New Galaxy Notes take fight to Apple
Samsung has fired the first shots in the next phase of its bitter war with Apple for dominance of the $300 billion-a-year smartphone industry: the battle over the huge phone. The upgrade includes a shift away from Samsung’s oft-derided plastic body to a metal one, and includes the highest resolution screen it has yet released on a phone.
Equities rally on hopes for Ukraine
Before the Bell | Equity markets worldwide are higher, with the S&P 500 hitting a record on hopes a resolution would be reached between Ukraine and Russia
Epic $70 billion dividend haul for investors
Almost $70 billion has flowed to investors in dividends throughout 2013-14, keeping equities in favour and underscoring Australia’s love affair with companies which give back cash.
Van Eyk acts over move to close funds
van Eyk chief Mark Thomas has told shareholders the company has commenced legal action against Artefact Partners, as Macquarie moved on Wednesday to close all but one of its remaining Blueprint funds.
RBA’s Glenn Stevens urges action to avoid property ‘bust’
Updated | Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens has challenged governments to deliver reforms to help prevent a dangerous bubble forming.
We’ve got the world’s best mortgage market: John Symond
Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond, who helped ignite a wave of mortgage competition against the banks in the 1990s, says competition in home loans is adequate.
Uranium deal with India part of Abbott’s Asia whistlestop
Prime Minister Tony Abbott will finalise a nuclear supply deal and strengthen economic and security ties with Asia’s emerging democratic superpower, India, as part of a four-day overseas visit.
Snowy Hydro reveals ‘fourth pillar’ retail ambitions
Snowy Hydro has revealed ambitions to become the “fourth pillar” in energy retailing, supported by potential debt-funded moves to boost its access to base-load power generation.
Ukraine, Russia agree on ceasefire ‘steps’
Ukraine says there’s no ceasefire agreement with Russia, but there is “mutual understanding of steps to peace” in east Ukraine. Russia said it couldn’t make a ceasefire as it was not involved in the conflict.
What boom? Perth prestige prices stall
In Perth’s best suburbs like Mosman Park and Cottesloe, many homes are going backwards.
Why I’m buying sites: Harry Triguboff
Property mogul Harry Triguboff says he needs a big stock of land to make 3000 units a year.
Old Martin Place gets a $1b face lift
Martin Place, the heart of commerce in Sydney for a century, is undergoing a renaissance.
OPTrust, new Catalyst take stake in SkyBus
A private equity firm set up by Catalyst Investment Managers’ Trent Peterson has made its first investment in Australia, a stake in Melbourne’s SkyBus shuttle.
Big prices, but still a buyers’ market
Some long-lost old timers went for a gallop but museum pieces didn’t always do so well at the “big three” Sydney art sales in August.
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Rear Window | Westpac’s incredible spin machine went into overdrive on announcing the chief strategy officer had resigned for “family reasons”.
The 10 best dishes in Sydney
While casual dining is popular, there’s always time for the classics. Here are the year’s 10 best dishes in Sydney.
Syrah partners find rainbow’s end
They knew they were onto something big when they stumbled upon huge chunks of graphite.
10 reasons to be an entrepreneur, or not
There are good reasons to try entrepreneurship — and there are warning signs against it. Here are 10 of both.
When babies are a good career move
Fiona Smith | Women pay a high “motherhood penalty” for having children – but not everyone’s losing in the parenting game.
The heroes of zero
Rear Window | What a hoot to see KKR running a mile from their brief flirtation with Terry Davis as an adviser on its bid for Treasury Wine Estates.
How to know who to ignore at work
Faced with endless demands on our time, the ability to say “no” is key.
Students pay to arrive in style
Would you pay to arrive at university by private jet, Ferrari or horse and carriage?
World’s rich snap up $200,000 whisky
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More than half of Johnnie Walker’s most expensive whisky range has already sold.
National
What property boom? Perth prestige prices stall
In Perth’s best suburbs, many homeowners are going backwards. Values of houses worth more than $1 million in Mosman Park, Dalkeith, Subiaco and Cottesloe are either flat or have fallen since 2008, new data shows.
- Uranium deal with India part of Abbott’s Asia whistlestop
- Keating: super freeze a ‘tawdry’ deal
- Dredge waste dumping near reef still possible
- Hockey is right on WA: Greiner
- Maiden Senate speeches for Jacqui Lambie, Bob Day
- Small business tax breaks vanish as Coalition looks to surplus
- Gas prices to surge 24pc, overtaking electricity: report
- Australia, India to strengthen military ties
Australia hamstrung by red tape, rigid workforce
Red tape and a ‘rigid’ labour force are hammering Australia’s global competitiveness, says the World Economic Forum.
Opinion
Say goodbye to the ‘Great Moderation’
The global triumph of liberal democracy and the so-called “Great Moderation” coincided – but neither of them has been durable.
