BHP swings back from last year's massive loss to a $US5.9 billion ($7.4 billion) profit, but its earnings look to have seriously missed analyst expectations.

MELBOURNE Airport is on the hunt for new chief executive after incumbent Chris Woodruff announced he will leave by the end of June.

TELSTRA is set to pick up more than 50 per cent of the design and planning work for the ­National Broadband Network.

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

A water leak continues to delay the construction of Perth's $1.8 billion airport tunnel, with a sinkhole causing road closures.

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.

Tasmania's iconic winter festival gets underway today, with free experiences hidden across Hobart in disused churches, basements and even a Freemasons lodge. 

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.

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.

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

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

AUSTRALIA is withdrawing its membership from the World Tourism Organisation, which promotes the globe’s travel industry.

THE slide in oil prices has caused sharp losses among some of Wall Street’s biggest names — the latest in a series of bad bets made by star investors.

STEVE Tucker and Paul Heath, who until recently were at MLC and JB Were, have set up an independent, fee-for-service finance advisory business.

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.

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

CHINA’S consumer inflation fell to a five-year low of 1.4pc in November increasing concerns over the risk of deflation in the world’s second-largest economy.

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.

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

Glasses chain Oscar Wylee has been fined $3.5 million for misleading consumers about the extent of its charitable activities.

Brazil cattle prices are breaking records, abattoirs are shutting, and the ramifications for global beef markets could be huge.

Donald Trump's increased tariffs on steel and aluminium products imported into the United States are now in effect, meaning foreign importers face 50 per cent levies on top of their current costs.

The government expected to raise an additional $2.4 billion over four years thanks to changes to the tax on oil and gas profits. It is now predicting it will raise $4 billion less over that same time.