Japan reports five more Prius accidents (AAP)
The Japanese government has reportedly confirmed five new accidents involving Toyota’s Prius hybrids and will urge the troubled car giant to investigate them.
JPMorgan’s chief reaps $A18.5m bonus (AAP)
Jamie Dimon, chief executive and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, has reaped a 2009 bonus of about $A18.5 million in shares and options, a bank spokesman says.
Defence giant slapped with $520m fraud fines
Defence giant BAE Systems agreed to pay fines of nearly $520 million to settle charges over fraud.
China to buy $A70b of Australian coal (AAP)
Mining magnate Clive Palmer says his company has secured Australia’s biggest export deal with a $US60 billion ($A69.39 billion) agreement to sell coal to China.
Palmer, Bligh in $69b China coal deal (ABC)
Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer has signed a deal to sell millions of tonnes of coal to China in what’s believed to be Australia’s largest export contract.
Magnate secures “biggest” China export deal
MINING magnate Clive Palmer says his company has secured Australia’s biggest export deal with a $A69.39 billion agreement to sell coal to China.
Palmer, Bligh in $69b China coal deal
Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer and Premier Anna Bligh have signed a $69 billion deal to sell millions of tonnes of coal.
G7 finance ministers meet as eurozone roils markets (AFP Business News)
IQALUIT, Canada (AFP) - G7 finance ministers and central bankers launched talks in northern Canada aimed at keeping a tentative global economic recovery on course as fresh turmoil roiled financial markets.
US loses 20,000 jobs in January: report (AAP)
The US economy lost 20,000 jobs in January while the unemployment rate fell, according to data that offered mixed signals about prospects for recovery.
Unions bicker over IR changes (ABC)
A dispute has erupted within the union movement, with one union boss accusing his colleagues of failing to stand up for workers since the introduction of new industrial relations laws last month.