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AFR. John McGrath float at the ASX. Ringing the bell. Photo by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 7th Dec 2015.

Mr Real Estate hits a hurdle

Carolyn Cummins

The volatile residential property market has taken a toll on Sydney's Mr Real Estate, John McGrath, who has requested a trading halt in his shares, less than a year after going public.

Wesfarmers says there is no excuse for the conduct that had occurred at Target.

How Target polished its profits

Catie Low

Rebates were not the only lever Target was using to improve its performance – it was also hitting up local suppliers for big, advance advertising and promotional charges.

Humiliated: Rani Peluso and her husband paid their rental bond in cash, little did they know it had been pocketed by ...

'How did that happen?'

Lucy Cormack

Rani's husband paid their rental bond in cash. Six months later, they made an alarming discovery.

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China's crackdown stings 

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VIDEO While Blackmores will suffer the worst of China's new import restrictions, there's trouble ahead for dairy products.

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'Modest' global growth a worry, says G20

"We reaffirm our previous exchange rate commitments, including that we will refrain from competitive devaluation and we ...

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors repeated their pledge to refrain from competitive currency devaluations, but offered no new initiatives to keep growth from stalling.

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RBA warns of apartment glut risk to banks

The Reserve Bank says commercial property lending could be a key source of risk for banks.
Clancy Yeates and Jonathan Shapiro

The Reserve Bank has warned banks over the potential for "large losses" from lending to property developers, amid concerns of a looming glut of apartments in parts of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

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Bullets, bribery in Godfather-style insurance battle

An insurance battle, Godfather-style: Doing business in Italy, the lawsuit suggests, is not for the faint-of-heart.
Erik Larson and Sergio Di Pasquale

The box arrived at his home in Italy and, when he opened it, the insurance executive was chilled by its contents: nine bullets, one each for him, his wife and their seven children. Doing business in Italy, it seems, is not for the faint-of-heart.

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Surge in leasing deals in south east

Nicole Lindsay

A fledgling manufacturing revival in Melbourne's south east suburbs is driving a surge in leasing deals and a contraction in yields.

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A range of cutting-edge gadgets to take the sting out of long-haul travel.

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Lacklustre start to UK Brexit campaign

It's been one of the loudest issues on the British political agenda, yet the first day of campaigning ahead of the Brexit referendum in June was rather quiet.

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