Eric Johnston

Eric Johnston is an associate editor of The Australian. He has more than 25 years experience as a finance journalist, including a former business editor of The Australian. He has been business editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and financial services editor with The Australian Financial Review. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal.

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Mining & Energy

CEO of Barminco Peter Stokes at Hazelmere.

Barminco refinances $467m debt

Mining services provider Barminco has refinanced debt worth $US350 million ($467m) ahead of plans to list on the ASX.

Bridget Carter

Opinion

Food waste a serious problem

Food waste may not be as prominent as some other environmental issues, but it is vitally important.

Josh Frydenberg

Companies

Mercury historical archive: Newspaper in production on the Scott press. Image dated October 1953 from negative box labelled "Mercury production"

News Corp jobs to go in revamp

News Corp Australia has announced a national redundancy program and outlined plans to modernise newsrooms.

Darren Davidson

Business

The Bank of England is seen in the City of London on March 21, 2017. British annual inflation jumped in February to the highest level in almost three and a half years, driven by increasing fuel costs, data showed on March 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL

BoE fazed by old Libor call

How much did the central bank know about efforts to manipulate a key interest rate during the financial crisis?

JASON DOUGLAS

Markets

A trader works on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Jones at the New York Stock Exchange, April 6, 2017 in New York. Wall Street stocks finished modestly higher on Thursday, shrugging off concerns about US monetary policy ahead of the closely watched March jobs report. US equities steadied after Federal Reserve meeting minutes had prompted a sell-off Wednesday afternoon due to concerns about tightening monetary policy. / AFP PHOTO / Bryan R. Smith

Geopolitical worries hit stocks

Global stocks edged down slightly yesterday, amid signs investors were wary of geopolitical risks.

Jon Sindreu and Kenan Machado

Companies

People shop at a Woolworths store in Sydney on August 25, 2016. Australian supermarket giant Woolworths on August 25 reported a large annual net loss of AUD 1.23 billion (USD 940 million), its first since listing more than two decades ago, following a failed push into hardware and a slump in food sales. / AFP PHOTO / PETER PARKS

‘Staffing key in retail fight’

Brokerage UBS has flagged labour costs as a key area where Woolworths can gain ground on Coles in profitability.

Daniel Palmer

exclusiveBusiness

FareShare needs more volunteers to help in their kitchen gardens at Moorabbin Airport and Clayton South. Picture: Valeriu Campan

Hunger to fix $50bn food waste

More than one-third of Australia’s food production goes to waste each year but it could be salvaged.

Damon Kitney

Companies

Andrew Wood, CEO of WorleyParsons, speaking at the Melbourne Mining Club luncheon at Melbourne Town Hall.

Worley jumps as Dar circles

Shares in WorleyParsons surged to a two-year high yesterday after Dubai-based raider Dar Group lifted its stake.

Bridget Carter and David Rogers

Financial Services

James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, reacts during interview at the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Bullard said policy makers haven’t committed to a specific month to end bond purchases even as it would take a significant shift in the outlook to alter the path of tapering. Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** James Bullard

‘US rates should stay on hold’

Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis president James Bullard says US interest rates should stay near current levels.

MICHAEL DERBY

Companies

The Reject Shop will open its first Cairns store at Mt Sheridan (this is a pic of the Highpoint shop front, not Mt Sheridan)

The Reject Shop rejected again

The Reject Shop shares have halved in two sessions as investors flee following a large and unexpected profit warning.

CHRIS KOHLER

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