Aust shares may rise after good US data

Australian shares are likely to open higher on Monday after strong US jobs figures ahead of the first week of local earnings reports.The US stock market rallied on Friday after official figures showed ...

The State Opposition wants the Government to investigate a partnership with Victoria to build an $800 million energy project.The prospect of laying a second energy link across Bass Strait was investigated ...

A group of Australians is in Burma for one of the first major business and academic gatherings since the Asian nation reopened its borders.Burma shifted to civilian rule in 2011, and is competing to chair ...

Greece has one day left to clinch a eurozone bailout and a bond swap with creditors to manage its crushing debt repayments, its finance minister said Saturday, warning that talks were "on a knife ...

Saudi Arabia has played an "important role" in stabilising the oil market and supporting the global economy, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said in a statement Saturday.Lagarde's ...

Gazprom said on Saturday it could not pump additional gas to Western Europe amid a cold snap, after EU officials and energy firms said the Russian giant's deliveries had dropped in several states."Gazprom ...

The United States said Saturday that Europe remains Washington's "partner of first resort" despite a US strategic pivot to Asia, but it urged Europe to pull its weight.In a twin effort to reassure ...

Greece has one day left to clinch a eurozone bailout and a bond swap with creditors to manage its crushing debt repayments, the finance minister said Saturday, warning that talks were "on a knife ...

Gazprom said on Saturday it could not pump additional gas to Western Europe amid a cold snap, after EU officials said the Russian giant's deliveries had dropped in several countries."Gazprom at the ...

The resignations of seven Brazilian cabinet ministers over corruption charges since President Dilma Rousseff took office are the tip of an endemic problem which experts say hobbles the country's bid for ...

Australia's foreign minister launched a fierce broadside at Europe Saturday, saying the financial crisis has caused it to turn in on itself and warning it risked an "early grave" amid Asia's ...

Energy giants ExxonMobil and OMV Petrom said Saturday they have found gas deposits in the Romanian part of the Black Sea continental shelf, a month after they began explorations in the area."The first ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday wrapped up a visit to China where she tried to reassure her hosts on the strength of the euro and Europe's ability to overcome its debt crisis.During her three-day ...

The United States said Saturday that Europe remains Washington's security "partner of first resort" despite a US strategic pivot to Asia, but urged Europe to pull its weight.In a twin effort ...