Babcock & Brown liquidators deferred their investigations into the failed investment bank until 2010 to allow more time to review a large number of documents.
A surge in motor vehicle sales in October could convince the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to lift interest rates for the third straight month in December.
James Hardie says the downturn in the US housing market appears to be nearing the bottom as it looks forward to a rise in FYE to the top end of forecasts.
Microsoft held talks with News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said.
