Coalition Premier Mike Baird won the NSW election, keeping the swing to the Labor Party to around 10 per cent and winning a mandate for the sale of state-owned electricity networks that could raise more than $10 billion for investment in Australia's biggest economy.
This year's pre-Easter Super Saturday auction weekend is set to propel price growth well into the cooler months of the year.
A new tax on bank deposits will raise about $500 million a year but bankers say the impost could be passed on to customers.
The $4.6 billion Goldman Sachs selldown of the Chevron stake in Caltex is a major coup for the bank.
The pilot at the controls of a Germanwings jetliner that crashed on Tuesday kept a diagnosis of a mental illness from his employer, authorities say.
Pressure is mounting to change rules that allow wealthy people with millions of dollars in superannuation to access tax-free lump sums.
The iron-ore industry will face a "breaking point" if prices are driven below $US30 a metric ton, Bloomberg Intelligence says.
Billionaire David Teoh is fast gaining a reputation as a man it's best not to have on the other side of the negotiating table.
Booming property markets are blinding many investors to investments in blue chip shares that can provide better tax breaks, less effort and ...
Andrew Forrest's roundly derided 'thought bubble' shows the options are running out for the mining giant.
