell telco’s 50 per cent stake in Foxtel.

The auction for the Port of Melbourne has come down to a three-way race with bidders lodging indicative bids.