The Australian sharemarket has lifted for the first time this week, as the tech sector benefits from a major takeover bid.

Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott says he is “very proud” of Wesfarmers for managing to grow sales and profit at a “challenging time” in the retail market. Wesfarmers pulled in three per cent profit – lifting to $1.4 billion. Mr Scott told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood that the “reall...

Scientists are growing heart cells in the laboratory to develop an AI tool that can detect disease in heart cells more quickly. The team at the University of East London is looking at how cells in the heart become defective during ageing. "One of the hardest things with the heart is its low regenera...

Former David Jones head honcho Mark McInnes and wife Lisa Kelly have listed their swish Toorak house with $19.5m-$21m price hopes.

Research has shown humans aren’t the only species capable of teasing. It turns out great apes are also capable of the cheeky art. 75 hours of video taken at zoos in the US and Germany showed 142 obvious instances of great apes teasing their peers. Most instances were instigated by younger apes ...