GROWTH in home lending slowed in October, with the value of investor loans up 1pc, after seasonal adjustment, compared with 3.7pc in September.

The chances that the release of Quindell’s accounts could quickly clear the air for Slater & Gordon have diminished.

Demand for a uniquely Australian product is booming, with emu eggs featuring in some of the nation's top restaurants — and just one of them can feed a family.

The world's longest sea-crossing bridge in China is hailed as a feat of human ingenuity, but some worry it may bring more than just tourists.

One of South Australia's biggest takeaway coffee retailers will again allow customers to bring in reusable cups and mugs, reversing a controversial ban brought in for safety reasons.

When former Canberra Raiders player and farmer Luke Bateman joined TikTok, he went viral for his love of fantasy novels. A month later he announced a book deal, but the news has generated controversy.  

Half an hour south-west of the Rosehill Gardens Racecourse lies a large swathe of industrial land, ripe for rezoning, Liverpool City Council argues.

TransGrid announces alternative route options for the proposed Hume Link transmission line, after the original proposal was criticised by local landholders, council and the Rural Fire Service.

AUSTRALIA’S small telco companies are set for more merger and acquisition activities in the year ahead, helped by low cost of debt.

RUSSIA’S central bank has announced a dramatic hike of its key rate from 10.5 to 17 per cent to try to halt an out-of-control slide in the rouble.

Chinese retailer JD.com could disrupt not only Australia’s bricks-and-mortar shops but its online sector as well.

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

Arguably Ziggy Switkowski’s major achievement at NBN Co has been to depoliticise the project.

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

If you're looking for a project to keep you busy over the spring and summer months, one Tasmanian council thinks they've got the ultimate opportunity. But anyone afraid of heights may want to think carefully about applying.

A limit of 4,000 spectators per day at this year’s Great Race is expected to have a "huge effect" on local businesses.

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

SUPER funds are forecast to end 2014 up by between five and eight per cent — less than half last year’s return.

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

THE Alex Waislitz-backed listed payday lender Money3 is raising $20m to purchase the assets of PAID, an online provider of credit products.