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Virtus Health acquires further 15% in Sims IVF Group

20 Oct 2017 - Australia’s largest IVF provider Virtus Health (ASX:VRT) announces its Irish subsidiary has acquired a further 15 per cent of Ireland’s market-leading IVF provider Si…

Eagle Health opens Australian office

20 Oct 2017 - Eagle Health (ASX:EHH) opens an Australian office in Melbourne.

Aristocrat completes Plarium acquisition

20 Oct 2017 - Aristocrat (ASX:ALL) announces the completion of its Plarium acquisition after obtaining all necessary approvals.

Macquarie Atlas Roads appoints new CEO

20 Oct 2017 - Macquarie Atlas Roads (ASX:MQA) announces a change if its Chief Executive Officer.

Adairs pays ASIC fine without liability

20 Oct 2017 - Adairs (ASX:ADH) pays ASIC infringement notice after allegations it contravened its continuous disclosure obligations.

Sydney Airport reports growth in passenger numbers

20 Oct 2017 - Sydney Airport (ASX:SYD) reports a 7.1 per cent growth in international passengers compared to the prior corresponding period (pcp).

Santos upgrades sales guidance after seeing revenue soar

19 Oct 2017 - Oil and gas producer, Santos (ASX:STO) has upgraded its sales guidance to 79-82 million barrels of oil equivalents (mmboe) on the back of seeing a spike in its sales …

Woodside Petroleum quarterly sales rise 5% to $914m

19 Oct 2017 - Petroleum exploration and production company, Woodside Petroleum (ASX:WPL) has seen its quarterly sales revenue rise 5 per cent to $914 million in the September quart…

South32 adverse weather impacts year-on-year production

19 Oct 2017 - Mining giant, South32 (ASX:S32) has seen a fall in production on a year-on-year (YOY) basis to, across the majority of its business lines, noting adverse weather affe…

Sandfire Resources copper production falls

19 Oct 2017 - Australian Copper-Gold Producer, Sandfire Resources (ASX:SFR) has seen a fall in copper production, to 15,258 tonnes in the September quarter, (compared to 17,092 ton…

Synlait Milk Best practice program endorsed by local Govt

19 Oct 2017 - The dairy processing company, Synlait Milk (ASX:SM1) has had its best practice farming program become an audit approved management system.

Domino’s Pizza Majority owned JV to buy Germany’s Hallo Pizza

19 Oct 2017 - Domino’s Pizza Enterprises’ (ASX:DMP) majority owned German JV is set to buy the Hallo Pizza chain of 170 German stores for €35 to 42 million.

Monash IVF appoints new CEO and Managing Director

18 Oct 2017 - Mr David Morris has been appointed new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Monash IVF Group (ASX:MVF).

Afterpay sees strong quarterly sales, positive outlook FY18

18 Oct 2017 - Afterpay Touch Group (ASX:APT) reported strong quarterly sales of $367m up from $271m from the 4th quarter of 2017.

Bass Metals steps closer to buying high-grade lithium project

18 Oct 2017 - Bass Metals (ASX:BSM) has completed due diligence of a potentially high-grade lithium project in Madagascar.

Rio Tinto: US Securities and Exchange Commission files complaint

18 Oct 2017 - Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) has been served a complaint by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in relation to disclosures and timing of its Mozambique Coal impair…

ANZ NZ appoints ex NZ Prime Minister as Chair

18 Oct 2017 - ANZ (ASX:ANZ) has announced John Judge will stand down as Chair of ANZ Bank New Zealand, with the former New Zealand Prime Minister Sir John Key to take his seat.

Genesis Energy sees customers fall, electricity sales rise

18 Oct 2017 - Genesis Energy Genesis Energy (ASX:GNE) has announced a fall in oil sales, while its electricity sales grew in the first quarter of FY18.

APN Outdoor Group appoints James Warburton as CEO

17 Sep 2017 - Outdoor advertising company, APN Outdoor Group (ASX:APO) has appointed James Warburton as its new CEO, with his hire coming into effect on 22 January 2018.

Oil Search hits record quarterly production, sees better revenue

17 Oct 2017 - Oil and gas developer, Oil Search (ASX:OSH) has hit record quarterly production of 7.91 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) in the September quarter, which is a…

St Barbara bolstered productions and costs fall

17 Oct 2017 - Gold producer and explorer, St Barbara (ASX:SBM) has seen record quarterly production at its PNG mine, Simberi, hitting 33,976 ounces, while it also dropped its costs…

Telstra drops fixed costs

17 Oct 2017 - Communication giant, Telstra Corporation (ASX:TLS) has reduced its underlying fixed costs by $244 million, and says it’s on track to achieving $1.5 billion of product…

Rio Tinto stronger quarter and boosted returns

17 Oct 2017 - Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) has reported strong September quarterly production and announced $2.5 billion of additional returns to shareholders from the sale of its Coal and …

BrainChip inks circa US$1.2m European deal

17 Oct 2017 - Machine learning, face and object detection company BrainChip (ASX:BRN) has been selected to provide video surveillance and video analytics for a large-scale European…

iSelect supports Govt health insurance overhaul

16 Oct 2017 - Private health insurance premiums have risen by over 50 per cent since 2010, and private health insurance numbers have fallen, according to Private health insurance b…