BABCOCK & Brown today requested a trading halt on its shares as it tries to sort out a dispute with a bank about the release of a deposit.

We asked readers to respond with an email indicating what they thought about the government’s plan to filter internet content at the ISP level — the response was overwhelming.

WORKERS at Ford Australia’s Geelong engine plant have been thrown a lifeline with the company announcing the plant will stay open.

THE Australian share market remained weak at noon despite a minor recovery from an early slump following Wall St lowest close since 2003.

THE Australian dollar was weaker at noon as a dive on Wall Street to five-year lows and a record fall in US inflation kicked risk-driven currencies.

THE amount of money racked up on credit and charge cards rose almost 8 per cent in September, figures from the Reserve Bank of Australia show.

French networking equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent this morning confirmed its Australian chief Hilary Mine would resign for personal reasons and head back to her home country of the United States.

THE Australian share market has opened sharply lower this morning after Wall St fell more than 5 per cent overnight.

Google has launched themes for Gmail, a feature that lets people customise the appearance of the webmail application with a variety of new looks.

THE Australian dollar opened firmer today as an appreciation in the euro helped the local unit hold its ground against the US currency.