BHP could spin off petroleum: analyst
The arrival of Ken MacKenzie as chairman of BHP Billiton will spark a "radical shift in strategy".
James Thomson is The Australian Financial Review's Companies & Markets Editor and a former BRW Editor, based in our Melbourne newsroom.
The arrival of Ken MacKenzie as chairman of BHP Billiton will spark a "radical shift in strategy".
Vocus will open the books to private equity giant KKR, but insists it still has a strategic plan in place that can deliver for shareholders.
Flight Centre expects annual underlying profit to be at the top of its guidance after a stronger second-half year performance.
The Vocus board's decision to grant due diligence to private equity giant KKR is akin to the starter's pistol being fired in the race to buy this business.
A new survey of suppliers suggests Coles will need to spend up to catch up to a resurgent Woolworths.
The banks' move to push borrowers out of interest-only loans and towards principal and interest loans will eventually hit lending growth rat...
Chinese-backed, Australian listed coal miner Yancoal has clinched the fight to buy Rio Tinto's Coal & Allied thermal coal business.
Australian super funds say there is more than enough capital to satisfy the big plans of both Canada and the United States.
Australian voters have grown tired of personality politics and want governments to get on with delivering infrastructure needed in communiti...
The chances of Glencore successfully snaring Rio Tinto's Coal & Allied business from preferred bidder Yancoal have slimmed, according to ana...
Glencore chief executive Ivan Glasenberg must be wondering what the hell he has to do to win Rio's Coal & Allied assets.
The Anglo Australian miner has judged the net present value of Yancoal's bid to be higher than Glencore's offer.
Counter bids raise the stakes again in a coal auction that will deliver Rio at least $US2.675 billion ($3.5 billion) before the end of the y...
Investors remain nervous about buying private equity-backed floats, with fast food franchisor Craveable Brands the latest high-profiled comp...
The South Australian levy will shave 0.2 per cent off the banks' earnings but the hit could be bigger if other states were to follow.
Jetstar chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka says airports must reduce their fees and charges or risk disrupting Australia's tourism boom.
The resignation of senior director John Varley, who has been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, has cast a pall over Rio's coal deal.
Rio has used Glencore's late entrance to the Coal & Allied auction to extract a better deal from the China-backed, Australian listed Yancoal...
Finally Tabcorp can see the winning post in the Tatts Merger Cup, thanks to some smart legal strategies.
Shares in car leasing and finance group McMillan Shakespeare plunged 9 per cent amid fears it faces a class action launched by insurance cu...
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