Top 500 companies: Interim Reports (xls, csv) and Preliminary Final Reports (xls, csv)
13 March 2008 | by Sue Mitchell
Australia's strong dollar is putting a big hole in the profits of a number of leading local companies.
13 March 2008 | by Katja Buhrer
The Australian dollar hit a 24-year high close to US95¢ in recent weeks, but analysts bet the next milestone for the currency could just as easily be parity as fresh lows for the year.
13 March 2008 | by Neil Shoebridge
Strong conditions in advertising markets, buoyed by the Howard government's ad splurge in the run-up to the November federal election, helped most media companies produce solid results in the December 2007 half.
13 March 2008 | by Fiona Tyndall
Merger and acquisition activity dominated the health-care sector during the first half of the 2008 financial year - and it wasn't just the protracted $2.65 billion-plus takeover battle for Symbion Health that captured the industry's attention.
12 March 2008 | by Emily Parkinson
Some remarkably strong performers were undeservedly swept up in the recent bout of market jitters.
12 March 2008
Four experts discuss the earnings seaon just past and assess the road ahead.
12 March 2008 | by Ingrid Mansell and James Chessell
The once vocal, upfront CEOs were missing in action from this year's reporting season
12 March 2008 | by Paul Garvey
Australia's mining contractors have had such a charmed run, few have noticed a subtle but important shift.
11 March 2008 | by Vesna Poljak
If the credit crisis is signalling flat full-year profits ahead, it's also signalling a chance to buy heavyweight stocks on the cheap
11 March 2008 | by Nina Wan and Emily Parkinson
Three market experts share their views on the reporting season and on what lies ahead
11 March 2008 | by Jo Clarke and Michael Vaughan
Resources companies were once again the stalwarts of the reporting season.
11 March 2008 | by Simon Evans and Tracy Lee
Once encouraged to borrow to ward off private equity raiders, companies are now starting to reduce their debt.
11 March 2008 | by Michael Smith
Rising costs bit into earnings at most companies this profit season but some are doing better than others in keeping the demons at bay.
11 March 2008 | by Sue Mitchell
Franking declined from 88.1 per cent to 84 per cent.
11 March 2008 | by Glenn Mumford
Widely divergent views of the corporate profit outlook have led investors to the sidelines.
11 March 2008 | by David Bassanese
The days of turbo-charged spending are at an end
11 March 2008 | by Eric Johnston
The near-perfect conditions banks enjoyed over recent years are rapidly turning rough.
11 March 2008 | by Brendan Swift
The insurance sector was a blight on the reporting season.
11 March 2008 | by Ingrid Mansell and Michael Smith
Federal government spending plans for infrastructure are expected to keep the sector strong.
11 March 2008 | by Stephen Wisenthal
All of the top five exploration and production companies are now focused on liquefied natural gas as a key driver of growth.
11 March 2008 | by Paddy Manning
It's been nothing but LPT carnage since Centro Properties Group's freefall in December, but change is in the wind.
11 March 2008 | by Robert Harley
Investors who rely on property trusts for stable income are now paying the price of a decade of growth.
11 March 2008 | by Alan Jury
Australia, believe it or not, is in relatively good shape - and not just because of the resources boom.
What the experts think
Three equity strategists give their forecasts
Aussie Dollar Outlook
CBA's Chief Economist discusses the dollar's fluctuations
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