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An artist impression of the front of the Melbourne store.

Debenhams steps into Australia's designer void

RETAIL
Catie Low

ABC staff have accused management of being "harsh and unreasonable".

ABC staff to vote on first strikes in a decade

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Nick Toscano

Born to be wild: Glenn Stevens is heading out on Route 66.

RBA governor plots sweet revenge on the Aussie dollar

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

PM Malcolm Turnbull speaks at Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou in September, but, according to HSBC, Australian firms ...

Aussie stocks unranked in China winners

BUSINESS

Super bonus to 'close gender gap' welcomed

Super bonus to 'close gender gap' welcomed

BANKING AND FINANCE
Sarah Danckert

CEO Nick Abboud's job was on the line months before the retailer's collapse.

'No horrible skeletons in the closet'

RETAIL
Misa Han

GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund is selling its 50 per cent stake in Westfield Woden Plaza

GPT fund selling $300m share of Westfield Woden Plaza

PROPERTY
Carolyn Cummins

Market Indices

Updated: September 7, 2016 - 2:36PM

Updated: September 7, 2016 - 4:08PM

Updated: September 7, 2016 - 11:00PM

Updated: September 7, 2016 - 11:00PM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7678

Percentage up/down

-0.13% fall
Euro

Price

0.6829

Percentage up/down

-0.04% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5744

Percentage up/down

0.33% rise

Updated: September 7, 2016 - 10:45PM

Born to be wild: Glenn Stevens is heading out on Route 66.

RBA governor plots sweet revenge on the Aussie dollar

Colin Kruger, CBD

Buying the fridge rather than the food: A shopper looks at refrigerators at a Harvey Norman store in Sydney.

Today's consumer buys the fridge rather than the food

Elizabeth Knight

It's also a bit rich to be surprised or disappointed about the dive in resources capex.

The developed world champions of economic growth

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

India's expanding middle class needs everything from undies to motorbikes.

Investing in India grassroots growth

Vesna Poljak

The Aussie has shot up to its highest in nearly a month.

Markets Wrap: The day's business news

Live
Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer

The early ASX rally quickly faded after gross domestic growth data showing the economy grew at its fastest pace of ...

ASX rally misfires after strong GDP

Jessica Sier

Climate change policies to slash Australian coal exports, Wood Mackenzie says.

Australia's coal exports to slide amid push to stem global warming

Brian Robins

Swedish krona morphs into carry trade's big short

Amanda Billner

Diminishing cash threatens buybacks

Oliver Renick

Odds narrow on US rate rise

Rebecca Spalding

8@eight: $A surges, GDP on tap

Sponsored
Angus Nicholson

ASIC said ING may have misled customers in its advertising.

ING to pay $5.4m for misleading clients

Clancy Yeates

The weak labour market is being blamed for a rise in car loan losses.

Car loan losses hit six-year high

Clancy Yeates

ANZ discovered the issue and reported itself to ASIC.

'Significant breach': ANZ to return $28.8m to customers

Sarah Danckert

Would a banking royal commission achieve anything?

Is a banking royal commission a waste of time?

Michael Pascoe

Aussie Home Loans CEO James Symond says banks have pared back mortgage discounts.

Mortgage discounts have eased from unviable levels: Aussie Home Loans

Clancy Yeates

The karaoke bars have been forced to pay out almost $11,000 after underpaying workers.

Underpaid karaoke workers receive pay encore after raids

The subscription television industry is doing better than other industries when it comes to the representation of women ...

'The ladder's down' for women in subscription TV

Anna Patty

Ricci Bartels, in the Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville, where she volunteers, after losing her job.

Too young to retire, too 'old to get a job'

Anna Patty

Banned until 2018: Former Commonwealth financial planner Don Nguyen.

97-year-old fights CBA for compensation

EXCLUSIVE
Adele Ferguson

Illustration: Simon Bosch

End of the road for the old Holden

Mark Hawthorne

Emmaline and Rainer Mathews, with their daughter. Emmaline died in 2015 from cancer.

