A Glencore merger with Rio Tinto would be damaging for Australia and ought to be, and very likely will be, knocked on the head by the Foreign Investment Review Board.

The regulator has two months to decide who it wants to upset more: News Corp, or Google and Facebook

BHP Billiton says the company it plans to demerge in 2015 will have global aspirations, despite bestowing it with a name that recognises its focus on the southern hemisphere.

Qantas shares surge after the airline flags a pre-tax underlying profit of $300 million to $350 million for the December half, helped by cost cuts and lower fuel costs.

James Vertzayias may be hanging up his tiny competition briefs.

Santa may come early for shoppers if the department store chains decide to bring forward their end-of-year clearance sales after weeks of patchy trading

The market tumult over the growing risk that Britons will vote to leave the EU may seem irrational, or at least overdone. It's not.

The success or failure of the Murray inquiry's recommendations will depend on the government, the industry and the regulator’s appetite for change.

Treasury Joe Hockey's warnings over the budget helped send the market down.

If the copper price is a forward-looking barometer of economic conditions, its recent movements suggest we’re at something of a watershed moment.

Travellers are expected to benefit “substantially” from lower oil prices, with global airlines forecast to drop average return ticket prices by 5.1 per cent next year after adjusting for inflation, according to the latest airline industry forecast.

Oil prices fell by more than a dollar on Monday to near their lowest levels since 2009 after Morgan Stanley cut its price forecast for Brent, saying oversupply will likely peak next year with OPEC deciding not to cut output.

Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia will invoice gas buyers in “unfriendly countries” in roubles is either tactical genius or just a stunt that might backfire. It’s most likely the latter.

Mining giant BHP Billiton says iron ore prices are unlikely to eclipse $US100 a tonne again, with expectations of steel consumption growth in China slowing further next year.

Next year is shaping as another pivotal one for financial markets. We have asked a number of top investors and analysts which indicator they will be watching particularly closely.

The momentum is palpable as the equity market heads to 6000 points, but in the economy the state of retail has set off real concerns.

The corporate regulator has warned Australian cryptocurrency companies that they will be held to the same standards as traditional finance companies.

Geoff Wilson is used to making big calls but this time he admits he's feeling the heat.

The fall-out from the savaging of the oil price saw Australian LNG majors, Santos and Origin, reassuring investors that financing and expenditure would be reconfigured and that the economics of their massive projects still worked.

The financial planning industry is set for a massive overhaul of its education standards, level of professionalism and ethics.