The future of 600 employees at an aluminium smelter in the Victorian city of Geelong is uncertain after the operator announced a review of the plant due to difficult global trading conditions.

(The following was released by the rating agency) SYDNEY, February 08 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has confirmed Commonwealth Bank Limited's upsized Medallion Trust Series 2008-1R ratings as stated below.

Qld govt wants answers after pay glitch Updated: 15:34, Wednesday February 8, 2012 The Queensland government is demanding answers from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) after another glitch left thousands of police and civilian staff unpaid.

By Gillian Tan Destroyed homes and debris in the devastation left by Cyclone Yasi in the far north Queensland seaside township of Tully Heads, Australia, 04 February 2011.

Adrian Orr. A former deputy governor of the RBNZ, he is now CEO of the NZ Superannuation Fund. Personable, pragmatic and experienced.

Business leaders are warning Treasurer Wayne Swan to back down on his calls for banks to pass on any RBA rate cuts and to lessen their focus on big profits, saying pressure from the government may have the unintended effect of forcing banks to raise ...