The day Lehman fell
CLANCY YEATES |
A cold wind blew through the offices of the world's investment banks five years ago this weekend.
Bumper week for US bourses
8:51am |
US stocks rose overnight and the Dow registered its best weekly gain since January, though trading was subdued ahead of the Fed's expected reduction of stimulus.
The mother of all feuds
ADELE FERGUSON |
The long-running and often brutal battle over who controls the Hancock family fortune is coming to a head. Adele Ferguson details its ugly history.
Picking up the pieces after the collapse
BEN BUTLER |
Australia's 'light touch' approach to corporate regulation was put under the spotlight.
Bid to stop 'phoenix' rising
CHRIS VEDELAGO |
The corporate watchdog has pledged to crackdown on 'phoenixing' failing businesses.
Super bosses plan China investment tour
PETER CAI |
Top executives of 30 industry super funds that collectively represent $350 billion under management are planning a study tour of China.
$20 million payout for ex-CSL chief
Former CSL boss Brian McNamee leaves with pay and entitlements worth almost $20 million.
iSelect board scoops up stock
CHRISTOPHER WEBB |
The slide in the share price of iSelect has seen most of the board step into the market.
- IPO Twitter prepares to take flight
- Hospitality Sydney food franchises hunger for Melbourne
- Mining Brockman chief on Hong Kong corruption charges
- Etihad moves up the Virgin hierarchy
- Third profit hit triggers selloff, fears of more pain in store
- MCC discloses its most valuable assets
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| Dow Jones | 15376.1 | 75.4 | 0.5% |
| Nasdaq | 3722.2 | 6.2 | 0.2% |
| Hang Seng | 22915.3 | -38.4 | -0.2% |
| NZ 50 | 4650.9 | 9.4 | 0.2% |
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Business News Wire
3:27PM $20m final pay for ex-CSL boss
1:37PM Etihad increases stake in Virgin Aust
1:33PM Aquila Resources rebounds into profit
1:26PM ANZ leaves rates unchanged
12:38PM AGL takes majority stake in APG
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Market steps back from five-year high
JARED LYNCH |
Miners led the market down following falls in the gold price, which headed for a bad week.
- Wall Street Bumper week for US bourses, but caution remains
- Wall Street Week Ahead All eyes on Bernanke's men
- Currencies Aussie softens as Fed meeting looms
- Gold could sink below $US1000: Goldman
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Lehman jitters: investors still wary
Markets While Wall Street has more than clawed back the deep losses it suffered from the GFC, the ASX is yet to return to record highs. Here's why.
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NBN by Telstra?
What is going to happen to NBN Co – the rather strange beast that’s meant to be rolling out all that optical fibre. (04:43)
World Business
What might have been, and the fall of Lehman
ANDREW ROSS SORKIN |
Maybe the investment bank's crash had more to do with popcorn than dominoes.
UK set to privatise Royal Mail
Britain has launched plans to sell more than half the state-run postal service.
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Good haven! Even the government does it
MICHAEL WEST |
Did you know the Future Fund has no fewer than 43 subsidiaries in foreign tax havens?
- Malcolm Maiden Beyond the precipice comes a wall of worry
- Opinion Man who lifted lid on hidden costs of buying
- Marcus Padley SMSFs: get a cocktail, lie back and contemplate the future
- Harold Mitchell Economy needs the cash from under the mattress
- Adele Ferguson Hitch hinders Senate's ASIC inquiry
- More Comments & Analysis
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The Lucky Country?
No-one can stop progress - just ask Holden - but is globalisation good for Australia?
Stinky office syndrome
Some offices smell absolutely rank. Is appointing a chief smell officer the solution?
Money Saving | Borrowing | Investing | Planning | Super & Funds | Tax | Tools & Guides
A generation caught in the middle
KATE JONES |
With their parents hitting old age and their kids still at home the sandwich generation are caring for others when they should be taking care of themselves.
- INSIGHT Asset allocation can be the decider in super funds
- QUIRKY INVESTMENTS Buyers not sold on Australian art
- Money's weekly Morningstar tables
- GETTING STARTED No quick fix from Coalition
- INHERITANCE Some could be waiting an age for parents' assets
- SAGGING SUPER Bleak future for funds
- LEAVING HOME Aussies buy up bargains abroad
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Choice is yours on how to apply CGT
When my old home finally sells, will I have to pay capital gains tax given it's no longer my principal dwelling?
