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Seven tips to lift a man's love life
A few home truths for men, from the women you'd like to be dating.
4:35pm The European Union is set to drop financial reforms that would force big banks to ring-fence their retail departments from riskier investment operations, reports say.
12:46pm The united stimulus front of central banks is starting to splinter as 2014 dawns.
Despite trimming its bond-buying stimulus, the Fed remains committed to ultra-low rates, Ben Bernanke has said in what could be his last speech as Fed chairman.
Wal-Mart says it's adding DNA tests of meat it sells in China after recalling donkey products from a local supplier that authorities said contained fox DNA.
US factory activity held near a 2-1/2-year high in December and the number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell again last week
Christopher Williams Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is selling its 47 per cent stake in Star China TV, which operates three Mandarin-language television stations.
Elizabeth Campbell Consumers could be in for a treat as rises start to ease.
China's factory activity expanded at the slowest pace in three months in December.
The Israeli and US companies developing the massive Leviathan natural gas field off Israel’s coast may have to sell their stake in two smaller fields to avoid being branded a cartel.
Raphael Minder Tougher labelling laws mean the end for the cruet.
Luzi Ann Javier Coffee futures lost further ground this week, capping longest run of annual declines since 1993, on concerns that a global glut will increase as crop conditions improve in Brazil.
Shan Li A spotlight-loving Chinese business mogul said Tuesday that he wanted to expand his empire into media by purchasing The New York Times.
Kartik Goyal Policies to lift rural living standards are working.
FedEx has been accused by New York City of taking part in a racketeering conspiracy by shipping tons of untaxed cigarettes.
The company that makes Crocs shoes is getting a $US200 million ($226.3 million) bailout from a private equity fund, and its CEO is retiring.
Ben Protess and Jessica Silver-Greenberg After failing to secure a lucrative Chinese contract in 2009, JPMorgan’s top executives, smarting from the loss, decided the solution was to embrace their rivals’ strategy, hiring the children of China’s ruling elite.
MICHAEL PASCOE It’s bad enough losing the rugby, but in 2014 Australians will have to suffer Kiwis getting uppity about their economy as well.
Jon Swartz As Apple, Twitter and Samsung compete for domination, the old guard has not yet given up in the fight for the electronic dollar.
Alan Levin, Jodi Schneider, Washington Coverage extended for four carriers that otherwise would have lost it at the end of the year.
Craig Trudell Automaker names new US CEO after sales trailed the US market's pace in the last year.
Ari Levy Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook received compensation valued at $4.25 million this year, a 1.9 percent increase over 2012, even as the iPhone maker's stock gains lagged behind the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Gretchen Morgenson Documents show how the Fed gave JPMorgan Chase a free hand to expand in businesses like electricity that are typically off limits to big banks.
Apple is again seeking to ban sales in the US of Samsung products that are now no longer on the market.
Britain will surpass France and Germany to become Europe's biggest economy by 2030, according to a study.
Katia Porzecanski Twelve years after defaulting, Argentina is still struggling to regain the trust of its people.
Matt Robinson This year issuers took advantage of borrowing costs averaging a record low 3.83 per cent.
Martin Fackler An entrepreneurial spirit is challenging old ways.
Craig Trudell Amazon.com offers customers compensation as gifts miss Christmas.
US store visits plummeted 21 per cent and retail sales dropped 3.1 per cent in the week through Saturday, signalling a lacklustre finish for the most important selling season of the year.
Eric Pfanner and Brian X. Chen Just about any way you slice it, 763 million customers is a huge potential pie.
A few home truths for men, from the women you'd like to be dating.
The Dog Lovers Facebook page has three million followers and earns Jake Munday $40,000 a month. How did he do it?
Many people meet their partner at work, but that doesn't make it easy to manage the working relationship.
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A free independent guide from SMH with expert information.
A free independent guide from SMH with expert information.
A free independent guide from SMH with expert information.
A free independent guide from SMH with expert information.
A free independent guide from SMH with expert information.