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Today's News & Views
The value of performance reviews
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6:42 PM While a small company like hers could choose not to conduct performance reviews, Mary Brittain-White of Retriever Communications thinks they have a place.
The trouble with Chapel Street
Melissa Singer 6:03 PM After being in a slump for several years, a new breed of fashion and lifestyle retailers is aiming to make Chapel Street great again.
Not everyone a winner under Qantas' new fee regime
Esther Han 1:40 PM Qantas has overhauled its card payment fees following the Reserve Bank's move to curb excessive surcharges. But are they any good?
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Baird's budget not going to the dogs
Colin Kruger, CBD 10:16 AM The NSW Premier is betting his greyhound racing ban won't put a sizable dent in the billions his government collects from the gambling industry.
S&P; 500 at record's door
Anna-Louise Jackson 9:59 AM That US stocks were able to erase their Brexit trauma was impressive enough. That they did it on a day bonds yields were flirting with all-time lows was unprecedented.
IRS takes Facebook to court
Lynnley Browning, Kartikay Mehrotra 9:17 AM Federal tax officials have sought a court order demanding internal corporate records related to one of Facebook's offshore tax strategies.
Telstra cuts hundreds of jobs
Lucy Battersby and Nick Toscano 7:36 AM Telstra has sacked hundreds of customer service and management staff from its call centres around the country and will offshore more work to the Philippines.
Fed to hold despite jobs surge, says Gross
Charles Stein 6:41 AM "I think the Fed stays where it is," said Bill Gross in an interview Friday on Bloomberg Television.
S&P; 500 approaches all-time high
6:30 AM US stocks are on the brink of ending their longest drought of the bull market.
UK property funds solidly frozen
Jack Sidders 6:07 AM For investors wanting to get their money out of seven UK property funds, patience will be required.
German bonds rally for seventh week
Anooja Debnath 5:50 AM German government bonds completed their longest run of weekly advances since January 2015.
European equities lift on Italian banks
Aleksandra Gjorgievska 5:36 AM In a broad rally, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained on Friday, trimming its weekly decline to 1.5pc.
Look for higher short-term yields, El-Erian
Mohamed A. El-Erian 4:17 AM The June payrolls data offers a reassuring assessment of the US labour market.
US payrolls expand by 287,000 in June
Patricia Cohen 3:51 AM The US economy added an unexpected 287,000 jobs in June, and average hourly earnings edged higher.
Ditching performance reviews backfires: study
Anna Patty 1:07 AM They may be unpopular, but getting rid of performance reviews leads to lower productivity, a study has found.
H&M; inks tax deal
Madeleine Heffernan 12:32 AM Fast-fashion retailer is one of a growing number of multinationals locking in their Australian tax.
ASIC assignment of investigators 'like sending a child to Hunger Games'
Adele Ferguson 12:15 AM If the corporate regulator wants to be known as the tough cop on the beat, it needs to do a lot better.
Statement of claim shows NAB's concern over rate rig
Sarah Danckert and Clancy Yeates 12:15 AM A National Australian Bank trader allegedly rigged the bank bill swap to the detriment of his colleagues.
Morgans upgrades SEEK to 'add'
Lucy Battersby 7:24 PM Morgans has upgraded its view of online job-advertisement site SEEK from a "hold" to "add" with a target price of $16.89.
BHP heading for the Finnish line
Simon Evans BHP Billiton is headed to Finland for the next crucial stage of its heap leach testing to allow a potential doubling of production from the massive Olympic Dam copper mine.
Man with no plan, just a lot of flimflam
Ross Gittins 12:15 AM Much talked-up pledge to generate 'jobs and growth' was a scheme to cut company tax plus a lot of fancy packaging.
What's a AAA credit rating and does it matter?
Jonathan Shapiro and Clancy Yeates What is this rating, where does it come from and does it matter? Your AAA-rating questions answered.
Aboriginal corp 'defrauded' of $475k
Sarah Danckert 12:15 AM As smoke billowed from the corroboree in Ballarat few were aware of the deep strife afflicting the indigenous corporation behind the event.
Dick Smith top brass to cop grilling in court
Madeleine Heffernan Receivers to grill 10 former executives and managers of failed electronics chain.
Are cold and flu-fighting vitamins a waste of money?
Patrick Hatch 12:15 AM Consumer suffering from colds and the flu are spending millions of dollars on vitamins which some experts say will likely do nothing.
What happens when a CSG well is plugged? Not much
Peter Hannam NSW regulators do not routinely test coal seam gas wells after they have been plugged and abandoned, relying instead on ''technical reports'' by the companies that the wells pose no threat.
Mixed week for ASX, banks weigh heavily
Jessica Sier Investors swung between a risk-on and risk-off sentiment throughout the week, closing the week cautiously eyeing impending US jobs data.
Ratings agency puts Parliament on notice
Nicole Hasham The next Australian parliament has been put on notice: get your act together and fix the budget now, or expect a serious hit to the nation's credit status.
Markets Live: ASX posts weekly fall
Vanessa Desloires Shares have closed slightly higher ahead of crucial US payroll data.
Post-Brexit unease grows as British funds block withdrawals
Landon Thomas Jr The refusal of six asset management firms to allow investor withdrawals is creating a nightmare scenario for global markets.
