Coles not at fault: Goyder
ELI GREENBLAT 4:33pm | Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder says it is too simplistic to blame all of the ills of the nation's farming and food sectors on Coles.
Market falls as big-bank investors cash in
SALLY ROSE 6:05pm | The Australian sharemarket finished lower investors sold shares in ANZ and NAB after the lenders released their final dividends.
Sass & Bide founders leave board
ELI GREENBLAT 3:04pm | The co-founders of sass & bide, Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton, have resigned as directors of the fashion label.
Jobless rate stead, but part-time surges
GLENDA KWEK 1:40pm | The jobless rate has remained stable as the labour market softens amid a transition towards non-mining led growth.
Air NZ to fly Dreamliner into Perth
MATT O'SULLIVAN 4:59pm | Air New Zealand will fly the first of its brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on the Perth-Auckland run.
$82m abalone virus class action dismissed
MADELEINE HEFFERNAN, JARED LYNCH 5:36pm | An $82 million class action against the Victorian government over the spread of a herpes-like abalone virus has failed.
Twitter IPO priced at $US26 per share
10:55am | Twitter raised $US1.82 billion in its initial public offering, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Rinehart continues Fairfax crusade
COLIN KRUGER 4:22pm | Gina Rinehart has continued her campaign against the board of Fairfax Media voting against three of the four resolutions at its AGM.
ASX 200 | 5422.0 | -11.8 | -0.2% |
Dow Jones | 15746.9 | 128.7 | 0.8% |
Nasdaq | 3931.9 | 0.0 | 0.0% |
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9:19am | The Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed to a new record as investors steered more funds into industrial stocks and away from the tech sector following disappointing Tesla earnings.
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Rupert takes aim at his own shop
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