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Easy money coming to an end

The Fed's commentary was dovish, but some experts argue the forecasts were not.

Vesna Poljak

Investors doubt the United States Federal Reserve can push through the four interest rate hikes it is targeting for 2016.

MRI machines will be cheaper under the global IT products agreement.

Tech will be cheaper under fresh trade deal

Greg Earl

Taxes on high tech imports from video consoles to ear implants will be removed under a new World Trade Organisation deal.

Banks are hoping to piggyback off blockchain technology.

ANZ and tech giants creating blockchain 'Hyperledger'

Jessica Sier

ANZ has joined a group of major international tech players and financial institutions investigating blockchain technology.

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Video

Australia's Peter Siddle, right, appeals against West Indie's Kraigg Brathwaite. Regional viewers might be switching over to SBS if Nine and WIN can't sort out their differences by the end of the year.

Nine's secret cricket deal with SBS

Dominic White

SBS will broadcast the cricket to regional audiences if Nine Entertainment and WIN Corp can't agree a deal by year's end.

Specialist Edward Loggie works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the rate decision of the Federal Reserve is announced, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. The Fed's move to lift its key rate by a quarter-point to a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent ends an extraordinary seven-year period of near-zero rates that began at the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed rise to end 'momentum trade'

The US Federal Reserve's rate rise could mean the end of the so-called "momentum trade" and welcome the return of real stock-picking investing.

ASX extends rally as Fed delivers on rates

Australian shares surged after the US Federal Reserve lifted interest rates with a broad-based rally across all sectors.

Companies' tax payments revealed

The ATO has released data showing 539 companies paid no tax, and notes that "does not necessarily mean tax avoidance".

Policy change stuck in Canberra

Chanticleer

Lawmakers in Canberra are dragging the chain on passing relatively straightforward legislative reforms.

Slater and Gordon's Nightmare Before Christmas

Rear Window
Will Glasgow
Joe Aston

We can reveal that Geoff Drake is no longer Slater and Gordon's UK chief financial officer.

More horror for Slater and Gordon

Chanticleer
Michael Smith

The complete reversal of earnings guidance made two weeks ago could be the final nail in the coffin.

business
Recession fear in Fed rate rise
- Contains:
- Video
ASIC steps up Slater & Gordon probe
James Packer confirms Crown Resorts privatisation talks

markets
RBA disappointed $A didn't fall
- Contains:
- Video
Five takeaways from the Federal Reserve decision
A very dovish Fed rate hike
- Contains:
- Video

real estate

Clarence Property steers clear of banks to raise $40m
Private treaty sales strong despite falling auction clearance rates
- Contains:
- Video
So secluded you can have a bath in the garden
- Contains:
- Infographics

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