Sarah is a business courts reporter based in Melbourne.
A cabal of international banks including ANZ Bank and Macquarie have applied to dismiss a class action against the companies in the US for the alleged rigging of the Singapore intra-bank interest rates on the grounds they are incorporated abroad.
It's Thursday, January 5, and the nation's top business leaders have likely already made more money this year than the average Australian will make all year long.
Proposed cuts to company tax have come under fire from former federal treasurer Peter Costello for being less effective at boosting the economy than personal tax cuts.
Business leaders have renewed their push for reform as they ponder some of the new year's biggest issues at the sailing regatta.
Embattled cattle exporter Wellard is in talks with its bankers after breaching the covenants on its debts at the new year.
Bakers Delight workers in Victoria, some on $8 an hour, are being kept on an outdated contract from the unpopular WorkChoices era that drastically reduces weekend penalty rates.
Department store owner Myer Holdings has been hit with another class action from an aggrieved shareholder just weeks after a court found a separate class action against it was an abuse of the legal process.
Struggling listed law firm Shine Corporate has lost its chief executive officer after only five months in the chair.
The Australian company behind red-light traffic cameras, Redflex, has escaped severe penalties in the US after striking a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice over its part in a corruption scandal.
A woman who headed a one-time tech darling that specialised in software for one-page resumes is insisting she will not have to draft up her own CV.
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