Global construction and infrastructure group Lendlease will look to its construction and development pipleline for growth in the coming year, boosted by the strong office leasing markets.

The clock is now ticking on the financial future of the ailing law firm Slater and Gordon, with a 90-day deadline to finalise talks with its bankers

Insurance giant QBE has reported a 5 per cent jump in net profit in the year to December 31 and announced a $1 billion share buyback ahead of expected earnings growth.

Forget the banks, they're relative amateurs. If you want outrage, check out the private health insurance rip-off as demonstrated by NIB and Medibank.

Berkshire Hathaway increased its stake in iPhone maker Apple to about 133 million shares, chairman Warren Buffett told CNBC.

BHP Billiton and striking workers at its Escondida copper mine have resumed talks in an effort to reach a wage agreement.

Fortescue Metals and Apollo Global are reportedly among the bidders for Wesfarmers's Australian coal operations.

Companies mentioned the weather 354 times but fund managers wonder whether the answer is really blowing in the wind.

Brisbane-based Qantas engineers have spent the best part of the past month installing sensitive atmospheric monitoring sensors on a Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 in a bid to fill a major gap in global climate research.

Company profits have surged to record highs at the same time wages suffered their sharpest decline in eight years.

Fair Work Commission Vice President Graeme Watson has broken with tradition by issuing his own separate decision on the future of paid domestic violence leave ahead of a single majority decision being made.

Anonymous rogue websites continue to create legal headaches for Seven West Media with a new page registered over the weekend repeating allegations about chief executive Tim Worner and former Seven employees. 

Shares posted small losses on the final day of earnings season, as steep falls in the gold sector offset a rally in WorleyParsons.

A home building company that once sponsored the St Kilda Football team has gone into administration with the loss of 90 jobs.

Shares slide on the final day of reporting season amid caution ahead of Trump's big speech tomorrow, while WorleyParsons shares surge after a Dubai investor takes a stake.

A yawning growth gap has opened between our inner cities and the rest.

You don't have to actually work for Rupert Murdoch to make a fortune. Just ask News Corp's retiring chief financial officer, Bedi Singh. He will make $US10m over the next three years from drawing his base salary and bonuses despite walking out the door for the last time this Wednesday.

Apparel retailer the Specialty Fashion Group says it is uncertain whether a takeover offer it received from Middle Eastern investment company Al Alfia will go ahead.

Retail queen Jan Cameron has failed in her bid to join the board of troubled baby formula marketer Bellamy's Australia, but has succeeded in turfing out existing directors and getting her associates appointed.

Harvey Norman's $2.6 billion property portfolio continues to underpin the group's profitability, generating a $75.74 million value uplift and another $71 million in income.