The year market economists failed to see coming
Most of the predictions market economists made a year ago turned out to be wrong.
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Key Stories
Ructions at APP Securities claim chief
APP Securities, the re-badged BBY business, has told employees chief executive Craig Mason is parting ways.
What staff really wanted for Christmas
Christmas gifts, parties and rewards are no match for a decent performance review.
No no cabana in the New Year's Eve rush
A New Year's Eve without sliced cabana and cheese may be inconceivable, but that's changing.
Banks lead ASX higher for eighth day
The ASX enjoyed its eighth straight day of gains in its best run since January with shares up 7 per cent over the past fortnight.
Pub sector intoxicated with sales
Investors have poured more than $500 million into the pub sector, making it one of the busiest areas in the real estate sector.
Feather dusters thriving out of spotlight
For some former CEOs of ASX-listed companies, life outside the unrelenting spotlight is now more lucrative and more fulfilling.
- Mining and Resources Opinion Tinkler tries for coal trifecta
- Startup Fishburners turns to Brisbane
- Business Pressure on Packer's Macau bet
- Energy Saudi shock: petrol prices skyrocket
- Markets Deja vu for the next year in markets
Market Indices
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Tinkler vows fresh start as he seeks $25m for his coal deal
Nathan Tinkler's new coal vehicle will seek to raise $30 million to fund the Dartbrook coal acquisition.
In Depth
Life after being an ASX chief
For some former CEOs of ASX-listed companies, life outside the unrelenting spotlight is now more lucrative and more fulfilling.
Bedtime reading, written by a robot
A mediocre gift inspired the creation of Lost My Name, a start-up that personalises books for hundreds of thousands of young readers.
The economic effects of power couples
The idea of 'making a good match' is having a noticeable effect on the level of inequality in the economy.
Workplace
What staff really want for Christmas
Christmas gifts, parties and rewards are no match for a decent performance review.
Penalty rate row stirs strife at pharmacies
Pharmacists in Australia have voted to launch industrial action for the first time.
Markets
Australia a perennial loser on the global sharemarket
Australia has been a perennial underperformer for at least a decade compared with most of its global sharemarket peers.
Wall Street ends lower as oil decline deepens
​Wall Street fell on Monday, hurt by a steep drop oil prices as well as a dip in Apple shares, pushing the S&P; 500 back into negative territory for 2015.
need2know: Market set to open lower
The Australian market looks set to open lower, dragged down by falls on Wall Street, and weakness in gold and oil prices.
- Clydesdale Bank flags rapid growth on UK listing
- Dollar forecast to fall 10pc in 2016
- Insurers in focus as bushfire costs counted
- S&P; 500 slips ahead of Christmas
- Oil rises, low liquidity ahead
- Jamaica's jammin' stock market
- Anglo American to sell stake in Dartbrook coal mine
- Shanghai rebar rises, outlook bleak
European stocks trim weekly advance
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The Economy
The serious economic consequences of power couples
The idea of 'making a good match' is having a noticeable effect on the level of inequality in the economy.
Is the government making us greedy?
Government incentives often induce people, whether punters or profit-seekers, to do greedy, dishonest and even self-destructive things.
Retail
Call for Boxing Day trading to be made permanent
Retailers across NSW are calling for amended Boxing Day trading rules to be made permanent, following record-breaking sales.
Sales won't wait for Boxing Day
Boxing Day sales are attracting more digital shoppers than ever, and the bargains are starting earlier.
Banking & Finance
Clydesdale Bank flags rapid growth on UK listing
Promises of rapid growth at the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank in the coming years are realistic and not over-ambitious, the bank's chief has said.
Sweden moves towards cash-free economy
Few places are tilting toward a cashless future as quickly as Sweden, which has become hooked on the convenience of paying by app and plastic.
Mining & Resources
Tinkler vows fresh start as he seeks $25m for his coal deal
Nathan Tinkler's new coal vehicle will seek to raise $30 million to fund the Dartbrook coal acquisition, and will try to expand the mine into an open pit.
'Inflexion point' looms for junior miners
An increasing number of analysts are willing to point to the year ahead as being an inflexion point for the sector.
World Business
Clydesdale Bank flags rapid growth on UK listing
Promises of rapid growth at the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank in the coming years are realistic and not over-ambitious, the bank's chief has said.
When a unicorn stumbles, employees get hurt
Good Technology is an object lesson in how employees can lose out when a once-stellar start-up goes south.
China
Deutsche Bank sells $5.5b stake in China's Hua Xia
Deutsche Bank is selling its 20 per cent stake in China's Hua Xia Bank to insurer PICC Property and Casualty for $5.5 billion as Europe's biggest bank shores up its balance sheet.
Investigators target China Telecom chairman
China Telecom's chairman is the latest high-ranking executive to be targeted by anti-graft investigators.
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Property Focus
Triguboff sticks with property
Harry Triguboff sees property as among the few attractive investments in the nation amid rising rents and a "terrible" stock market.
City Tattersalls votes for $200m redevelopment
Members of the City Tattersalls Club have voted overwhelmingly to approve development of the Pitt Street building's airspace.
Scentre strikes $2.85m deal with Booodl start up
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.
Santa Claus needs to clone himself
Design emporium ahead of the pack
An upmarket design emporium in Brunswick Street takes shopping to a new level.Â
Executive Style
What it’s like inside 17 first class cabins
The luxurious end of the plane revealed on 17 different airlines.
Money
Vintage Porsches latest 'blue chip'
It was the poster car of the 1980, but now the kids are all grown up and investing in vintage Porsches.
Avoid the sharemarket, says billionaire
Billionaire Con Makris has a simple message for investors looking for an edge.
Small Business
Is this the world’s hottest bikini?
A pair of beach lovers has created this season's must-have swimsuit.
How to make your first million
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The year market economists failed to see coming
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