Touch and go for Qantas
Qantas hopes that admitting to conspiring with other airlines will help to deflect flak in the price-fixing scandal, but it looks to be a long way from clear air yet.
Tigerlily buy to lift Billabong's presence
VANDA CARSON
Billabong International has snapped up the Tigerlily swimwear and clothing business from Jodhi Meares, the former wife of James Packer.
Plum job to Rupert's No. 2 son
MIRIAM STEFFENS
News Corp's chairman, Rupert Murdoch, has elevated his second-eldest son, James, to run News Corp's business in Europe and Asia.
Foxtel recruits to spread the word
Faced with declining audiences the television industry is turning to the 21st century's equivalent of the Tupperware party to market its programs.
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Fresh fields and traps
Telstra says its attitude to broadband is unchanged.
Flight Centre on thin air
It looks like the bidders were quite rightfully told to rack off.
Union man in line
Michael Evans remembers when they used to rob them.
Markets Market Indices | Market Movers | Quotes | Portfolio | Industries | Currencies
| All Ords | 6714.0 | 53.5 | 0.8% |
| Nasdaq | 2130.0 | 2.35 | 0.11% |
| Hang Seng | 28842.47 | -716.45 | -2.42% |
| NZX | 4092.934 | 49.434 | 1.223% |
| Cac | 4092.934 | 49.434 | 1.223% |
US mortgage relief plan spurs market rally
THE sharemarket finished the week higher, bolstered by a stronger US lead after news from the White House of mortgage relief for beleaguered subprime borrowers.
- Mortgage plan optimism propels Wall St rally
- Dollar firms after Euro rates left on hold
- OPEC stands firm: cartel won't pump extra crude oil
- ASX close: A good day despite monster in its cave
- Another down day but could be worse
- Retail investors must heed the hints from analysts who can't let go
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Trujillo heaps scorn
JESSE HOGAN
Telstra boss ridicules expectations that the company should work with either the Government or its competitors to build an optical fibre broadband network.
World Business BusinessDay Mobile | Innovations
Grain of truth in gaffe by steel boss
JOHN GARNAUT ASIA ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING XU LEJIANG, chairman of China's leading steel company, Baosteel, has just learnt a valuable lesson on how to take on the world's biggest mining companies: do not share your thought bubbles with journalists in lifts.
Oops! wrong number
US homeowners facing crippling mortgage payments will have a hard time getting help if they call a telephone number President George Bush recommended today.
Personal Finance Planning | Investment | Banking | Property | Superannuation | Tax | Tools
Home safe, even when you're away
The right travel insurance policy could be your ticket to a happier holiday.
Cheque out cash options
The latest deals in prepaid foreign-currency cards and cheques can offer savings.
Small Business Starting | Growing | Managing
Stick with AWAs: ACCI
A major employer group is encouraging business to continue offering Australian Workplace Agreements despite pending law changes.
Planning to avoid the pain
After the Christmas spending splurge comes the hangover. But small businesses can survive a cash-strapped January.
