Small business and individual taxpayers hit with hefty tax bills that they want to dispute will continue to be held guilty until proven innocent, and the Australian Taxation Office won't have its appeals and compliance functions split, the federal government has said.
A late bounce on Wall Street should put a halt to the wave of selling that's rocked the ASX.
A plan to liberalise media-ownership laws means advertisers could potentially deal with a single media holding company.
Oil futures fell for a sixth session, dropping 6 per cent as Morgan Stanley added to the bearish price outlook.
Dick Smith's eBay store was in such disarray in the month before the retailer's collapse that it breached the platform's standards.
Faced with a supply crunch, power company switched on new generator 'in anger' for first time.
Falling prices are the "most likely" scenario for much of the world and it will drag investment returns down to single digits, banks are warning.
The Australian sharemarket is in the midst of its worst start to a year ever, and it is all to do with China's currency.
Peer to peer lenders are promising investors returns of up to 10 per cent a year; almost three times an average term deposit.
One big country is missing from Netflix despite being on track to dethrone the US as the largest movie market in the world.
Investors, brace yourselves. If last week left you reeling, this week isn't promising much better.
Ports along Australia's east coast, including Melbourne and Geelong, face 12-hour shutdowns next week.
Lawyers have been described as the canaries in the coal mine in the face of a wave of automation.
David Bowie will go surely down in history as one of the great innovators in pop music, but he was also an innovator in business - and was even seen at one point as having had a prominent role in the global financial crisis.
The price of oil will continue falling further and stocks are likely to follow, entering bear market territory, says Guggenheim Partners Scott Minerd.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index closed little changed in whipsaw trading, after a late-afternoon rally paced by Apple and Intel.
Consumers are doing their bit to offset the mining slump, splashing the cash on homewares, clothing and eating out.
The record number of vehicles sold last year obviously mean the economy wasn't doing nearly as badly as we sometimes liked to tell ourselves.
Dick Smith chief executive Nick Abboud has quit a week after the electronics retailer went into receivership with debts of about $390 million.
Dick Smith insiders blame a range of factors for the demise of the electronics chain, from a weak brand to the haste of its bankers to install receivers.
Lobbyists for the union-aligned superannuation sector are harming their credibility by opposing a change to give all workers the right to chose their own fund.
The big US banks will report earnings over the next week as they try to boost revenue by slashing costs. Bank of America has cut expenses by 34 per cent since 2010.
The future of the Ranger uranium mine in the NT hangs in the balance as owner Energy Resources of Australia nears a decision on a strategic review.
US shale oil production is expected to fall for a seventh month in a row in February, Energy Information Administration data shows.
The big US banks will report earnings over the next week as they try to boost revenue by slashing costs. Bank of America has cut expenses by 34 per cent since 2010.
One big country is missing from Netflix despite being on track to dethrone the United States next year as the largest movie market in the world.
There is a new style of ammunition in the competitive war between Australia's casino giants.
An uneasy sense of stability returned to China – and regional – markets Friday amid speculation of central bank intervention to support the yuan and in the wake of changes to sharemarket controls which were aimed at easing selling by investors.
The NSW government is selling off some of Sydney's most iconic buildings.
Prompted by changing tastes and lockout laws, glammed-up pubs are heading further out into Sydney's suburbs.
Investors have poured more than $500 million into the pub sector, making it one of the busiest areas in the real estate sector.
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.
From 'Ziggy Stardust' to the 'Thin White Duke', David Bowie's influence ran deep.
The average age of a SMSF trustee is below 50 for the first time, and working-age women are one of the fastest growing cohorts.
Altering a couple of old habits and developing new ones could see you save significantly.
Last year signalled significant changes for these entrepreneurs and they all have big plans for the year ahead.
What happens when you have ceased trading but you appear to still owe GST?
Stocks came back from heavy intraday losses brought on by a plunge in oil prices.
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