Business

Consumers continue to flock to Westfield shopping centres around the country as owner Scentre Group pours in millions of dollars revamping sites in Sydney and Melbourne.

The cost of building a house in Australia is expected to soar by double digits in the coming year with bathroom suppliers Reece and Tradelink announcing big increases to piping costs.

The supermarket giant is hiking the price of a household staple as its suppliers face ongoing fuel-related supply chain and operational cost pressures.

In Australia petrol is a bit pricier but trucks keep trucking and planes continue to fly. This comforting picture belies how close we remain to the edge.

S&P futures have risen 0.5 per cent while Nasdaq futures gained 0.6 per cent in ‌early Asian ‌trading hours.

BHP has finally confirmed an end to a tense trade standoff with China, ending seven months of negotiations as the Middle Kingdom sought to shift the balance of power with WA iron ore producers.

Criticisms of Australia's tax regime for gas exports are being levelled at producers and business groups, which argue higher taxes will chill investment.

AMP chief economist Shane Oliver has urged Treasurer Jim Chalmers to cut $100 billion from the Federal Budget to help fight inflation.

AARON PATRICK: A government fund set up to invest in promising companies is being used to deliver corporate welfare.

The tax burden on Australians is at the highest level in almost two decades, new government data shows, with a former Reserve Bank official warning it is likely to get even worse.

Tim Cook’s resignation as Apple CEO will end one of the most successful management runs in the history of US business.

The Trump administration is cosying up to new tech which is shaking up the traditional military industrial complex.

Shares in Lynas Rare Earths have slipped despite the miner more than doubling sales in the past three months and revealing it is yet to feel the disruption of the global fuel shock.

Rio is yet to feel the effects of a global oil crisis fuelled by war in the Middle East but concedes it does not know how the ongoing conflict will hit supply chains in the second half of the financial year.

Apple has announced that chief executive Tim Cook will be replaced within months.