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Stockland raises $400M

22 May 2013 - Stockland (ASX:SGP) raises $400 million via a fully underwritten institutional placement.

OZ Minerals proposes $2.6M drill program

22 May 2013 - OZ Minerals Limited (ASX:OZL) plans to begin a $2.6 million field program to explore for copper gold deposits at Mount Woods.

Myer’s 3Q sales lift

22 May 2013 - Myer Holdings Limited (ASX:MYR) posts a slight gain in third-quarter sales and remains cautious on the retail trading outlook.

Tatts looks to luck of the Irish

22 May 2013 - Tatts Group Limited (ASX:TTS) is considering a €400 million bid for Ireland's 20-year lottery licence.

High Aussie hits Transfield

22 May 2013 - Transfield Services Limited (ASX:TSE) chief executive Graeme Hunt says the high Australian dollar has taken its toll during the past six weeks as resource projects es…

Technology One signs cloud customer

21 May 2013 - Technology One Limited (ASX:TNE) signs its first UK cloud customer with Pepper Europe.

Seven West appoints new CEO

21 May 2013 - Seven West Media Limited (ASX:SWM) announces Tim Worner as the company’s new CEO, just 12 months after Don Voelte took on the role.

Arrium offers upbeat update

21 May 2013 - Arrium Limited (ASX:ARI) says its year-to-date sales are 23 per cent higher than the previous corresponding period.

Stockland begins restructure

21 May 2013 - Stockland (ASX:SGP) cuts 80 jobs as part of its cost-cutting drive, according to media reports.

Transfield issues profit warning

21 May 2013 - Transfield Services Limited(ASX:TSE) lowers its full-year profit guidance amid a slowdown in resources and infrastructure projects.

ACCC to review Perpetual deal

21 May 2013 - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will review Perpetual’s Limited (ASX:PPT) proposed acquisition of the Trust Company Limited (ASX:TRU).

Suncorp mulls non-core bank sale

20 May 2013 - Suncorp Group Limited (ASX:SUN) hopes to sell most of its non-core bank four years after it was established.

Optus to roll out 4G

20 May 2013 - Singapore Telecommunications Limited (ASX:SGT) owned Optus will roll out Australia’s first multi-band 4G network in the next year.

Leighton to appoint new directors

20 May 2013 - Leighton Holdings Limited (ASX:LEI) will appoint five new directors before July, following a string of executive resignations earlier this year.

GPT sells shopping centre stake

20 May 2013 - GPT Group (ASX:GPT) sells its 50 per cent interest in the Erina Fair shopping centre for $397.1 million.

Rio slams court decision

20 May 2013 - Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) says a court decision to block the expansion of its Warkworth coal mine puts more than 150 New South Wales projects and tens of billions o…

Crown approved to increase Echo stake

20 May 2013 - Crown’s Limited (ASX:CWN) bid to increase its stake in rival Echo Entertainment Group Limited (ASX:EGP) has been approved by Queensland's gaming authority.

WorleyParsons downgrades earnings forecast

17 May 2013 - WorleyParsons Limited (ASX:WOR) downgrades its full-year earnings forecast amid softening demand for resource infrastructure.

Wesfarmers under dividend pressure

17 May 2013 - Wesfarmers Limited (ASX:WES) may come under pressure to return some of its wealth to investors.

Shareholder shift at SP AusNet

17 May 2013 - SP AusNet (ASX:SPN) says Singapore Power Limited has inked a deal with State Grid International Development, to acquire a 19.9 per cent stake in the Australian electr…

Bandanna marks milestone

17 May 2013 - Bandanna Energy Limited (ASX:BND) lodges its mining lease application for its Springsure Creek Project in Queensland.

Woodside eyes Mozambique project

17 May 2013 - Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX:WPL) is monitoring on an offshore gas field in Mozambique that is five times bigger than its North West Shelf project.