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The US dollar's share of the $US5.1 trillion ($6.8 trillion) in foreign exchange trades each day has continued rising to ...

More bang for the buck: how the US dollar still rules the world

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
19 mins ago

The ASX has slid for most of the week.

Markets Live: ASX drops below 5400

Live
Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer
29 mins ago

The Merlion Statue on Sentosa Island Sentosa, Singapore - March 28, 2011: The Merlion Statue. The Merlion is one of the ...

TPG set to become mobile operator in Singapore

MEDIA & MARKETING
Lucy Battersby
20 mins ago

Even the rich would be better off recognising how much they depend on having good luck.

How much luck do you need to get rich?

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
46 mins ago

Apple has said it "paid $US400 million ($529 million) in taxes in Ireland in 2014 - considerably more than the ...

'Probably a fairy tale': Apple's alleged 0.005% tax rate

WORLD BUSINESS
1 hr ago

Top executives including Heather Bresch stand to reap further riches at least partly on the back of price increases on ...

EpiPen price increases could mean more riches for executives

ANALYSIS

What's in your fridge? Your health insurer might want to know.

Your fridge is watching you, security experts warn

INNOVATION
1 hr ago

Market Indices

Updated: September 2, 2016 - 10:53AM

Updated: September 2, 2016 - 10:38AM

Updated: September 2, 2016 - 7:15AM

Updated: September 2, 2016 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7553

Percentage up/down

-0.03% fall
Euro

Price

0.6744

Percentage up/down

-0.06% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5690

Percentage up/down

-0.12% fall

Updated: September 2, 2016 - 10:24AM

The old-fashioned apprenticeships in plumbing, carpentry, electrics and bricklaying not only worked, they built a nation.

Old-fashioned apprenticeships can work in new industries

Harold Mitchell

The bad news about the ABS capex release is that it's seriously flawed.

Capex numbers show RBA rate cutting may be paying off

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

Is ASIC's Greg Medcraft contemplating life after a registry divorce?

Colin Kruger, CBD

"When the market moves within a narrow range, it's getting tightly wound and looking for news, and Friday's number is a ...

Stocks could be jolted by US jobs data

Lu Wang

A flood of earnings are out this morning, as well as jobs data.

8@eight: ASX to open lower as US data disappoints

Sponsored
Angus Nicholson

Orange juice for November delivery jumped 4.8 per cent to close at $US1.9285 a pound at 2pm on ICE Futures US in New ...

Orange juice surges as storm approaches

Marvin G. Perez and Brian K. Sullivan

ASX red

Commodity woes weigh on ASX

Vanessa Desloires

Markets Wrap: How the day unfolded

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

$A lifts on capex data

Vanessa Desloires

Why this month could be huge for global markets

Sid Verma and Luke Kawa

8@eight: Oil slide wakes up markets

Sponsored
Angus Nicholson

Interest rates on key savings accounts were cut by 0.25 percentage points last month, more than the cut in mortgage rates.

Banks happy to pass on full rate cut to some

Clancy Yeates

Future Fund chairman Peter Costello says governments are "running out of shots" to protect against any future financial ...

'We're running out of shots', Costello warns

Georgia Wilkins

'Surcharging is certainly an issue that American Express strongly opposes'.

Amex 'astroturfing' the credit card surcharge debate

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

'We need more mergers, at a national level, but even also across national borders,' says Deutsche Bank chief executive ...

Deutsche Bank CEO wants Europe bank mergers

Arno Schuetze and Jonathan Gould

Reserve Bank assistant governor Michele Bullock with the new $5 note.

Security boost with new $5 note

Clancy Yeates

The worker said she did not want to take the test because it breached company and industry standards.

Drug testing company unfairly sacked worker for refusing drug test

Patrick Hatch

The Ride Share Drivers' Association of Australia said it is concerned Uber will simply shift the cost to drivers, who ...

Drivers fear they will cop $2 Uber levy

Georgia Wilkins

Even a pass mark may not be enough to save tax officials from a hefty uni bill, under a proposal from Commissioner of ...

Fail uni, pay full fees, says the ATO

Noel Towell

Compass co-founder and executive director Ori Allon.

