Mud from the dam that burst at a BHP Billiton joint venture's iron ore mine in Brazil this month is highly toxic, the United Nations' human rights agency says. The findings contradict the company's claims it was safe.
ASX set for a soft start off a flat Wall St lead, as Woolies, Seek and BoQ hold AGMS.
Troubled education provider Vocation has been placed into voluntary administration after investors refused to tip extra money into the business.
The Woolworths board will face retail shareholders on Thursday for the first time since the company slashed profit guidance.
Fortescue Metals Group has lots of debt to repay, but that task just got easier.
Banks have won a reprieve from changes to securitisation rules that threatened to remove a major funding source and force smaller lenders to merge.
From London to New York, currency traders are clearing their desks as business evaporates. It's a different story in Shanghai.
A cooling of the property market has averted a cut to the banks' credit ratings but still poses a risk should national house prices keep rising.
Shoppers looking to nab some deeply discounted Christmas presents have a big opportunity starting this Friday.
The threat of climate change is also a threat for your portfolio, even if you don't believe in the science.
The iron ore price sank to its lowest level in at least six years, amid speculation mills in China are cutting back steel output.
Sponsored: The lines between the public and the private are being increasingly blurred.
How come so many people refuse to work full-time?
China's currency will weaken to 6.8 per US dollar by the end of next year, says SocGen's Asian currency chief Jason Daw.
China has become a battleground for oil producers seeking to defend sales amid a worldwide glut.
​China's aluminium and nickel producers have asked Beijing to buy up surplus metal, the first coordinated effort since 2009 to revive prices.
For commodities, it's like the 21st century never happened. The last time commodity investor returns were this low, Apple's best-selling product was a desktop computer, and you could pay for it with francs and deutsche marks.
Young people in Sydney are twice as likely as youth in other global cities to say their age made it hard to find work, according to new international research into the attitudes and economic prospects of 18 to 25-year olds.
Shareholders have plenty to complain about at Woolworths' annual general meeting this year.
SurfStitch is now worth more than former parent Billabong after a series of acquisitions turned the former e-commerce company into a manufacturer and digital media business.
Euro zone central bankers could stagger charges on banks hoarding cash or to buy more debt to bolster efforts to boost the area's economy.
A week after saying it wanted to be known as the 'ethical bank', CBA has had to refund $80 million in compensation.
China has become a battleground for oil producers seeking to defend sales amid a worldwide glut.
Europe's defence industry is set to reap a massive windfall as the terror attacks on Paris prompt governments to ramp up spending.
Chinese borrowers are taking on record amounts of debt to pay interest on their existing debt, prompting the rise of zombie companies.
Any further slowdown in Chinese growth would be bad news for the likes of Australia and Brazil.
OpenCorp's unusual approach to the notoriously capital-intensive development cycle involves tapping funds from a pool of 415 retail investors, many of whom are family or friends.
Internet giant Google has emerged as the front runner to lease up the new space at Brookfield Property Partners' Wynyard Place at 10 Carrington Street in the heart of Sydney.
Strata office prices in a Flinders Lane building have doubled in two years as buyers snap up property in Melbourne's CBD.
Stockland's Christmas survey has revealed how much NSW residents will splurge on gifts, food and drink.
Being known as a 'middle-aged man in Lycra' can be very restrictive.
Shoppers looking to nab some deeply discounted Christmas presents have a big opportunity starting this Friday.
The threat of climate change is also a threat for your share portfolio, even if you don't believe in the science.
Lower back pain a bigger problem for business as an ageing workforce sits for more hours at a computer.
How come so many people refuse to work full-time?
Little cause for seasons cheer in Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens' latest pronouncements.
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