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The dual camera feature on an iPhone 7 Plus is shown during an event to announce new Apple products on Wednesday, Sept. ...

There's a backlash brewing against big tech

COMMENT
Conor Sen
1 hr ago

The penalty regime in Australia needs to be far harsher

Counting the cost of banks breaking bad

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

A copper ore miner in Zambia: Antofagasta sees the glut in the red metal lasting for another two years.

In with a bang, out with a whimper: How commodities may end the year

MINING AND RESOURCES
Luzi Ann Javier and Megan Durisin
1 hr ago

Gina Rinehart PHOTO: CLAIRE MARTIN

Gina Rinehart's wealth: Enough to start over 25,000 companies

ANALYSIS
Marine Strauss and Wei Lu

The big fall in coal prices in recent years tells us the supply of coal now exceeds demand.

Is the power of king coal overstated?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Yes, people did queue outside Apple stores around the world to get their hands on the latest iPhones. But it was a far ...

The Apple store line may soon be a thing of the past

INNOVATION
Alex Webb, Mark Gurman and Adam Satariano

The money men: Guy Debelle and Philip Lowe.

Meet the odd couple who'll be running our central bank

THE ECONOMY
Peter Martin

Market Indices

Updated: September 16, 2016 - 4:39PM

Updated: September 16, 2016 - 4:15PM

Updated: September 17, 2016 - 7:56AM

Updated: September 17, 2016 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7496

Percentage up/down

0.04% rise
Euro

Price

0.6720

Percentage up/down

0.03% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5766

Percentage up/down

0.07% rise

Updated: September 17, 2016 - 9:04AM

The big fall in coal prices in recent years tells us the supply of coal now exceeds demand.

Is the power of king coal overstated?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

The penalty regime in Australia needs to be far harsher

Counting the cost of banks breaking bad

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The home ownership dream may never become a reality for some sections of the market.

The house price souffle is rising again

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Net foreign selling of US Treasuries was $US13.1 billion in July, while foreigners scooped up a net $US26.1 billion in ...

China's pares US Treasuries' holdings

Scott Lanman

Deutsche Bank was among the worst-capitalised lenders in European stress tests earlier this year. CEO John Cryan earlier ...

Billions of worries for DB investors

"Oil heading toward below the 40's is waking everyone up that it's probably not going to recover fully," Brian Frank, ...

Global equities dragged lower by oil

A tanker that's supposed to collect crude from a key Libyan terminal for the first time in almost two years should load ...

Oil drops on Nigeria, Libya

Mark Shenk

German 10-year yield below zero

Lukanyo Mnyanda

S&P; lifts Russia's credit rating outlook

Anna Andrianova

Vale gets Glencore backed funding

Javier Blas and R.T. Watson

ASX roars back but stays in the red

Jessica Sier

Deutsche Bank was among the worst-capitalised lenders in European stress tests earlier this year. CEO John Cryan earlier ...

Billions of worries for DB investors

Former BBY executive chairman Glenn Rosewall.

BBY chairman Rosewall 'a tyrant', court hears

Michaela Whitbourn

On the anniversary of Lehman's collapse, it is worth recalling just how blatant some of the misdeeds were and ponder why ...

Eight years on, and the Lehman moment is still with us

COMMENT
Barry Ritholtz

Stockbroking firm BBY took advice from a self-proclaimed psychic.

Psychic advised BBY chairman Glenn Rosewall, court hears

Michaela Whitbourn

Pacific Investment Management Co co-founder Bill Gross accuses the company of forcing him to resign.

Pimco alleges Gross leaked pay data

Edvard Pettersson and John Gittelsohn

business man wearing boxing gloves ready for tough opposition , isolated on white background. ISTOCK Boxing Business ...

21 signs you're mentally stronger than average

The millennial mentor also brings a different take on business and career development.

Would you take career advice from someone much younger?

Tony Featherstone

Not afraid to ask: Heidi Sundin.

Would you risk your job over a pay rise?

Anna Patty

The money men: Guy Debelle and Philip Lowe.

