Poor culture: Customers lose out again
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The banks might not have acted illegally when throwing customers to the wall, but they did behave unconscionably.
The seventh day shall be for shopping, Sundays are big business for grocery and the major chains are working overtime to make the most of this lucrative trading day.
Successful people often credit their skill and hard work. Nothing could be further from the truth.
When the going gets rough, the 1 per cent start selling.
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Never talk to a human at work ever again.
When the going gets rough, the 1 per cent start selling.
From stocks to currencies and bonds, the turbulence is chasing all but the bravest traders from financial markets.
The co-founder and owner of a digital-currency business that prosecutors called a "black market bank" was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
There could be another interest rate as soon as next month, throwing a wildcard into the election campaign.
As you may have heard Scott Morrison mention a time or two this week, this isn't an ordinary budget.
The competition watchdog had launched a review of Metcash's proposed acquisition of Woolworths' Home Timber & Hardware business, ending months of speculation over its interest in the business.
Vitamins firm Blackmores is expanding into Chinese herbal medicine with the $23 million purchase of Byron Bay firm Global Therapeutics.
Macquarie Group has beaten analyst expectations to post a $2.06 billion annual profit, but cautioned next year's result will be "broadly in line" with 2016.
Macquarie Group's chief executive Nicholas Moore hasn't lost his zeal for the top job as he delivered a record annual profit on Friday and cautioned of moderating earnings growth.
Goldman Sachs raised its iron ore forecasts for the remainder of the year after a surprise rally at the start of 2016.
Iron ore posted the biggest weekly loss in four years after China quelled speculation in raw-materials trading.
Donald Trump's new national finance chair was sued in 2010 for $US3.2 million in fake profit from his mother's account with Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff.
Last week, it was fined for misleading consumers about its Nurofen painkillers, now Reckitt Benckiser is under fire again.
The chair of the powerful Senate economics references committee has hit out at Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ian Narev.
Adidas' revenues and gross profits have more than doubled in 17 years but they managed to pay less income tax last year than they did in 1999.
Goodman Group looks set to see strong growth this year, as they have just had their best quarterly results for years and demand from the e-commerce sector and urban renewal projects remain high.
The abnormally warm weather across Australia's eastern seaboard has not slowed fashion sales in shopping centres but there are concerns it may have an impact.
Frank Lowy has performed his final official duties as chairman of the company that now runs the Australian and New Zealand part of the Westfield shopping centre empire he began 57 years ago.
Mirvac and Goodman Group are on track to reach their end-of-financial-year earnings forecasts as they benefit from strong demand for residential and industrial assets.
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Only Telstra, Optus and Vodafone operate mobile networks in Australia, but you don't have to buy your service through them.
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That one where a comedian started a ride-sharing app for women and children.
Don't be positive. Be useful. It's going to get much better results.
US stocks closed near the session's highs. But the major indexes lost ground for the second straight week.
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