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.

Morgan Stanley has admitted it was wrong on Qantas, upgrading its guidance to “overweight”, as the airline's shares rally for a second day.

The corporate data hack on Sony Corp has been manna from heaven for social media and the celeb-sites that feed it.

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 dive in Santos's share price to 10-year lows has turned market attention to the assets the oil and gas producer may consider for sale, as well as whether the whole company could turn into a target for a larger player.

Billions of dollars in undeclared and untaxed wealth hidden offshore has been revealed by hundreds of rich Australians as they rush to take advantage of the ATO's last-ever tax amnesty.

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.

Investor fears of much tougher recommendations from David Murray’s Financial Services Inquiry have not come to fruition.

Crowd-sourced equity funding to help start-ups in Australia looks a step closer, with the Abbott government releasing a new discussion paper.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Fairfax Media and John Singleton's Macquarie Radio network are very close to finalising a $200 million talkback radio merger, less than a year after talks collapsed in bitter circumstances.

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.

Despite slumping to new four-year lows against the US dollar and also dropping against other currencies in the past days, the Australian dollar still hasn’t troughed, analysts believe.

Woolworths staff are squeezing a further $70 million from suppliers by the end of the year, as the company scrambles to meet profit guidance and avoid its first downgrade in almost 16 years.

The Fed sent global sharemarkets into a frenzy, with the ASX recording its strongest day in a year and a half.

The lack of a credible, long-term mechanism to achieve Australia's emissions reduction commitments has created uncertainty and deterred investment in the sector, a key energy market regulator says.

The Australian dollar touched a new nine-month high overnight, making another bid above US77¢ in an otherwise quiet trading night ahead of key Chinese economic data.