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Dick Smith's strategy and accounting have come under the forensic microscope.

Who built Dick Smith's House of Cards?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Two more Queensland coal miners have been diagnosed with black lung this week.

Coal rises from grave to become one of hottest commodities

MINING AND RESOURCES

A sell-off such as Friday's has long been predicted by bears, who saw it as a fitting end to a stretch of unprecedented ...

No stimulus, no peace as US stocks end two-month snooze with plunge

MARKETS

The detailed annual study from one of the world's biggest banks argued that all the conditions underlying the previous ...

Deutsche Bank sees world economy, investment reversing for next 35 years

THE ECONOMY

A Masters' fire sale looks set to dent trade at other hardware stores nationwide.

Under the hammer: Is the DIY industry screwed for spring?

RETAIL
Catie Low

After 34 days Customer A had burned $100,000 on TitanTade's binary options

Cashing in on the TitanTrade boiler room

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Danckert

A speculated 50 franchise agreements will be approached to have their franchise agreements terminated before their ...

Horror at 7-Eleven: no compensation and no goodwill for franchisees

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Market Indices

Updated: September 9, 2016 - 4:36PM

Updated: September 9, 2016 - 6:10PM

Updated: September 10, 2016 - 7:15AM

Updated: September 10, 2016 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7545

Percentage up/down

0.00% steady
Euro

Price

0.6721

Percentage up/down

0.04% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5684

Percentage up/down

-0.07% fall

Updated: September 10, 2016 - 9:00AM

If you do look at the figures you find little sign the economy is slowing.

The economic numbers game - it's not as bad as you might think

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Dick Smith's strategy and accounting have come under the forensic microscope.

Who built Dick Smith's House of Cards?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

A speculated 50 franchise agreements will be approached to have their franchise agreements terminated before their ...

Horror at 7-Eleven: no compensation and no goodwill for franchisees

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Surging coal prices is good news for miners

Surging coal prices fatten miners' bottom line

Brian Robins

Traders have fled from stocks and bonds as speculation increases that the US Federal Reserve will raise rates.

ASX set for sharp losses after global rout

Jessica Sier

Volatility on the Australian sharemarket is creating some bargains.

ASX down for fourth week

Jessica Sier

A man uses his mobile phone in front of electronic stock boards at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX Ltd.) ...

Markets Live: Draghi drags on ASX

Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer

Stevens' parting shot – hosing down the $A emphasis

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Origin's King to be replaced by Calabria; restructure on the cards

Brian Robins

Euro zone is running out of options to halt deflation

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Wild night: Aussie dollar crashes back to earth

Jens Meyer

The higher rates being advertised by banks are not the same as rates offered on wealth management platforms.

Banks raise term deposit rates selectively

Clancy Yeates

ING

Big four banks' heartland targeted by ING Direct

Clancy Yeates

The union says 71 per cent believe the pressure on staff to hit sales targets is undermining the public's trust.

The biggest mental health risk for bankers (and it's not robbers)

Clancy Yeates

If business and banking want to stop populist attacks on their practices they need to stop being such viable political ...

How the banks made themselves an easy target

COMMENT
Mark Textor

Thousands of employees at Wells Fargo were involved in opening accounts and moving funds that resulted in customers ...

Wells Fargo to pay $240m for unauthorised accounts

Jesse Hamilton

Anna Sutherland, partner at Herbert Smith Freehills.

Want a pay rise? Just ask, survey tells women

Anna Patty

Dairy farmer Greg Dennis is using robots to aid with milking, which has allowed a redistribution of labour to other areas.

Rise of the machines

Sophia Auld

The co-author of Finding New Meaning in Life, Marcia Griffin.

Workers want brain-boosting opportunities

Warren Frehse

After 34 days Customer A had burned $100,000 on TitanTade's binary options

Cashing in on the TitanTrade boiler room

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Danckert

A Masters' fire sale looks set to dent trade at other hardware stores nationwide.

Under the hammer: Is the DIY industry screwed?