Meet the odd couple who'll be running our central bank

Peter Martin

Companies sent income to low-tax Singapore.

ATO investigates 35 e-commerce companies

Nassim Khadem

The penalty regime in Australia needs to be far harsher

Counting the cost of banks breaking bad

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

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Popular online retailer busted for discounting a price that never existed

Lucy Cormack

The Netflix Inc. app is demonstrated for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPad mini tablet computer in Tiskilwa, Illinois, ...

Slow internet? Here's how to ditch your ISP

Lucy Cormack

Bottles of milk from a2 and Pura, which both make A2 protein claims.

Is a2 milk better for you?

Lucy Cormack

Yes, people did queue outside Apple stores around the world to get their hands on the latest iPhones. But it was a far ...

The Apple store line is dying

Alex Webb, Mark Gurman and Adam Satariano

Myer is losing market share as it shuts down stores, including plans to close Brookside, Orange, Wollongong and Logan ...

Investors reward Myer but outlook unclear

Madeleine Heffernan

RETAIL AFR PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN HUNT 10 APRIL 2007. GENERIC- retail, shopping, fashion, myer AFR FIRST USE ONLY SPECIALX ...

Why Myer should be left on the shelf

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

Myer chief executive Richard Umbers is investing in its private-label fashion brands to drive profitability.

Myer pimps private label and shrinks its fleet to drive growth

Catie Low

For the past year, Myer's strategy has been marked as a great culling exercise.

Myer shrinks its way to growing profit

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Philip lowe and guy debelle

10 things you didn't know about the new RBA power duo

Peter Martin

The home ownership dream may never become a reality for some sections of the market.

The house price souffle is rising again

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

The money men: Guy Debelle and Philip Lowe.

Meet the odd couple who'll be running our central bank

Peter Martin

Scott Morrison's super changes have been welcomed by the Coalition backbench, but also by Labor, the industry and the ...

Australia in tax treaty talks with Israel, says Morrison

Sarah Danckert

A copper ore miner in Zambia: Antofagasta sees the glut in the red metal lasting for another two years.

Commodities in 2016: In with a bang, out with a whimper

Luzi Ann Javier and Megan Durisin
1 hr ago

State Development Minister Anthony Lynham says economic diversification is vital.

Diversify or die: Lynham's warning for Queensland's economy

Cameron Atfield

Roy Hill in the Pilbara.

Barf and the beautiful: beneath the red dust of mining in the Pilbara

Brendan Foster

Office towers are filling up and rental growth is following

Office markets reaching for house-full signs

Carolyn Cummins

The container ship Hanjin Boston is unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Retailers hit by cargo ship bankruptcy

Carolyn Cummins

Sydney's CBD is the size of just one end of New York's Central Park.

Sydney CBD packs a punch

Graham Jahn

The dual camera feature on an iPhone 7 Plus is shown during an event to announce new Apple products on Wednesday, Sept. ...

There's a backlash brewing against big tech

COMMENT
Conor Sen
1 hr ago

Billionaire Gina Rinehart's wealth could get more than 25,000 companies going, according to the index.

Gina Rinehart could set up 25,000 start-ups

ANALYSIS
Marine Strauss and Wei Lu

Colin Falls, a farmer from the plains north of Bendigo, standing in his bumper canola crop this week. Farmers are ...

Farmers see dark clouds from $88b mega-deal

Patrick Hatch

You can't got wrong with a Comme des Garcons striped T-shirt.

Weekend style checklist: what to wear when you're off duty

Stitched Up

Canberra’s Bentspoke has become one of the country’s busiest brewpubs.

Twelve great Aussie brewpubs making their own beer on-site

Fine Drinks

Demand from China has sent Bellamy's stock soaring, making it one of the ASX's recent success stories.

There's no such thing as 'smart money'

Scott Phillips

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The best way to give property to your children

George Cochrane

Detch Singh, co-founder of Hypetap.

This huge trend in start ups continues apace

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Joji Felicitas Pantoja speaks in an inclusive business conference.

The best country in the world for women social entrepreneurs

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