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CBA chief Ian Narev received $12.3 million in total pay last financial year.

Commonwealth Bank chief Ian Narev receives $12.3m in pay

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates
22 mins ago

A wine expert illegitimately claimed thousands of dollars based on the fact that he'd visited some wineries.

ATO's top five 'dodgiest' deductions at tax time

BUSINESS
Nassim Khadem

The report gives a clear warning to Malcolm Turnbull: "The worst possible effect on an investment environment is ...

Turnbull urged to improve links with China

WORLD BUSINESS
Philip Wen

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ASX climbs as profit season propels record highs

MARKETS
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
39 mins ago

Andrew Mackenzie will reveal BHP's financial results on Tuesday.

Spending in focus as BHP braces for massive loss

MINING AND RESOURCES
Peter Ker

JB Hi-Fi is taking a bigger wedge of market share in computers, visual, audio and accessories.

JB Hi-Fi profit feeds on Dick Smith corpse

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight
1 hr ago

NAB has gone further than rivals in winding back the role of sales targets for staff.

Soured loans, funding costs hit NAB profit

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates

Market Indices

Updated: August 15, 2016 - 4:38PM

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United States Dollar

Price

0.7678

Percentage up/down

0.39% rise
Euro

Price

0.6871

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0.37% rise
British Pound

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0.27% rise

Updated: August 15, 2016 - 6:03PM

The last speech of the retiring Reserve Bank governor, Glenn Stevens, was a touch biblical.

Why Treasury is wrong on deficits and debt

Ross Gittins

The Australian government will ban in-play betting on sports in a blow to overseas bookmakers including the Tom ...

Tom Waterhouse brand was 'highly polarising'

Colin Kruger, CBD

The gap between rich and poor is behind the rise of "Mr Crazy" Donald Trump.

What is causing the world to go crazy?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Newcrest is looking at a big lift in gold output at its Cadia mine, NSW.

Newcrest's Cadia to emerge as the country's biggest gold mine

Brian Robins
22 mins ago

The biggest impetus for Monday's gains on the ASX were the major lenders.

ASX climbs as profit season propels record highs

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
39 mins ago

Real estate stocks have surged 24 per cent this month.

Chinese stocks soar on stimulus hopes

1 hr ago

Skin in the game brings better results: ASX requirements for independent board directors have been counterproductive, a ...

Markets Live: JB Hi-Fi's record high

Live
P. Commins and J. Meyer
1 hr ago

Tokyo whale's rise to top investor

Anna Kitanaka

8@eight: Reporting season ramps up

Sponsored
Angus Nicholson

Jobs and wages the focus in big earnings week

Vesna Poljak

Australian share market set for softer start

CBA chief Ian Narev received $12.3 million in total pay last financial year.

CBA chief Ian Narev receives $12.3m in pay

Clancy Yeates
22 mins ago

Why did profits slow, despite the banks raising rates nine months ago, which should give earnings a kick?

Customers figure out banks' mortgage tricks

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates
42 mins ago

NAB has gone further than rivals in winding back the role of sales targets for staff.

Soured loans, funding costs hit NAB profit

Clancy Yeates

Illustration: Simon Bosch.

Banks under pressure from parliament

Clancy Yeates

CBA chief Ian Narev insists his bank's customers "are more satisfied than they have ever been".

Royal commission into banking: not a populist whinge

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

It's possible to wade through office politics and have a peaceful work culture.

How to navigate office politics with flair

Warren Frehse

Putting hobbies on your resume is questionable.

Should you put hobbies on your resume?

Jim Bright

Especially in a professional setting, one thing you'll want to immediately appear is competent: knowledgeable, skilled, ...

7 tricks to appear more competent

Shana Lebowitz

Illustration: Simon Bosch.

Banks under pressure from parliament

Clancy Yeates

Tax authorities taking on the likes of Facebook

IN DEPTH
Nassim Khadem

Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business Australia, is concerned small businesses could fall ...

Small businesses fear being next target of bad financial advice

Georgia Wilkins

Tenancy, rental bonds and residential parks were the most complained about industries for the second year in a row.

