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Supermarkets' top employee: you

Woolworths and Coles began introducing self-service checkouts in 2009 and progressively expanded their reach.

Sue Mitchell 12:15AM

Self-serve checkouts and shelf-ready packaging have helped supermarkets reduce their wages burden to the lowest level since 2004.

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The piles of money at stake are not as large here as overseas.

Bigger penalties for white collar crime

Sarah Danckert 12:15AM

Regulators have called for larger penalties and a wider range of tactics.

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Schoolboy debating fails nation

Michael Pascoe 11:45PM

Negative gearing warrants some serious consideration; in fact that's already been done.

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Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer gave ASIC some of her approval powers on Friday.

ASIC to hasten ASX rival approvals

Shaun Drummond 12:15AM

Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer gave heart to ASX competitors on Friday when she handed the corporate cop her power to grant and revoke licences for market operators.

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Primary must work on a Plan B

Elizabeth Knight 12:13AM

Health company's chief executive placed squarely in frame at Senate bribery hearing.

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Sales of specialty, green and herbal teas are rising between 10 and 30 per cent.

Unilever reads tea leaves on T2 deal

Sue Mitchell 12:15AM

It was never going to be a bargain, but Unilever's acquisition of T2 has cost the world's largest tea company less than expected.

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The Hoist is haunting Hills

Colin Kruger, CBD 12:00AM

Is this company about to get clotheslined by its lenders?

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Banking and Finance Budget should backflip on scrapping low-income super contribution
Markets 'Major restocking' for steel set to bolster iron ore bulls
Markets RBA to look through weak inflation rate
The Economy Envy powers the velvet rope economy
Innovation Theranos highlights the founder gamble

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Currencies

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Euro
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British Pound
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Comment & Analysis

Colin Kruger, CBD

The Hoist is haunting Hills
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Elizabeth Knight

Primary must work on a Plan B
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Michael Pascoe

Schoolboy debating fails nation
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In Depth

Welcome to the velvet rope economy

Exclusive services are re-introducing a kind of class divide to some part of the economy.

Nelson D. Schwartz 1:52PM

Companies are discovering that little bit of envy can boost their profits.

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Is an election really bad for business?

A new interpretation of consumer spending and equity performance data suggests business actually picks up when election ...

Jessica Sier 7:58AM

A new interpretation of historical data challenges conventional wisdom.

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US markets near all-time high

SPONSORED: There's still negative sentiment about the US markets so why are they close to an all-time high?

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Workplace

Michaelia Cash's message to men

Employment Minister and Minister for Women Michaelia Cash confirmed negative gearing will not be touched in the budget.

It's time for a "two-way exchange" when it comes to gender and careers, says the Employment Minister.

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Old dogs still have tricks: research

David Kazachov claims he has experienced ageism as a job seeker.

Anna Patty

Ageism in the workforce is built on a faulty premise, researchers say.

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Markets

Is an election really bad for business?

Jessica Sier 7:58AM

A new interpretation of historical data challenges conventional wisdom.

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$88b wiped off Netflix, Microsoft, Alphabet shares

Netflix saw its stock fall the most among the trio after rattling investors with forecasts for weakening subscriber ...

Oliver Renick

Disappointing earnings reports erased $88 billion from shares of Netflix, Microsoft and Alphabet and sent the Nasdaq 100 Index to its biggest weekly drop since February.

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US oil futures rise 8.3pc on week

The S&P 500 Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Index climbed to the highest since December 2.

Mark Shenk and Angelina Rascouet

Oil advanced to a five-month high as declining US crude production provided more evidence that the market is rebalancing.

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Yahoo seen narrowing bidders as early as week ahead
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Yen drops as Bank of Japan considers more negative rates
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Anglo American remains London's least loved blue chip
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China's gold diggers helping drive up asset prices
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Singapore raids brokers amid insider trading allegations
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Goldman sees iron ore falling 'back to $35' this year
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Soft end to big week for resources stocks
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FlexiGroup first to issue 'green securitisation'
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Morgan Stanley say investors should expect another year of negative returns on the ASX.

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The Economy

Petrol, supermarket wars keep inflation low

Low oil prices have translated into savings at the bowser.

Mark Mulligan 12:45AM

Low petrol prices and a supermarket war are holding down inflation and giving stretched households a break.

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World ruled by ideas or by interests?

Ross Gittins 7:18AM

Maybe, just maybe, economic theory is not contested because it suits the rich and powerful.

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Lessons from cashew economy
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Why Morrison is not in a happy place
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Business sentiment slips, but outlook upbeat
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Inquiry to ask if regulators are too 'soft'
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Morrison needs a reality check on tax
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Coles is crying "fowl" over strict Anzac Day trading hours, claiming that arch-rival Woolworths broke the law by putting staff into stores before opening time to cook the chooks and put buns in the ovens.

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Double dissolution puts senate inquiries on ice

The double dissolution election could save private equity group Anchorage Capital Partners from a public grilling over ...

Catie Low

More than 50 Senate Inquiries hang in the balance now the government is on track for a double dissolution election.

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Banking & Finance

Banks to resist Labor's attack on vertical integration

Banks' ability to cross-sell wealth products to customers will come under the spotlight in a royal commission.

James Eyers 12:19AM

Banks say they can manage conflicts of interest arising from an industry structure encouraging cross-selling of financial products.

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Sapien's first fintech investment is in Hashching

Mandeep Sodhi from Hashching, David Gee and Victor Jiang (sitting) from Sapien Ventures and Atul Narang from Hashching.

James Eyers 12:00AM

Sapien, with partners in Sydney, Melbourne, Silicon Valley and Shanghai, is preparing to raise a new Aussie dollar fund in China to back startups using Austrade's new Shanghai "Landing pad".

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InPayTech plots capital raise and ASX IPO
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Laissez faire online lending should go
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Blockchain will bash investment banks
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Singapore raids brokers amid insider trading allegations
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EU states propose blacklist for tax havens
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Mining & Resources

Mining explorers switch on to lithium

Anticipated demand growth for lithium-ion batteries is driving investor excitement in lithium explorers and developers.

Tess Ingram 12:00AM

A host of downtrodden mineral exploration companies have switched their focus to lithium from out-of-favour metals.

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Qld LNG plants outperform on production

Bechtel's Alasdair Cathcart says the US major will wrap up its operations in Gladstone by end-2016

Angela Macdonald-Smith 12:00AM

Queensland's new LNG plants are easily beating the industry's typical standards for early operations, according to the private US company that built them.

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