24/01    Investor jitters raise the profit bar for Australian companies

AUSTRALIA'S listed companies will have to comprehensively beat profit forecasts in the coming reporting season if they are to win over nervous investors, analysts say.

24/01    Manufacturing industry turns to Reserve Bank

THE Reserve Bank is under renewed pressure to slash interest rates as Australia's manufacturing industry reels from a fresh round of job cuts.

24/01    Big four banks satisfy, slightly

BUSINESS satisfaction with the big four banks largely stalled last month, despite three of the lenders passing on interest rate cuts to small businesses.