ANZ has stepped up its expansion into Asia with plans to incorporate a new wholly owned bank in Vietnam and open at least four branches by the end of the year.
GAS sellers and buyers in Western Australia will trade on a public bulletin board in an attempt by the Carpenter Government to prevent profiteering from the pipeline explosion that has cut the state's supplies by 30 per cent.
OIL prices traded near record high levels around $US142 today after the president of OPEC talked of uncertainty surrounding future investment in energy facilities that could boost crude output.
A FEDERAL judge in Miami has authorized US officials to seek information from UBS AG about US taxpayers suspected of using Swiss bank accounts to evade income taxes, part of a probe that could crack open Switzerland's tradition of bank
BUSINESS remains largely in the dark about a looming national carbon emissions market - with a vast majority showing almost complete ignorance about the scheme.
BORROWERS have been given some hope that the next move in interest rates may be down amid suggestions the central bank may have done enough in its efforts to curb inflation.
