New Zealand’s competition watchdog has cited areas of overlap from a Fairfax-APN merger.

It could be a matter of time before a Chinese airline tries to buy a strategic stake in Qantas.

ENERGY giant Santos has secured $1 billion in new debt ahead of a potential balance sheet shake up in the new year.

Fast-growing Melbourne payments company PromisePay is ramping its growth plans in the global platform economy.

GLOBAL miner Anglo American has flagged further job cuts and asset sales in a bid to restructure the company as prices fall.

The loss of forest, especially pine plantations, means a cloud of economic uncertainty hangs over Tumbarumba in southern NSW.

THE proportion of women in leadership roles at in-house legal departments has grown strongly.

Falling oil prices drag down energy stocks on the ASX, while ABS figures show snap lockdowns hurt retailers in February.

Australians are the biggest consumers of meat in the world, yet an inevitable part of our meat-eating society — the killing of animals — is largely unseen. But community expectations about meat processing and animal welfare are changing.

GLOBAL markets remained stuck in a volatility trap yesterday after a wild 48 hours marked by heavy losses from China to Europe.

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

TREASURY Wine Estates chief Michael Clarke is pledging to jettison his cheap commercial brands in the US.

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.

Analysts say mounting energy insecurity concerns and high prices are behind increased investment in domestic oil and gas projects, sparking fears among environmentalists.

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.