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4:54 AM ​Copper rose, recovering from a one-week low as metals investors covered short positions
4:17 AM US housing starts in November rebounded from a seven-month low and permits surged to a five-month high.
Camila Russo 3:59 AM Investors pushed European stocks higher for a second day, though equities pared gains in the last hour of trading. Both BHP and Rio advanced.
Mark Shenk 3:42 AM Oil tumbled after US crude inventories climbed to the highest level for this time of year since 1930.
Dominic White and Max Mason 12:46 AM The hotly-anticipated movie is already shaping up to the second-largest, if not the largest, box office hit ever in Australia, according to cinema bosses.
Michael Pascoe 12:15 AM Small banks were presented with a choice. No prizes for guessing which option they chose.
Nassim Khadem 12:13 AM About a quarter of the nation's 1300 public companies are paying no tax.
Catie Low 12:12 AM 7-Eleven is in mediation with the competition watchdog over its subscription to a petrol price information sharing service.
Sally Rose 12:12 AM The average self managed super fund is now valued at more than $1 million.
Elizabeth Knight 12:12 AM Addictive fast food and easy-to use ordering tech is the perfect profit mix.
Shaun Drummond 12:03 AM Commonwealth Bank says it will refer selected small businesses from its 500,000 customer base that it can't lend to because they haven't met its requirements
Peter Ker 12:00 AM Rio Tinto is keen to mine lithium for car and battery manufacturers ... eventually.
Jamie Freed 10:30 PM Domestic holiday overnight spending rose by 13 per cent in the September quarter, according to the latest national visitor survey from Tourism Research Australia.
Vanessa Desloires 9:13 PM Investors around the world are bracing for the interest rates decision coming out of the US Federal Reserve meeting on Thursday morning. Here's how it could affect you.
Angela Macdonald-Smith 9:13 PM In a deal thought to be worth more than $3 billion, the Chinese state-owned firm will buy Pacific Hydro
Colin Kruger, CBD 12:15 AM Ten director Jack Cowin added more than $100 million to his net worth during the broadcaster's AGM on Wednesday thanks to his 26.6 per cent stake in Domino's Pizza which had a cracker of a day. His Domino's shares are now worth roughly $1.24 billion - meaning he can buy the Ten network twice over with plenty of cash to spare.
David Ellery 9:30 PM Canberrans are expected to shop 'til they drop on Boxing Day with record sales forecast for the post-Christmas period.
Sue Mitchell 7:49 PM Domino's Pizza Enterprises has underlined its global growth ambitions by acquiring a major slice of Germany's largest pizza chain – sending its shares up 14 per cent.
Dominic White and Max Mason 7:47 PM Ten Network Holdings chairman David Gordon says Foxtel should be allowed to mount a full takeover of the free-to-air broadcaster if it wishes to, arguing that the cross-media ownership rules that would prevent such a deal are out of date.
David Ramli 7:27 PM A new report commissioned by Telstra investors warns the push into the Philippines could become an expensive mistake, burning through substantial amounts of cash.
Amy Remeikis 1:00 AM Queenslanders believe coal mining should be phased out to save the Great Barrier Reef, with concern over the impact mining is having on one of the world's greatest natural icons.
Jessica Gardner, Perry Williams, Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald 6:55 PM James Packer has been courting cashed-up buy-out firms and sovereign wealth funds to see if he can raise part of the estimated $5 billion or more he would need to privatise his sprawling casino empire.
Jared Lynch 6:40 PM Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has partnered with university researchers in Melbourne to develop a new manufacturing method to make vaccines cheaper for families in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world.
Shaun Drummond 6:31 PM Auswide Bank will offer $60 million in personal loans over five years via fledgling peer-to-peer lender MoneyPlace and has bought a 20 per cent stake in the start-up.
Max Mason 6:24 PM The Australian Rugby Union has secured a new broadcast rights deal worth more than $275 million.
Tess Ingram 6:23 PM Shares in Whitehaven Coal have soared after the miner revealed its earnings for the first half could exceed $100 million.
Stephen Cauchi 6:01 PM Currency traders were nervously awaiting Thursday's interest rate decision by the US Federal Reserve, with the Australian dollar expected to land close to US71¢ if the Fed raises rates.
Stephen Cauchi 5:47 PM Bennelong's Concentrated Equities Fund returned 13.5 per cent over the three months ending November, and an impressive 29.5 per cent for the year ending November.
Angela Macdonald-Smith 5:46 PM A crisis of investor confidence has engulfed aspiring US gas exporter Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd., wiping more than 20 per cent from the value of the former market darling this week alone.
David Ramli 5:46 PM iiNet customers who allegedly illegally downloaded a copy of the hit US movie Dallas Buyers Club can rest a little easier after a Federal Court judge rejected a second bid to get their contact details.
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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.