Cancer victim battles CBA for mortgage relief

Mario Christodoulou

Manufacturers have failed to show antibacterial washes were better than plain soap and water, US regulators said.

The US has banned antibacterials in soap. Should we do the same?

Patrick Hatch

Numerous studies have linked talcum powder use to ovarian cancer.

Conflicting views on talc-cancer link as US women sue Rio Tinto and Johnson & Johnson

Sarah Danckert

Qantas

Price war cuts airfares to record lows

Matt O'Sullivan

Buying the fridge rather than the food: A shopper looks at refrigerators at a Harvey Norman store in Sydney.

Today's consumer buys the fridge rather than the food

Elizabeth Knight

CEO Nick Abboud's job was on the line months before the retailer's collapse.

'No horrible skeletons in the closet'

Misa Han

An artist impression of the front of the Melbourne store.

Debenhams steps into designer void

Catie Low

Lego blocks

Why Lego wanted people to stop buying its toys

Abha Bhattarai

Sliding: Total retail sales growth slipped from 3.3 per cent to 2.5 per cent last financial year.

Retail sales to continue to slow: Deloitte

Patrick Hatch

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison says Australia's success was a tribute to 'every Australian who has gone out there, ...

It's 25 years of economic growth, and happy returns

Peter Martin

A surprise boom in public spending is underpinning economic growth.

Economy grows at fastest pace in four years

Jens Meyer

Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan says tax fraud won't just result in the outstanding tax and penalties to be repaid, but ...

Australians with links to Panama Papers could be charged following raids

Nassim Khadem

The ASX was driven lower after the RBA kept its benchmark rate unchanged while opting not to hint at further easing.

RBA holds rates steady at 1.5% at Stevens' final meeting

Peter Martin

Coal is Australia’s second largest export so climate change policies will slash export income

Australia's coal exports to slide amid push to stem global warming

Brian Robins

A train as it is being loaded with iron ore to be transported to the company's Port Hedland facility for export.

Iron ore exports hit record, pointing to lower prices

Jasmine Ng

The managing director of operations at the Yabulu nickel refinery told court he was doing unrelated work for Clive ...

I did Clive Palmer's work on the side: former QN chief

English retailer Debenhams will unveil its first Australian store in St Collins Lane.

Debenhams to unveil Melbourne store

Nicole Lindsay

The Salvation Army is selling three buildings at the corner of 93-95 Phillip Street and 32 Smith Street, Parramatta.

Parramatta office market in hot demand

Carolyn Cummins

Nagambie's IGA supermarket.

Yields sharpen on country supermarkets

Nicole Lindsay

Trade minister Steve Ciobo on a Tower Transit bus.

Australia climbs aboard Britain's long, meandering bus ride to Brexit

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

Top seller ... A vial of Botox, made by Allergan, in Beverly Hills, California.

Botox's maker price pledge to patients

Carolyn Y. Johnson

Lego blocks

Why Lego wanted people to stop buying its toys

Abha Bhattarai

The Traditionnelle Chronograph Perpetual Calendar has won over fans for its complexity and innovation.

This elaborate $195,000 watch will probably outlast us all

Watches

Hayden Cox is one of Australia's most innovative entrepreneurs.

Wave of success: the advice that made Hayden Cox millions

Leadership

Chez Tonelli works for a financial company in Parramatta and commutes from the Central Coast.

Savings secrets of commuters who drive 1000km a week

Adam Courtenay

Lower earners need all the help they can get to build their super. Illustration: Karl Hilzinger

Top-up super to low paid held hostage by reform package

John Collett

Restaurants need to change the way they run to cope with new demands.

The downside of the on-demand meal boom

COMMENT
Tony Featherstone

Kate Carnell, Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman.

Kate Carnell on the new banking inquiry

Kate Carnell