WESTPAC has won orders against a customer to return $11 million accidentally transferred into his account, plus $3.7 million in interest.

PERTH-based Home Building Society plans to merge with the Bank of Queensland in a deal that values the target at $592 million.

THE sharemarket was in positive territory at noon led by strong gains in the resources and energy sectors.

AUSTRALIA’S retail trade rose 0.9 per cent in July to $19.4 billion, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

AUSTRALIA’S banks should be focusing on customer service and online security if they want to retain their customers, figures show.

AN “insatiable” worldwide demand for technology and lifestyle products has helped lift retailer Harvey Norman’s annual profit by 77.4 per cent.

Mozilla has unleashed a special edition of its open source Firefox Web browser for students.

A professor from the Polytechnic of Turin has developed a method for building a suit that could allow humans to cling to vertical surfaces like the comic book hero Spider-man.

US stocks closed mostly lower today as mortgage and credit jitters hit investor nerves on the eve of a key speech by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.

OIL prices rose overnight, underpinned by a fall in US energy stockpiles and a partial recovery in equity prices after their recent plunge, analysts said.