Worse than the average bear
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Ripples from the price of oil's extended slump are threatening to spread and slow global growth even further.
A first US network series commission is a life-changing moment for any producer, as Tracey Robertson found out.
Tony Maldonado was just 15 when he posed the question. Now his family is taking on Apple with a "burdensome" proposal.
The world is now adding more power capacity from renewables every year than from coal, natural gas, and oil combined.
Wealthy investors just got dibs on shares of the car-ridesharing company, but that doesn't mean they're getting to see its financials.
Like the way of the corner office, 5am party binges are nearing their expiry date.
Public service tech staff walk off job at airfields.
Shares reverse and early rally, making it nine losses in 10 sessions.
Chinese stocks headed for a third week of losses amid lingering concern about the government's ability to manage the economic slowdown and yuan devaluation.
China's sharemarkets make eye-popping daily movements, but behind the chaos Chinese investors are chasing the 'new' China, pouring their money into the Shenzhen rather than Shanghai market.
But China's turbulent markets, a tumbling oil price and Middle East tensions are likely to dominate corridor conversations at the World Economic Forum annual meeting next week.
Canberra's unemployment rate steady in December
Retailer's move to gain foothold in the UK home improvement market brings with it some geographical risk.
Receivers of beleaguered retail chain Dick Smith have made 12 staff in the group's support office redundant.
An ANZ bond salesman who is suing the bank for unfair dismissal has promised to make public more embarrassing information about the bank
Settling the US mortgage-backed securities probe will cut Goldman's fourth-quarter profit by about $US1.5 billion.
BHP has announced yet another massive impairment against its United States shale division.
Metals X chief executive Peter Cook has stepped up his assault on copper producer Aditya Birla Minerals as his company continues its pursuit of the unwilling target.
Wealthy clients of Morgan Stanley and Bank of America just got dibs on shares of the unlisted Uber Technologies, but that doesn't mean they're getting to see the ride-sharing company's financials.
US hedge fund manager says he believes the neo-Stalinist country holds extensive oil reserves.
Chinese stocks headed for a third week of losses amid lingering concern about the government's ability to manage the economic slowdown and yuan devaluation.
Chinese stocks dropped below the lowest levels in last year's market sell-off and headed for a bear market.
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.
While some top shelf spirits claim to be 'extremely rare', plenty of them aren't.
Some of the retirement calculators on the websites of the largest super funds are misleading fund members.
Courses that purport to teach you how to be a trader are slow moving at best, but the real problem is they often come with an ulterior motive.
Disasters like bushfires, floods and hail storms can all destroy an unprepared business.
We live in a world petrified of boredom but maybe a little ennui is not such a bad thing.
BHP Billiton are hit hard by plunging commodity prices and a burst dam in Brazil.
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