DESPITE the doom and gloom in the commodity sector, some big market names have had a bumper year.

The West Australian government hopes the final closure of an asbestos-riddled town will at last deter social media influencers and 'danger tourists' from visiting.

THE crumbling Pie Face fast-food chain has been hit with a second lawsuit in the US.

AUSTRALIA’s economy won’t grow strongly enough next year to warrant an interest rate rise, RBA board member John Edwards says.

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.

The Australian dollar is slightly higher after oil prices started to stage a recovery.

TPG Telecom has delivered a strong lift in profit in its final full-year results before it integrates its iiNet purchase.

CHINA’S gross domestic product turned out to be 3.4 per cent larger last year than originally announced.

Investors would do well to focus on fundamentals driving different segments of retail and UBS offers useful insights.

SUNRICE has forecast a 40 per cent lift in full-year profit.

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.

More and more people are bypassing real estate agents and using social media to sell their properties — but what are the risks of going it alone?

A grandmother had properties worth more than $2 million sold off underneath her by a relative without her knowledge, all because of a form that gave him unfettered power to do whatever he wanted with her estate.

RENEWED concern about the global economy triggered a joint sell-off in shares and the dollar yesterday.

TELSTRA has signed a $390m contract to plan and design services to support the NBN rollout, for a term of up to four years.

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

The Dow Jones index briefly hit a new record of 23,000 but has since retreated slightly, while the Australian share market is headed for a slightly lower open.

Documents show the Victorian government said changing suppliers would lead to cost blowouts and delays.

Josh Frydenberg is being warned that massive federal government debt from emergency pandemic spending could double in coming decades as borrowing costs rise and spending costs blow out.