Jingle sells: Retailers rejoice
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Forget expensive technical forecasts, Nicholas Egonidis​ can tell how well Christmas retail is travelling by counting his jocks.
Bosses who rarely go on breaks can create a culture where employees feel insecure about taking holidays.
For the second year in a row, Australia trails Norway as the best place in the world for quality of life, the UN says. Switzerland comes in third.
The US Federal Reserve's first rate in hike in almost a decade should fire up credit demand .
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the first film in the 38-year-old franchise to be released in a decade, is helping buoy sales.
Hungry Jack's founder Jack Cowin says consumers will have to pay more for fast food if campaign to reduce penalty rates fails.
Seattle's city council voted unanimously Monday to approve a bill allowing drivers for Uber, its rival Lyft and other ride-hailing apps to form unions.
Crude slid to the lowest level in more than six years in New York as a rising number of oil rigs in the US signalled the supply glut will be prolonged.
As oil traded at around $US35 a barrel this week, hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand told investors to brace for further declines.
Congress passed a $US1.1 trillion spending measure that averts a US government shutdown and ends a 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports.
Some of the biggest tech companies in the world are paying little or no tax in Australia, an analysis of the Tax Office's data release shows.
For the second year in a row, Australia trails Norway as the best place in the world for quality of life, the UN says. Switzerland comes in third.
Sally Macdonald has taken on the turnaround of Woolworth's discount department store laggard Big W.
Boxing Day has not come early for bargain hunters this year.
Citigroup plans to cut at least 2000 jobs starting next month as chief executive Michael Corbat restructures some of the bank's businesses.
Count Financial and Countplus founder Barry Lambert has pulled off a stunning sharemarket debut for his latest venture.
Crude slid to the lowest level in more than six years in New York as a rising number of oil rigs in the US signalled the supply glut will be prolonged.
As oil traded at around $US35 a barrel this week, hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand told investors to brace for further declines.
Martin Shkreli, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur and former hedge fund manager who has come under fire on allegations of drug price gouging, has been arrested by US federal authorities.
A French court has ordered IMF chief Christine Lagarde to face trial over her role in a payout of about $600 million to businessman Bernard Tapie.
The directors of Sino Australia Oil and Gas appointed administrators because it was unable to deal with an investigation by the corporate regulator.
China's annual economic growth is likely to slow to 6.8 per cent next year from an expected 6.9 per cent this year, the People's Bank of China said in a working paper.
Harry Triguboff sees property as among the few attractive investments in the nation amid rising rents and a "terrible" stock market.
Members of the City Tattersalls Club have voted overwhelmingly to approve development of the Pitt Street building's airspace.
Shopping is not everyone's most enjoyable way to spend a day, particularly wandering around a mall trying to locate the stores selling the items on your list.
An upmarket design emporium in Brunswick Street takes shopping to a new level.Â
Small bar culture has spread, and pubs are going glam to keep up.
If you're a business owner, cash flow can be tricky between December and March..
Empty nesters must start a new chapter in their lives, which will inevitably involve making financial decisions.
Are e-cards a harmless way to spread Christmas cheer or spam polluting our inboxes this festive season?
The easing of bankruptcy laws by the government is a wise initiative but the impact of debt can still be crippling.
A French court orders Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, to face trial over her role in a payout of some 400 million euros to businessman Bernard Tapie.
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