Stock markets around the world rallied overnight, shaking off a slump related to China growth fears, as strong US economic data boosted investor sentiment and crude oil rebounded sharply.
Oil rocketed more than 10 per cent higher on Thursday, posting its biggest one-day rally in over six years.
Chinese conglomerate Shanghai PengXin Group wants to combine Australian beef giants Consolidated Pastoral Company and S Kidman & Co.
A notable theme in company results is that dividend payments are sacrosanct, setting the corporate sector up for lower growth in the future.
There will be no love lost between the Big Four banks as they battle for one of the country's biggest banking customers; Telstra.
Firms that choose complacency and mediocrity will rapidly find themselves on the outer, says Melbourne Law School dean Carolyn Evans.
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And so it goes on. For 28 months Boral has not delivered concrete to a construction site in Melbourne's central business district.
Banks will bear the brunt of $260 million user-pays system to fund corporate regulator, in government's initial response to Murray inquiry.
Stockbroking firm OpenMarkets has set ambitious growth targets while playing down concerns about the firm's risk profile.
