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The margin over the cash rate banks charge small businesses soared when the GFC hit and has stayed high.

Who the banks are really screwing on interest rates

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Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

'The bottom line is that the weight of evidence suggests that there has been some cooling in the housing market,' wrote ...

Housing market is cooling, HSBC says

THE ECONOMY
Jessica Sier

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

Busy billionaire still has time to swoop on TPG stock shock

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

AdCorp has placed federal government recruitment ads since 2009.

Dentsu Mitchell dumps AdCorp from government contract

MEDIA & MARKETING
Lucy Battersby

Former Dick Smith Electronics chairman Robert Murray arrives at the NSW Supreme court.

Managerial militia in Dick Smith war zone

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Privacy laws are hampering investigations.

'The way we do financial crime compliance is outdated'

BANKING AND FINANCE

Domino's CEO Don Meij says the firm is "struggling to keep up with the amount of growth".

Domino's says pay problems 'old news', seeks 2500 new staff

RETAIL
Madeleine Heffernan

Market Indices

Updated: September 26, 2016 - 4:41PM

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United States Dollar

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0.7647

Percentage up/down

0.21% rise
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Price

0.6793

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0.16% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5899

Percentage up/down

0.31% rise

Updated: September 27, 2016 - 12:48AM

The margin over the cash rate banks charge small businesses soared when the GFC hit and has stayed high.

Who the banks are really screwing on rates

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

Billionaire has time to swoop on TPG stock

Colin Kruger, CBD

Former Dick Smith Electronics chairman Robert Murray arrives at the NSW Supreme court.

Managerial militia in Dick Smith war zone

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Investors are turning their attention to the US election, and analysts expect volatility in the lead-up.

How markets will react to President Trump

Vanessa Desloires
1 hr ago

Investors have started questioning Apple's ability to expand.

Apple boring enough to buy, but Tesla is a trainwreck

COMMENT
Jonas Cho Walsgard

The ASX finished square on Monday.

ASX flat ahead of US presidential debate

Vanessa Desloires

The ASX is set for a down day after last week's strong rally.

Markets Live: Woolies deep in red

Live
Jens Meyer

SAI Global ticks off on $1 billion buy out

Byron Kaye

8@eight: Lower open in store after oil slide

Sponsored
Angus Nicholson

Freeze deal unlikely, but OPEC is moving

Jens Meyer

ASX rally to fade as focus moves to US

Jens Meyer

Goldman Sachs plans to cut about a quarter of its investment-banking jobs in Asia, excluding Japan.

Goldman to slash 25pc of Asia investment bankers

Cathy Chan

"The proposal would help reduce the catastrophic, legal, reputational, and financial risks that physical commodity ...

Fed targets Wall St's commodities ops

Jesse Hamilton

Multi-hued stress: Academics chasing grant money find it arduous, uncertain and difficult and it's far worse for casual ...

The $7m super pot still possible for a fortunate few

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Ken Rosewall was a director of now defunct stockbroking firm BBY.

How the planets fell out of alignment for BBY

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Glenn Rosewall leaves the Supreme Court on Thursday.

Former BBY chairman denies 'deflecting blame' for firm's demise to CEO

Michaela Whitbourn

Pubs have started switching off CUB taps as part of a union-led boycott.

'I'm not drinking it now': VB on the nose as pubs join brewery boycott

Nick Toscano

A neutral grooming policy to prohibit the wearing of dreadlocks cannot constitute race discrimination, the employer ...

Splitting hairs: Banning dreadlocks in workplace legal, US court finds

Josh Dye

Luke Driver, with his sons, Jack, 2, and Xavier, 8 months, often works from home.

One in three Australian workers now regularly works from home

Nick Toscano

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

Domino's CEO Don Meij says the firm is "struggling to keep up with the amount of growth".

Domino's says pay problems 'old news', seeks 2500 new staff

Madeleine Heffernan

Cropped shot of senior couple calculating domestic bills at table. Horizontal shot. Generic of an elderly couple working ...

The whopping cost of paying our bills late

Esther Han

Vodafone's Pacific Highway headquarters in North Sydney.

Users slam #Vodafail after Vodafone outage

Former Dick Smith Electronics chairman Robert Murray arrives at the NSW Supreme court.

Managerial militia in Dick Smith war zone

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Domino's CEO Don Meij says the firm is "struggling to keep up with the amount of growth".

Domino's says pay problems 'old news', seeks 2500 new staff

Madeleine Heffernan

JB Hi-Fi earnings could fall by as much as 23%, Citi predicts.

The Amazon threat: Why JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman should be scared

Carolyn Cummins

Faulty products can lead to injury.

How big retailers are trying to erode product safety laws

Esther Han

Lidl likely to come to Australia?

Lidl seeks trademarks, stirs speculation

Madeleine Heffernan

The margin over the cash rate banks charge small businesses soared when the GFC hit and has stayed high.

Who the banks are really screwing on interest rates

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

'The bottom line is that the weight of evidence suggests that there has been some cooling in the housing market,' wrote ...

Housing market is cooling, HSBC says

Jessica Sier

Ross Gittins.

Global leaders change direction while we play games

Ross Gittins

NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian

How the NSW budget doubled in 15 years

Matt Wade

Protesters attempting to block the first test trainload of coal coming from the Maules Creek mine on its way to Newcastle.

Whitehaven serves up success to coal doubters

Brian Robins

Oil prices tumbled 4 per cent on Friday amid signs Saudi Arabia and Iran were making little progress in achieving ...

'We will not come out empty-handed'

Speculation is mounting that Hazelwood power plant will close.

Hazelwood closure sparks 'price shock'

Brian Robins

28 O'Connell Street, Sydney, has been sold to the Coombes Property Group.

Office sector benefits from 'staycation' investor

Carolyn Cummins

John Gandel has sold his stake in Charter Hall

Billionaire John Gandel offloads $500m Charter Hall holdings

Carolyn Cummins

Hotel Indigo to launch in Australia

Carolyn Cummins

Twitter has struggled to grow its user base.

Twitter might be #forsale

Have we looked at our wealth through the magnifying glass?

You're not as rich as you think you are

COMMENT
Satyajit Das

As part of the funding efforts, Airbnb is allowing some employees to sell stock, which will total about $US200 million

Airbnb raises $US555m in latest funding

Ellen Huet

Leica propels itself into the world of instant picture cameras.

Legendary camera company ditches digital for an instant hit

Technology

What workplace mistakes can derail your career in a major way?

Seven professional mistakes that could kill your career

Management

Most small businesses would appreciate government assistance but not necessarily in the form of tax cuts.

Cutting company tax for small business is 'stupid and crazy'

Noel Whittaker

The market threw a tantrum over the US Federal Reserve's decision to wind down quantitative easing.

Motley Fool: Ignore market tantrums over central bank policies

Scott Phillips

Dr Clare Harding of the Melbourne Accelerator Program.

Lawyers hone in on start-up space

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

The best car for your business depends on what your business needs, not just tax.

Should I buy a new or used car for my business?

Max Newnham

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