Today

3:39pm

Shares tipped to rise, led by financials
The Australian sharemarket is expected to start the week higher, supported by financial stocks, after Wall Street shares finished mostly higher on Friday.

2:12pm

Paladin plans growth for uranium surge
Paladin Energy says its confidence in the future strength of the uranium market underpinned a $A61m expansion of its flagship mine in Namibia.

2:04pm

ASIC won't pursue James Hardie charges
The corporations watchdog won't pursue criminal charges over the way James Hardie handled the setting up of a trust to compensate asbestos victims.

10:36am

Exporters happy with falling dollar
Exporters are cheering the Australian dollar's recent decline, an industry group says.

9:58am

Libya says oil market is oversupplied
The oil market is starting to suffer from oversupply, the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman says, days before a meeting on crude output levels.

7:00am

Honda to roll out Hybrid-only vehicle
Honda is bringing back the defunct Insight nameplate for a hybrid-only vehicle planned for the Japanese, European and North American markets early next year.

Yesterday

11:14am

Don't splurge on rate cut: debt agency
The Reserve Bank may have taken its foot off the interest rate brake too soon by cutting rates earlier this week, a debt collection agency says.

11:03am

Asian stocks tumble on US economy fears
Asian stock markets tumbled on Friday after weak US retail and jobs figures revived fears about the health of the world's largest economy, dealers said.

6:59am

Wall Street rebounds despite jobs report
Wall Street shares recovered from steep early losses and finished mostly higher on Friday as the market shook off a jump in unemployment.

6:34am

Oil prices fall on weak economic outlook
Crude oil prices fell further on concerns over slowing energy demand following a dismal report on the US labour market that sparked renewed recession worries.