"Pull your finger out"
ADELE FERGUSON |
Casino king James Packer is concerned that our tourist industry is running out of time to cash in on Asia.
Senate inquiry calls for rethink on banks
CLANCY YEATES |
A senate inquiry into banking competition urges a rethink of key measures designed to help rivals to the big four.
Nothing Swan can do to stop rate rises
PETER MARTIN |
THE Reserve Bank will raise interest rates weeks after the budget, regardless of its content. Yesterday the bank said unless it acted swiftly, inflation would climb to the top of its target band and sail beyond it.
Indigenous deal boosts Woodside's plans
Woodaide's plans to build an LNG plant near Broome got a huge boost , when indigenous groups voted to approve one of the biggest land compensation deals in history.
Honesty no excuse for Hardie executive
ELISABETH SEXTON |
Honesty is not enough to excuse a senior executive of a large public company from penalties for breaching a duty of care, the NSW Court of Appeal has ruled.
- AFL rights deal the first battle in latest TV turf war
- Equinox hit by $21.4m first-quarter loss
- Big wet dampens Lion Nathan revenue
- House buyers' strike a no-go, says GetUp!
- New VECCI chief plans to leave no stones unturned
- Centro wants 'consensual' plan
- Redflex on a collision course
- Appeal on High Court decision
- Slowing growth, rising dollar to dominate budget
- Slump in oil price has silver lining for Woodside
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US stocks pare weekly loss on jobs surprise
6:51am |
US stocks gain, paring the biggest weekly decline for the S&P;’s 500 Index since March, as jobs growth bolsters confidence in the economy.
- European stocks dragged lower by resource stocks
- Silver posts biggest slide in decades, gold edges higher
- Oil sinks most in two years after Osama's death
- ASX Shares notch back-to-back weekly slides
- Asian stocks head for first weekly loss in seven
- ECB decides to leave rates steady
- Dollar revived by RBA's rate rise alert
- Marcus Padley Day trading replete with tricks and traps
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'Facebook of China' walks a fine line
11:03am |
Imagine buying shares in a company that could be closed down overnight. That is in some ways what Renren, dubbed the Facebook of China, asked investors to do.
Greece ready to ditch the euro?
A small group of European finance ministers was meeting to discuss the euro zone debt crisis,, as Greece denies plans to exit the euro.
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Black-hole blues sound nasty
ROSS GITTINS |
Are you very trusting of the way politicians handle taxpayers' money? Do you really believe Labor is hopeless at budgeting but the Libs are fine?
- Michael West 10 years on, they bury the dog
- Malcolm Maiden Forces driving the dollar are still in place
- Paddy Manning Is the climate campaign running out of steam?
- Marcus Padley Day trading replete with tricks, traps and life on the edge
- Julian Lee Dumbing down keeps tourists coming down
- Mark Hawthorne Eye for detail helps to build the Packer gaming empire
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Circus Oz puts the magic into social media
ALEXANDRA CAIN 6 May |
Circus Oz has embarked on an intriguing and thoughtful social media strategy other creative businesses could consider.
Weakest link: firing up lazy staff
How do you turn underperforming workers around? Here's some tips.
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Compensation for some
FUND PICK |
Cries of indignation have come from the burgeoning DIY super fund sector with demands the government's compensation scheme for fraud should also cover them.
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