Qantas sets new record with profit takeoff
Is this as good as it gets for Qantas given it just reported its biggest profit in history? The answer is almost certainly no.
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Qantas cash splash
Qantas has broken a seven-year dividend drought and is splashing cash with staff and investors.
New Bunnings rival finalised as Home and Mitre 10 merge
A merger of Home Timber & Hardware and Mitre 10 has been finalised, creating new a hardware giant set to take on Bunnings.
Markets Live: Investors cheer Qantas cash splash
Wesfarmers and Blackmores are sold off, while Qantas soars following earnings reports, but the overall market struggles.
Coal and Target savage Wesfarmers result
The conglomerate's full-year net profit slumped by more than 83 per cent to $407 million after big losses from its coal division and problem child Target.
Another former Fox host accuses Ailes of sexual harassment
"Fox News masquerades as a defender of traditional family values, but behind the scenes, it operates like a sex-fuelled, Playboy Mansion-like cult," the lawsuit alleges.
Rising $A a threat to terms of trade
Australia's terms of trade are likely to have posted their first quarterly rise in three years, but a strong dollar will cap the rise.
Self-employed take a hit at retirement
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Paris loses $1b as tourists flee terror attacks
Tourists have deserted Paris after recent terror attacks killed hundreds, costing the city $1 billion in lost revenue.
Westfield unveils $342m funds from operations
The international arm of Frank Lowy's shopping centre empire redevelops flagship assets to boost returns.
Murray Goulburn to slash costs after ugly year
Murray Goulburn will look to add $10-15 million to its 2017 profit pool by slashing costs, after a disastrous year in which it slashed the price paid to farmers for milk.
$1b record profit: Qantas to pay first dividend in seven years
Qantas has stabilised its business enough to pay shareholders a dividend for the first time in seven years.
First solar-powered apartment skyscraper to rise in Melbourne
A landmark high-rise apartment tower in Southbank whose glass exterior is wrapped in solar cells will provide its residents with "off-the-grid" power.
McDonald's recalls 29m fitness bands
McDonald's is recalling 29 million Happy Meal fitness wristbands after children reportedly developed skin irritations.
A2 formula sales surge more than 400 per cent
The a2 Milk Company has hit the top of its earnings outlook for fiscal 2016, unveiling a full year profit underpinned by growing Chinese demand for its infant formula.
How Ashley Madison's security fell short: watchdogs
Joint investigation by the Australian and Canadian privacy commissioners finds infidelity website fabricated security qualifications, was storing passwords in plain text.
8@eight: Qantas, Wesfarmers ahead, ASX to open higher
A big day of earnings ahead with the likes of Wesfarmers, Qantas, Boral, Murray Goulburn and Westfield reporting. The ASX is set to open higher on the back of a positive night on overseas markets.
Traders renew embrace of momentum
What do you do when volatility dissipates and the stock market falls asleep? Buy momentum.
Australia could lose billions to China and India
Imagine a world where Australia produces little goods and services that may be taxed, and at the same time, loses out on billions of dollars of mining company revenue to China and India.
NSW government wants your 10¢ on cash for cans scheme
NSW is now less than a year away from the start of a 10¢ container deposit scheme.
Property fallout from Dick Smith's collapse continues
The fallout from retailer Dick Smith's dramatic closure is still impacting the balance sheets of Australia's biggest property players.
Arrium sale faces another delay
Receivers to collapsed steelmaker Arrium are facing another delay after the court agreed to hear a legal stoush by Blackstone's financing arm GSO Capital Partners and subsidiaries of BNY Mellon in late October.
Australians 'digitally isolated', report finds
Australians are spending more time online and more money on accessing the internet, yet have relatively low digital abilities, according to a national survey of internet access and use.
Logistics over ASX fee defeats Mullen's Asciano
It isn't every day you see a $9 billion company suspended from trading because it couldn't cough up its annual $56,750 ASX listing fee.
Access to justice to be 'more difficult' as IR court is abolished
A state government plan to abolish the Industrial Relations Court will make access to justice more difficult, a leading industrial lawyer has warned.
Ooh!media reaffirms guidance after lifting interim profit 35%
The unusual confluence of an early Easter, long election campaign and an Olympics has been weighing on advertising revenues so far this year, according to Ooh!media chief executive Brendan Cook.
Blue chips lift ASX to solid gains
Buying appetite returned to blue chips, with the ASX posting a solid gain helped by the banks and CSL.
Record yields for recession-proof shopping centres
Neighbourhood shopping centres are commanding record sub-6 per cent yields as institutions out-bid private investors for investments.
This 'hot commodity' is destined to cool off soon
Iron ore prices are tipped to sag towards the end of the year as supply rises and steel demand fades, Citi says, adding to the list of banks that are calling time on an unexpected rally.
Uber gets green light to operate in Victoria
Ride-sharing services including Uber have been given the green light after the state government announced plans to regulate the industry.
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