Dubai debt relief lifts world markets
Abu Dhabi's pledge of almost $11 billion to help neighbouring Dubai meet its short-term financial commitments boosted global share markets overnight.
View ArticleRural sector tipped to bounce back
There has been a slide in the agribusiness sector in Queensland in the past month.
View ArticleQld business confidence falls behind rest of Australia
The CCIQ says the latest business conditions survey results show Queensland is still lagging behind the rest of Australia.
View ArticleChanges to appease miners will make tax less super, says economist
The Government appears set to modify its tax to mollify the mining lobby, but a prominent economist says the changes are for the worse and to the detriment of smaller players.
View ArticleSuper funds tell miners to end fear campaign
The Industry Super Network has urged big miners to reassess their campaign against the proposed super mining profit tax. David Whiteley says the widening debt crisis in Europe is driving shares lower,...
View ArticleAGL makes moves on central Queensland gas storage
Junior oil and gas explorer Mosaic has had a much needed boost in its share price following a takeover bid by energy giant AGL.
View ArticleRising dollar gouging beef producers
Rural lobby group AgForce says Queensland's beef sector is losing tens of millions of dollars because of the high Australian dollar.
View ArticleEmerald residents waiting for insurance and construction
In the Central Queensland town of Emerald, the dangers associated with the massive flood that swamped the town at the end of last month have all eased. Now, residents are playing a waiting game.
View ArticlePalmer's $3.6b Hong Kong float bid fails again
Queensland mining magnate Clive Palmer has failed in his latest bid to float Resourcehouse on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
View ArticleChinese bank to help fund Palmer's mining project
A Chinese bank steps in to help fund 85 per cent of an $8 billion thermal coal mine planned by Queensland's richest man Clive Palmer, after his company Resource House failed to list on the Hong Kong...
View ArticleQueensland tourism remains 'under significant pressure'
The Queensland Hotels Association (QHA) says the strong Australian dollar is continuing to put the state's tourism industry in trouble.
View ArticleBHP makes over $1b per week
BHP Billiton has lifted full-year earnings by 86 per cent to record Australia's biggest ever corporate profit of $23 billion.
View ArticleMacarthur Coal profit soars on record prices
Mining company Macarthur Coal has nearly doubled its full-year result as record prices for coal and a one-off sale balanced losses from heavy summer rains.
View ArticleThe politics of small business
For some time now, many small businesses have been struggling in Queensland.
View ArticleCorn price falling
Corn prices took a dive at the end of last week, dropping 19.75 US cents per bushel on Thursday, followed by another fall of 6.5 US cents on Friday night.
View ArticleRural Report for Queensland, Monday, October 1, 2012
New research drives push to lift NZ tomato ban; Aussies prevail in close working dog trans tasman test and Whitbreads Cordial tradition continues in Charters Towers.
View ArticleSmall business is a big deal
They're the back bone of the economy, the litmus test for how well things are going and the employer of tens of thousands of Central Queenslanders
View ArticleDollar offers relief to farmers amid relentless drought
AgForce says a drop in the Australian dollar should provide some relief to rural areas in 2014.
View ArticleThe drover that 'won't quit'
"This is the most gut wrenching drove I've ever been on," says Steve Fraser, a contract drover who has been on the road for nine months.
View ArticleSantos shares 'worthless' at current oil prices
A leading investment bank says Santos shares are worthless if current oil prices and exchange rates continue indefinitely.
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