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The 'new' Myer rocking the suburbs

Myer stores are too big and feel sterile, one analyst says.

Catie Low

Myer's newest store reveals how the grand old dame of department stores plan to tap into the suburban psyche.

World isn't ready for another banking crisis

Today, banks' ability to earn their way out of their problems and write off losses is limited.

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Satyajit Das

As Europe braces for the release of its bank stress tests, the world could be on the verge of another banking crisis, says Satyajit Das.

AirAsia slammed by travellers over refunds

AirAsia cancelled its Melbourne to Bali route in June.

Emily Woods

Hundreds of disgruntled Air Asia customers have slammed the airline on social media for failing to refund them after cancelling a Melbourne to ...

The jobs set to 'explode' in future economy

"There is a whole lot on offer with this next wave of technology," StartupAUS CEO Alex McCauley says.

Kim Arlington

Not every worker can be replaced by a robot.

We shouldn’t rely on a falling $A to make us competitive

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Harold Mitchell

Australia must look to the educated, productive nations of Asia, not the empires of the old world.

Brexit has 'long way to play out': Macquarie

Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas Moore expects this year's profits to be broadly in line with last year's.

Clancy Yeates

Macquarie says it has a contingency plan to handle Britain's decision to leave the EU, but it remains too early to say what impact Brexit may ...

Rio Tinto is getting match fit

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Carolyn Cummins

Like any little brother, Rio Tinto loves to get one over Andrew Mackenzie's BHP Billiton. And it is doing just that in the world of Major League ...

Ten advertising share highest since 2012

The fourth season of The Bachelor started this week on Channel 10.

Lucy Battersby

Channel Ten has increased its share of advertising revenue on commercial television to 25.2 per cent - the best figure in four years.

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In a bid to catch up, Volkswagen is speeding up model development, slashing costs and ceding more power to regional ...

Lucy Battersby

There is a new plan brewing to attract superannuation funds to invest in affordable rental housing.

Iron ore prices near April highs

Bloomberg News
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The paper quoted an unnamed CSRC official as saying that real estate companies should only raise capital for construction.

China to tighten rules for listed property firms: People's Daily

QBE has told investors it has "strategic appetite" to invest up to 15 per cent of its portfolio in growth assets over ...

Riskier assets may tempt insurers

Ruth Liew

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, closed the day up a hefty 4.9 per cent.

Gold boosts ASX after Fed decision

Jessica Sier

Markets Live: Resources lifts ASX

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Vanessa Desloires

AMP loses bid to avoid China fund wind-up

Brian Robins

Lazard bets on emerging markets

Jessica Sier

Is Telstra the next blue chip to slash dividends?

Lucy Battersby

The world isn't ready for another banking crisis

COMMENT
Satyajit Das

Riskier assets may tempt insurers

Ruth Liew

A potential economic slowdown in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union a month ago is heaping pressure ...

Lloyds to cut 3000 jobs after Brexit vote

Richard Partington

Brexit has 'long way to play out': Macquarie

Clancy Yeates

Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas Moore will front shareholders at Thursday's annual general meeting.

Macquarie reaffirms profit targets

Joyce Moullakis

Your brain needs food to do its best work - but not this.

The work snacks that kill your creativity

Andrew May

Open plan offices don't cater to either differences in individuals or differences in the type of work that needs to be ...

Open-plan offices are bad for workers and bosses

COMMENT
Libby Sander

Looking forward to retirement? Some of us may never reach it.

Working in the office as bad as smoking

Laura Donnelly

'The Chinese in particular, have a thirst for high-quality premium brands.'

Tap into the 'new golden age'

Catie Low

MENLO PARK, CA - APRIL 04: A Facebook employee holds a phone that is running the new "Home" program during an event at ...

The man betting against Facebook

Julie Verhage

Unusual corporate antics: Billionaire Ray Dalio's hedge fund manages billions of dollars for some of the world's biggest ...

Top hedge fund a 'cauldron of fear'

Alexandra Stevenson and Matthew Goldstein

NIB's Mark Fitzgibbon wants consumers to be able to make informed choices on specialists.

Specialists exposed in new doctor rating website

Harriet Alexander

AirAsia slammed by travellers over refunds

Emily Woods

Pokemon Go: Is the hype starting to fade?

Pokemon Go or porn? The internet chose Pokemon Go

Lucy Cormack

Myer chief merchandise and marketing officer and deputy CEO Daniel Bracken at Myer's Werribee store.

The 'new' Myer rocking the suburbs

Catie Low

Tap into the 'new golden age'

Catie Low

A tough retail market was hitting Oates, which GUD boss Jonathan Ling attributed to the struggles of hardware chain ...

Dexion drags GUD into the red

Striking staff picket Coles warehouses

Nick Toscano

Did a fashion giant rip off this design?

Lucy Cormack

The bold plan for super companies to become landlords

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

We shouldn’t rely on a falling dollar to make us competitive

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Macquarie says the strengthening Aussie dollar, particularly against a weaker pound, is curbing the relative ...

More Aussies to call Australia home after Brexit

Michael Heath

Iron ore prices near April highs

Bloomberg News
7m ago

Anglo American Anglo owns several coal mines in NSW and Queensland.

Anglo American's profit drops 23pc on commodity rout

Thomas Biesheuvel

The Samarco dam disaster killed at least 19 people.

BHP takes $1.4b Samarco hit

Peter Ker

The world isn't ready for another banking crisis

COMMENT
Satyajit Das

VW brand bearing brunt of dieselgate costs

Lloyds to cut 3000 jobs after Brexit vote

Richard Partington

Hamilton Island appeals to tourists from the rich and famous to school-holidaying families.

Hamilton Island posts record occupancy rates

Carolyn Cummins

There are concerns of an oversupply of apartments in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Apartment boom spreads to suburbs

Simon Johanson

Growthpoint has sold a major Woolworths Regional Distribution Centre in Wodonga.

Wave of deals flow though industrial sector

Simon Johanson

Sight unseen: should you buy expensive art online?

Arts

You can buy a car or even a house online, so why not your next masterpiece?

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