Catie Low

In-Young Joyce (right) with her husband Myung Jin Juong (left) at their home in Epping. Both In-Young and Myung suffered ...

Reforms would leave most motorists to fend for themselves

EXCLUSIVE
Anna Patty

A Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, which is being recalled.

Galaxy Note 7 owners urged to stop using their phones

Cecilia Kang

Ashy Bines

Ashy Bines members struggle to get out of fitness programs

Lucy Cormack

Money. Wednesday May 22. ........AFR First Use Only........ Pic James Davies Money cash currency Australian dollar ...

Two costs that stress out Australians households the most

Lucy Cormack

Giralang residents Sarah Hulbert, Susan White, Noel White, Margaret Matthews and Paul Leighton, pictured outside the ...

Giralang residents angry as Woolworths gives up store dream

Matthew Raggatt

A Masters' fire sale looks set to dent trade at other hardware stores nationwide.

Under the hammer: Is the DIY industry screwed?

Catie Low

Dick Smith's strategy and accounting have come under the forensic microscope.

Who built Dick Smith's House of Cards?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

IGA supplier Metcash is set to slash its product range.

Shoppers face less choice as Metcash culls product range

Madeleine Heffernan

Cotton On CEO Peter Johnson says the group is planning to open another 250 stores globally in this financial year.

Cotton On aims for more than $2 billion in sales as it expands globally

Patrick Hatch

The detailed annual study from one of the world's biggest banks argued that all the conditions underlying the previous ...

Deutsche Bank sees world economy, investment reversing for the next 35 years

In circulation.

Why going cashless is the next next moral challenge

Peter Martin

If you do look at the figures you find little sign the economy is slowing.

The economic numbers game - it's not as bad as you might think

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Glenn Stevens was careful in his final interview as governor to downplay the exchange rate's role in the transmission of ...

Stevens' parting shot – hosing down the $A emphasis

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Surging coal prices is good news for miners

Surging coal prices fatten miners' bottom line

Brian Robins

Chris Jonkers of the Lithgow Environment Group says the East Wolgan swamp has also been damaged by the Springvale coal mine.

Catchment coal mine wants to expand despite 'very significant damage'

Peter Hannam

Two more Queensland coal miners have been diagnosed with black lung this week.

Coal rises from grave to become one of hottest commodities

The Novotel Darling Harbour was the first Accor hotel in Australia. Accor has grown to 208 hotels across the country.

Hotels brace for busy times ahead

Carolyn Cummins

Myer Melbourne in the Bourke Street mall.

Retail property attracts big gun investors

Carolyn Cummins

152 Riley Street, Darlinghurst, was sold on a 5% yield.

Sydney metro markets on growth path

Carolyn Cummins

FILE - In this April 25, 2011 file photo, Post-it notes are on display at an Office Depot in Mountain View, Calif. Some ...

Settlement sticks in Post-it notes suit

Marissa Mayer hasn't announced plans to leave, but industry observers say she's unlikely to stay after the $US4.8 ...

Yahoo CEO could get $58m windfall

Although VW has already agreed to settlements that may total $US16.5 billion to get 482,000 emissions-cheating diesel ...

Veteran VW engineer first charged in US emissions probe

The Audi R8 V10 Spyder has a top speed of 318 km/h in the open air and is priced at close to $400,000.

Hot rods: New luxury cars we can't wait to drive in 2017

Luxury Cars
Peter McKay

Japanese whisky.

Sensational single malt whiskies (that aren't from Scotland)

Smart Sipping
Luke McCarthy

Marie Najjar is very happy with painters from Maikhael Painting who were recommended to her.

Renovation boom means a shortage of good tradies

John Collett

The family home is protected in public policy settings.

The truth about home ownership and the age pension

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Patriot Campers need to push themselves as a premium product in order to survive.

How automation might help save manufacturing jobs

Sylvia Pennington

Alan Jones of Blue Chilli start-up accelerator.

Why you don't need that business degree after all

Alana Christensen

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