How Smart plays sustained JB Hi-Fi
Departing JB Hi-Fi chief executive Terry Smart defended the discount operator's unique sales model amid enormous competitive pressure, leaving the company in good stead for his successor.
Why the RBA will keep its cool on inflation
Inflation on tradable goods is at the mercy of commodity prices and the exchange rate. But there are a few compelling reasons why the Reserve Bank won't fight against the upward pressure.
Steinert can still breach Australand's battlements
Stockland doesn't have a great deal of room to manoeuvre on its rebuffed Australand bid, and its 19.9 per cent stake is a double-edged sword. But Mark Steinert has a few advantages up his sleeve.
Genworth plans IPO of up to $754m
The company is selling between 195 million and 260m shares in IPO, due to begin trading on ASX on May 23.
It's Microsoft but not as we know it
Microsoft could well be a very different beast to what we have known for the past 25 years and Office for iPad is another sign of the software giant broadening its appeal to the enterprise.
Inflation misses forecasts in March quarter
Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the consumer price index is still within the Reserve Bank's target range.
QRxPharma shares plummet 80%
Pharmaceutical group shares plunge after US FDA declines to approve its Moxduo product.
Terry Smart to depart JB Hi-Fi
Retailer announces departure of CEO in August, Richard Murray named as successor.
Australand rejects Stockland bid
Developer's board confirms it received takeover offer in scrip from property group.
The Good Friday effect: Two graphs on how public holidays trigger a spending frenzy
Move over Boxing Day, Easter Thursday spending is picking up pace.
Plenty of asbestos left in Telstra's infrastructure
Independent taskforce set up by Labor at the peak of asbestos concerns has been dissolved but the Communications Workers Union says there's still "unfinished business."
Aust stocks open stronger
Local market pierces 5500 threshold as pharmaceutical sector buoys Wall Street.
ASIC freezing orders hurting Sino
Sino says it's losing $330,000 every month, related-party transfers face scrutiny: report.
Corporate Amercia's unlikely climate alliance
Big investors are paying more attention to climate issues, and US oil and gas giant Apache's shareholder engagement on the issue has spared it the prolonged proxy fights of its peers.
Exporting China's green growth to the world
Green development has been 'the inevitable choice for China' - which shrewdly built a renewables industry ahead of a domestic market - but can it be a model for the rest of the world?
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