Amazon a 'net positive' for Pact Group
The impending arrival of Amazon and $200 million of investments will more than offset recent weakness in Pact Group's performance, its chairman says.
Cadbury cuts 50 jobs from Hobart factory
About 50 staff will exit the Cadbury factory in Hobart as it increases investment in automated technology.
Siemens provides $135m software for uni manufacturing lab
Siemens is celebrating the 145th anniversary of its first job in Australia with a $135 million grant for advanced manufacturing software of the type used by the Mars Rover expedition.
Ansell points to strong earnings outlook
Rubber gloves and safety products maker Ansell will try to play catch-up to surging rubber prices.
US the star in BlueScope's orbit
BlueScope CEO Paul O'Malley is a sharemarket hero but clocks up 10 years in the job in late 2017.
Merkel on the hustings with attack on carmakers
The German Chancellor returned to the election campaign at the weekend by accusing companies of having "gambled away unbelievable trust" in ...
Orora pins growth colours to the mast
Nigel Garrard is balancing the old and the new of $3.3 billion packaging group Orora.
Unilever gobbles up iconic Weis brand
Unilever plans to take Weis ice creams into new markets after buying the iconic 60-year old frozen food business from the Weis family.
Sims 'change agent' time had come
The chairman of metal recycler Sims is surprised at how far the share price fell after it opted for a "growth'' CEO and ditched a ''change a...
That shrinking feeling
Peeved your favourite grocery product has shrunk but the price has stayed the same? Get used to it.
