Two of Australia’s most prominent retailers performed extremely well on Tuesday's stock market. Shares in the department store Myer went up 14.2 per cent, even though the company’s first-half sales were down three per cent to $1.83 billion. The share price of furniture retailer Nick Scali also...

Judo Bank Chief Economic Advisor Warren Hogan says it is “domestic inflation that matters” for the Reserve Bank to reduce interest rates. The RBA on Tuesday kept the cash rate on hold at 4.35 per cent. Mr Hogan told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood that all the disinflation we’ve seen...

Federal spending has buoyed construction companies, especially those that manufacture aggregates and building supplies. But lagging residential developments could offset the sector's gains. Vontobel's Rob Hansen explains what investors should know.

Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) say they are planning to build a new world’s biggest particle collider. They say a major stage of the feasibility study into the potential construction of a new particle collider has been completed. It is hoped that the “Future ...

Herbert Smith Freehills Partner Tony Damian says reforms to Australian corporate laws are “not too bad” but welcomes the government to “pick up the mantle”. “Our laws are generally not too bad on that front,” Mr Damian told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “There’s all this...