Finance AMP shares surge on dividend, buy-back Investors have seized on AMP shares, sending them higher by 11 per cent, after it declared special dividend and share buy-back program. AAP Newswire 1 hour ago 1 hour ago
Finance Airport boss downplays credit rating risk Sydney Airport’s equity raising did not follow pressure from credit ratings agencies, its boss says, after disastrous first half results. AAP Newswire 11 Aug 2020 11 Aug 2020
Finance US job openings rise in June Job openings, a measure of labor demand, rose 518,000 to 5.9 million on the last day of June, the US Labor Department said on Monday. AAP Newswire 11 Aug 2020 11 Aug 2020
Finance US job openings rise in June Job openings, a measure of labor demand, rose 518,000 to 5.9 million on the last day of June, the US Labor Department said on Monday. AAP Newswire 11 Aug 2020 11 Aug 2020
Finance Investors shun Qantas shares offer Qantas has received an underwhelming response to its latest share offer and netted $71.1 million, well short of the $500 million target. AAP Newswire 10 Aug 2020 10 Aug 2020
Finance Wesfarmers to keep paying Melbourne staff Wesfarmers has assured Melbourne staff theyr will keep their jobs at chains such as Bunnings, Kmart and Officeworks during the six-week coronavirus lockdown. AAP Newswire 07 Aug 2020 07 Aug 2020
Finance Impasse on US virus aid package Hopes for a vital economic rescue package are souring in the US amid increasing worry that negotiations between the Republicans and Democrats might collapse. AAP Newswire 07 Aug 2020 07 Aug 2020
Finance Virus halts PNG’s Ok Tedi copper mine Seven workers have tested positive for the coronavirus at Papua New Guinea’s Ok Tedi copper and gold mine, prompting a halt to production. AAP Newswire 06 Aug 2020 06 Aug 2020
Finance Toyota profit plunges on halved car sales The coronavirus pandemic sank Toyota’s vehicle sales to about half of what the top Japanese car maker sold the previous year, with profit plunging 74 per cent. AAP Newswire 06 Aug 2020 06 Aug 2020
Finance AMP Australia boss Alex Wade resigns AMP Australia chief executive Alex Wade has resigned from the financial services giant with immediate effect. AAP Newswire 06 Aug 2020 06 Aug 2020
Finance Virgin owners don’t want ‘budget’ service Virgin Australia will slash a third of its workforce as it looks to re-emerge from voluntary administration, but its boss says it won’t go downmarket. AAP Newswire 05 Aug 2020 05 Aug 2020
Finance Sony profit up as people play video games People staying at home playing video games during the coronavirus pandemic have boosted the profits of Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony Corp. AAP Newswire 04 Aug 2020 04 Aug 2020
Finance RBA holds record low cash rate of 0.25% The Reserve Bank has left the cash rate on hold at 0.25 per cent as business braces for the effects of Victoria’s hard lockdown. AAP Newswire 04 Aug 2020 04 Aug 2020
Finance Retail spending down 3.4% in June quarter Retail spending dropped by 3.4 per cent in the June quarter, with the coronavirus lockdowns causing the biggest decline since the GST was introduced in 2000. AAP Newswire 04 Aug 2020 04 Aug 2020
Finance RBA rate tipped to stay as Vic struggles The Reserve Bank’s decision on the cash rate will be one of the main points of interest for investors in the day in finance. AAP Newswire 04 Aug 2020 04 Aug 2020
Finance Digital game being used to assess children Melbourne company Tali Digital is making progress commercialising its digital game that can assess young children for learning disorders. AAP Newswire 31 Jul 2020 31 Jul 2020
Finance Super Retail Group seeing sales boom Rebel Sports and Supercheap Auto owner Super Retail Group said that its sales strongly rebounded in May and June. AAP Newswire 31 Jul 2020 31 Jul 2020
Finance AMP first half profit set to halve AMP’s first-half underlying profit is expected slump by more than half when its results are issued next month, due to COVID impact and credit loss provision. AAP Newswire 31 Jul 2020 31 Jul 2020
Finance Origin Energy June quarter revenue falls Origin Energy’s fourth-quarter revenue from the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project has dropped 5 per centdue to coronavirus-related disruptions. AAP Newswire 31 Jul 2020 31 Jul 2020
Virus updates Two Shepparton workers test positive for COVID-19 A staff member at First Choice Liquor Shepparton and another at Shepparton Retirement Villages have tested positive for COVID-19. Spencer Fowler Steen 07 Aug 2020 07 Aug 2020
Virus updates Greater Shepparton records four active cases, GV Health inpatient dies Greater Shepparton has reported another four active cases of COVID-19 and an inpatient at Goulburn Valley Health with the virus has died. Madi Chwasta 22 hours ago 22 hours ago
News No new cases There has been one further case of COVID-19 identified in a resident of Murrumbidgee Local Health District. Deniliquin Pastoral Times 21 Jul 2020 21 Jul 2020
News Benalla Freemasons COVID concerns Family members of residents at Royal Freemasons Benalla are anxiously awaiting test results after a staff member was in contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case. Simon Ruppert 04 Aug 2020 04 Aug 2020