BRW Young Rich lister's billion dollar bonanza

Sarah Frier

Whistleblower BHP

Americans pay millions to whistleblower at BHP

EXCLUSIVE

It has been 12 months since Fairfax Media exposed systemic wage fraud and the head office cover-up at 7-Eleven. ...

An inconvenient year for 7-Eleven

Adele Ferguson

The ACCC has taken legal action against Volkswagen Australia over alleged cheat devices.

'It is as serious as it gets': ACCC takes Volkswagen to court

Lucy Cormack, Patrick Hatch

Credit where it's due: Leah Doyle.

Leah's 'ridiculous' credit card surcharges

Lucy Cormack

Simon Bosch

7-Eleven needs to wake up to itself

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The central promenade of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub is called the Oculus.

Westfield isn’t like the shopping malls of the ’90s

COMMENT
Katherine Bernard
1 hr ago

Retailers expect to have to discount heavily this Christmas.

Consumer sentiment worries retailers as Christmas looms

Catie Low
1 hr ago

Bunnings will not be drawn into a race to the bottom as the Masters liquidation gathers pace.

Bunnings' price promise will not apply to Master fire-sale

Catie Low

Celebrity chef Neil Perry (left) with David Jones CEO John Dixon: The department store's appetite for Australia's ...

DJ's food plans a risk for Coles and Woolies: Moody's

Catie Low

As a result of the deal, Collins Foods now has 191 KFC restaurants across the country.

Collins Foods eyes expansion

Mining investment was down 22 per cent.

Investment outlook the worst since 2010-11

Peter Martin

The bad news about the ABS capex release is that it's seriously flawed.

Capex numbers show RBA rate cutting may be paying off

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Young people who complete their apprenticeship are almost guaranteed a job.

Building the nation, one apprentice at a time

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Resource-rich Australia has been struggling with a global slump in commodity prices that has kept economic growth to ...

Business spending shows signs of life outside mining

The scrapping of his bonus was seen as an appropriate move by BHP boss Andrew Mackenzie, a spokeswoman said.

BHP axes bonus for CEO Andrew Mackenzie after $8b loss

Rebecca Keenan

Margins at Chinese producers have swung from deeply negative in November to the best since 2009 in April, which has ...

Price rally bolsters China steel sector

Bloomberg News

Samarco's Fundao tailings dam and the Santarem water dam failed on November 5, triggering a mudslide that killed at ...

BHP Billiton's Samarco disaster comes after six-year trail of flaws

Brian Robins

The central promenade of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub is called the Oculus.

Westfield isn't like the shopping malls of the '90s

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Star Ricky Martin on the opening night of the Scott Sanders production of 'Evita' at the Marquis Theatre.

Lowys bring some old razzle dazzle to Westfield

Carolyn Cummins

Artist impression of White Bay Power Station project, which could be the new home of Google if a lease is signed.

Google revisits White Bay for new headquarters

Carolyn Cummins

Billionaire Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc., listens during the StartmeupHK Venture Forum in ...

Bad day at the office: Elon Musk just lost $1 billion

David Welch, Dana Hull and Tom Metcalf
8 mins ago

Apple has said it "paid $US400 million ($529 million) in taxes in Ireland in 2014 - considerably more than the ...

'Probably a fairy tale': Apple's alleged 0.005% tax rate

Lynnley Browning and David Kocieniewski
1 hr ago

Most of the Wal-mart positions to go are back-office jobs that typically include higher-paid hourly workers.

Wal-Mart, largest US employer, to lay off 7000 workers

1 hr ago

A cyclist protests against the NSW bike laws.

'A shemozzle': confusion rife on compulsory ID plan for cyclists

On Your Bike
Michael O'Reilly

Four Pillars estimates it will sell 15,000 gin and tonic paddles in 2016.

Eight great distillery doors remixing the craft spirit scene

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

Illustration: Simon Letch

Why getting below the $1.6m super threshold is a timing issue

Noel Whittaker

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What you need to know before you get your first credit card

Kate Jones

Luxury Escapes offers not only five-star and six-star properties, such as Finolhu Villa in the Maldives, but meals, ...

How this company is turning over $200 million in its third year

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Talented young employees are especially sought after by some firms.

Is it really so bad for young employees?

Tony Featherstone

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