The income pie must be grown
Editorial | The GDP figures this week starkly illustrate the challenge facing this nation.
The glory days on our living standards are over
Chris Richardson | The biggest boom Australia has seen in a century and a half is continuing to ease back.
World
Ukraine, Russia agree on ceasefire ‘steps’
Ukraine says there’s no ceasefire agreement with Russia, but there is “mutual understanding of steps to peace” in east Ukraine. Russia said it couldn’t make a ceasefire as it was not involved in the conflict.
- Services sector surges in Britain
- German court bans Uber’s low-cost ride-sharing app
- Recline rage: why airline seating is provoking mid-flight fights
- Apple says iCloud not hacked for nude celebrity photos
- Cantor takes $US3.4m seat on Moelis board
- Argentina holdouts give vultures a bad name
- Burgers and BMWs for the slick amid Pyongyang poverty
- US manufacturing activity near highest since 2011
Privacy collides with the wild web
Perez Hilton has made a career of posting anything and everything about celebrities and their lives but this week, he thought better of it.
Business
We’ve got the world’s best mortgage market: John Symond
Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond, who helped ignite a wave of mortgage competition against the banks in the 1990s, says competition in home loans is adequate.
- Epic $70 billion dividend haul for investors
- BoQ merger wouldn’t challenge big four banks
- Snowy Hydro reveals ‘fourth pillar’ retail ambitions
- Coles confirms job cuts at store support centre
- Rio, BHP ‘secret’ copper stash worth $800m
- Capital ratios dispute deepens as bankers challenge inquiry’s parameters, findings
- Hoyts captain Kirk confident before float
- QantasLink starts flights to Rich List Toowomba airport
Phil Green goes from Babcock & Brown to fashion
Michael Smith | Struggling retailers are dropping like flies. Just months after David Jones was snapped up by South Africa’s Woolworths, loss-making womenswear retailer Noni B has accepted a bid from Trevor Loewensohn’s Alceon Group.
Technology
How tech giants could grab power from AGL, Origin
Traditional electricity suppliers risk losing business to Google, Apple and even Amazon as tech-savvy customers seek more digitally mobile ways of controlling their energy use, says Accenture.
- Apple shifts blame for celebrity hacks
- Telstra backs online piracy crackdown
- Photo hacking scandal exposes inconvenient truths
- Tech millionaires share the secrets of their success
- Nude celebrity photo leaks raise concerns about security in the cloud
- Australia is vulnerable to cyber attack: McAfee boss
- China gives Microsoft 20-day deadline for anti-trust explanation
- Limitations in the NBN cost-benefit review
- Hackett, Myer invest $5m in start-up firm
Cheap and sweaty: Lumia 530 is phone of your youth
There’s something about the new Nokia Lumia 530 that reminds me of what it’s like to be young again.
Markets
Stocks end flat as Telstra rally offsets drop
Soft iron ore and oil prices combined with selling pressure from a slew of major stocks, including BHP Billiton trading ex-dividend, to see the market close the day marginally lower.
- Epic $70 billion dividend haul for investors
- Worst might be over for uranium market
- Markets Live: Big miners weigh on index
- BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Woodside Petroleum tipped to return cash
- $A lower despite solid GDP growth
- Analysts double down on Aristocrat
- National income falls for second year
- China services sector recovers, weathering slowdown
- Australia’s services business still wary about outlook
Iron ore near five-year low, tipped to fall further
Updated | Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett is confident the recent slide in the iron ore price will be short-lived and the price will recover to $US90 a tonne, despite flirting with a five-year low.
Personal finance
How you can afford to retire abroad
A new wave of retiree baby-boomer emigration is showing up in the statistics. Thousands of Australian retirees are already ditching the traditional retirement lifestyle.
What the super delay means to you
At a glance | Here’s how much you stand to lose from your super balance thanks to the deal to delay 12 per cent superannuation until 2025.
Lifestyle
Growth hormone could raise risk of a stroke
While the bodybuilding and anti-ageing industries regard growth hormore as their miracle, research has uncovered risk.
Dom Bagnato’s Italian swagger
The Australian menswear brand will take a leading role at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week.
Gently, Bentley: South Coast touring
Heaven is driving along in a sumptuous new Bentley — lush green hills against the blue ocean.
Enjoy chardonnay’s golden age
As a child of the seventies, Australian chardonnay has matured and changed — for the better.
Latest TV
RBA holds but CBA eyes recovery
The Reserve Bank has held rates again, but the Commonwealth Bank still sees a November hike.
Will the ECB ride to the rescue?
France is calling on the ECB to stimulate the euro zone's economy.
Countdown to Alibaba IPO is on
Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba, to debut on the NYSE later this month, could be worth $200 billion.
Atlassian's tips for start-ups
Mike Cannon-Brookes tells start-up hopefuls there is light at the end of the tech tunnel.
