AAP Finance

Levi’s soars on return to stock market

Levi Strauss & Co.‘s return to the public markets got an enthusiastic reception from investors, its shares rising by almost a third on day one.

AAP Newswire

11 hours ago

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Suncorp pays 8c special div from life sale

Suncorp will pay a special dividend of 8.0 cents per share as it starts handing over proceeds from its $725 million Australian life insurance sale.

AAP Newswire

13 hours ago

Finance

Ansell appoints new Belgium-based CFO

Ansell has appointed Zubair Javeed as its new chief financial officer.

AAP Newswire

14 hours ago

Finance

Ansell appoints new Belgium-based CFO

Ansell has appointed Zubair Javeed as its new chief financial officer.

AAP Newswire

14 hours ago

Finance

Premier taps 10 new markets with Smiggle

Premier Investments has lifted first-half profit 13 per cent, shrugging off challenging retail conditions with record sales from its expanding Smiggle empire.

AAP Newswire

15 hours ago

Finance

Unemployment falls, so does full-time work

Australia’s unemployment rate edged down in February to a seasonally adjusted 4.9 per cent.

AAP Newswire

21 Mar 2019

Finance

Brickworks profit up, warns on energy cost

Brickworks has recorded an 18.1 per cent increase in first-half profit to $114.6 million.

AAP Newswire

21 Mar 2019

Finance

Coal lifts Soul’s first-half profit 22.6%

Rising coal prices boosted returns from Washington H Soul Pattinson’s stake in miner New Hope, in turn lifting first-half profit 22.6 per cent.

AAP Newswire

21 Mar 2019

Finance

Banks need to mitigate climate risk: ARPA

Banks and insurers must manage the “foreseeable and actionable” risk of climate change, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority says.

AAP Newswire

20 Mar 2019

Finance

Google tweaks Android to allay EU concerns

Google says to appease EU antitrust concerns it will explicitly ask its Android users in Europe which browser and search engine they want to use.

AAP Newswire

20 Mar 2019

Finance

NAB postpones regional branch closures

NAB’s new chief executive, Philip Chronican, has pledged not to close any of the bank’s branches in rural and regional Australia until at least January 2021.

AAP Newswire

20 Mar 2019

Finance

RBA sees risks ‘heightened’ but contained

The Reserve Bank says economic risks from household debt and the housing market slowdown have increased over the past few months - but it isn’t too worried.

AAP Newswire

20 Mar 2019

Finance

Blackmores founder’s son to be interim CEO

Blackmores executive director Marcus Blackmore has been appointed to serve as interim chief executive while the board searches for a new CEO.

AAP Newswire

20 Mar 2019

Finance

Drought-hit Nufarm suspends dividend

Agricultural company Nufarm has suspended its interim dividend after recording a half-year net loss of $13.58 million.

AAP Newswire

20 Mar 2019

Finance

AMP scraps bonuses after horror year

AMP has scrapped short-term bonuses in an effort to avoid a second shareholder strike on remuneration and possible board spill at May’s annual general meeting.

AAP Newswire

20 Mar 2019