The top 10 consumer complaints of the year

Lucy Cormack
1 hr ago

The lowest recorded price for E10 Ethanol blend on Monday was 89.7 cents a litre,

Sydney has its cheapest petrol in six months, but be quick

Lucy Cormack

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A simple way to slash your holiday cost

Esther Han

JB Hi-Fi is taking a bigger wedge of market share in computers, visual, audio and accessories.

JB Hi-Fi profit feeds on Dick Smith corpse

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight
1 hr ago

JB Hi-Fi chief Richard Murray has produced another strong result.

Dick Smith sugar hit to fade by Christmas

Patrick Hatch
1 hr ago

The lowest recorded price for E10 Ethanol blend on Monday was 89.7 cents a litre,

Sydney has its cheapest petrol in six months, but be quick

Lucy Cormack

Sales rose 8.3 per cent to $3.95 billion, exceeding guidance of $3.9 billion.

JB Hi-Fi profit surges 11.5pc in wake of Dick Smith demise

Sue Mitchell

Aldi has an unusual corporate structure that makes its financial results less transparent to the public and competitors.

Wesfarmers urges Aldi to sign tax code in 'corporate peer pressure'

Madeleine Heffernan

A wine expert illegitimately claimed thousands of dollars based on the fact that he'd visited some wineries.

ATO's top five 'dodgiest' deductions at tax time

Nassim Khadem

The last speech of the retiring Reserve Bank governor, Glenn Stevens, was a touch biblical.

Why Treasury is wrong on deficits and debt

Ross Gittins

Neil Bingley and his son Brett work on hives near Queanbeyan.

Almond boom creates demand for bees to pollinate crops

John Thistleton

Illustration: Kerie Leishman

Taxing the intangible: How tax authorities are taking on the likes of Facebook

IN DEPTH
Nassim Khadem

The GLNG venture shipped its first cargo from Gladstone last year.

Santos takes $US1.5b hit on GLNG

Angela Macdonald-Smith
16 mins ago

Newcrest is looking at a big lift in gold output at its Cadia mine, NSW.

Newcrest's Cadia to emerge as the country's biggest gold mine

Brian Robins
22 mins ago

Newcrest will tip $US57 million worth of dividends into the pockets of shareholders

Newcrest to pay US7.5¢ dividend

Peter Ker

580 George Street, where Uber has leased space.

GPT signs Uber as office tenant

Carolyn Cummins

Logistics magnate Jay McPhee is selling the Country Club Hotel in Shoal Bay, NSW.

NSW coastal pubs in high demand

Carolyn Cummins

The 26,359 sq m site at 3 Anderson Street, Banksmeadow, sold for $20 million to a private investor

South Sydney industrial assets attract investors

Carolyn Cummins

The report gives a clear warning to Malcolm Turnbull: "The worst possible effect on an investment environment is ...

Turnbull urged to improve links with China

Philip Wen

The iPhone, launched by the late Steve Jobs, has been the biggest driver of Apple's massive growth during Tim Cook's tenure

Who Apple's Tim Cook turns to for advice

Jena McGregor

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May. Questions remain over how patient EU states will ...

Brexit could be delayed until 2019 as UK government in disarray

Sarah Young and Paul Sandle

Porsche's first luxury apartments.

Porsche's first luxury apartment tower has designated man caves

Property
Stephen Lacey

Sometimes the money and the car and the corporate card just aren't enough.

My dream job made me fat, exhausted, lonely and angry

Life On Mars
Phil Barker

A photo of Ron Barassi taken from a scrapbook compiled by his mother Elza. The scrapbook features original black and ...

Your chance to buy memorabilia from AFL great Ron Barassi's life

QUIRKY INVESTMENTS
James Cockington

Illustration: Simon Letch

When one half of a couple has no interest in money matters

ASK NOEL
Noel Whittaker

J.P Sears' "Ultra Spiritual" videos went viral.

YouTube comedian or real life coach: who is the real JP Sears?

Larissa Ham

Michelle Duval

How to avoid the most common pitfalls of entrepreneurship

Kate Jones

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