WOODSIDE will spend around $4.6bn buying stakes in two future LNG developments in a major bet on a recovery in energy prices.

SELFIE sticks and fitness wristbands are tipped to be among the top gifts this Christmas, amid warnings ASX-listed retailers may miss out on the spending rush.

ANZ’s senior investment banker says the group is well placed to benefit from foreign interest in Australia.

QANTAS executives have been surprised by how quickly the tide has turned.

CRUISE giant P&O is muscling in on the lucrative events sector for a share of the annual $13 billion-plus conference dollar.

Billionaire Alex Waislitz stands to make millions after two financial services companies agreed to merge.

APA Group has made the second biggest Australian acquisition of the year, snaring BG Group’s Queensland coal-seam gas pipeline.

Regulators’ efforts to curb a surge in lending to property investors appear to be having an effect, the RBA says.

THE frustration of wasted weekends spent searching in vain for the perfect home could be consigned to the past.

Former Boeing test pilot Mark Forkner was found not guilty of deceiving federal regulators about a key flight-control system that played a role in two deadly crashes involving 737 MAX jets.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has seen 15 per cent of the population displaced within the country. Ukrainians tell us why they have stayed.

CLIVE Palmer has suffered another defeat in his ongoing legal war with China’s Citic.

IRON ore has broken a run of nine straight red trading sessions, but only marginally, and there’s little sign of a sustained rebound.

The ASX has bounced back to close slightly firmer, as surprisingly strong employment figures rallied sentiment.

LISTED healthcare providers took a battering on the local bourse yesterday.