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The AICD has called on the ASX200 to reach a 30 per cent target by 2018.

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Georgia Wilkins

The debate that stopped the trading?

Markets Live: All eyes on TV debate

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Jens Meyer
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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

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Disney, if it decides to make a bid, would be able to help the company further its video-streaming media strategy. Jack ...

Disney evaluating a bid for Twitter

MARKETS
Alex Sherman and Sarah Frier

'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
1 hr ago

Clinton v Trump debate is set to weigh on investors today.

8@eight: What you need to know before the market opens

Sponsored
Chris Weston
1 hr ago

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

Busy billionaire still has time to swoop on TPG stock shock

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Market Indices

Updated: September 26, 2016 - 4:41PM

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Updated: September 27, 2016 - 7:15AM

Updated: September 27, 2016 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7637

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-0.04% fall
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Price

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British Pound

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0.5888

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Updated: September 27, 2016 - 8:51AM

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

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

Mexican five hundred pesos bills are run through a counting machine inside a currency exchange store in Mexico City.

Mexican peso shorts rise to record

Michelle F. Davis
22 mins ago

The steel outlook remains uncertain as surging property prices across China's biggest cities may portend more local ...

China's economy seen strengthening

Bloomberg News
55 mins ago

The amount of sovereign debt outstanding is predicted to climb $72 billion to $499 billion in the 12 months through June ...

AAA bonds sink on rising repo costs

Narayanan Somasundaram
1 hr ago

Banks in the S&P 500 were on track Monday for the steepest slide in almost three months, with Bank of America and ...

Shorts' timely bets on financials

Joseph Ciolli

Oil speculators see no deal

Mark Shenk

Iron ore giants to bolster glut

Jasmine Ng

How markets will react to President Trump

Vanessa Desloires

Apple boring enough to buy, but Tesla is a trainwreck

COMMENT
Jonas Cho Walsgard

Banks in the S&P 500 were on track Monday for the steepest slide in almost three months, with Bank of America and ...

Shorts' timely bets on financials

Joseph Ciolli

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

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 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
1 hr ago

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

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

Money managers' short position in WTI climbed to 151,637 futures and options. Longs fell 1.9 per cent to the lowest ...

Oil speculators see no deal

Mark Shenk

Shipments from Brazil will expand to 480 million tonnes in 2020 from 371 million this year, while Australian cargoes ...

Iron ore giants to bolster glut

Jasmine Ng

Despite the opposition, Whitehaven Coal's share price is riding high on the resurgent coal price. Photo supplied

Whitehaven serves up success to coal doubters

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

Sierro Jacket from M.J. Bale $499.

It's baaack: The key colour on the radar for men this summer

Men's Style
1 hr ago

Leica propels itself into the world of instant picture cameras.

Legendary camera company ditches digital for an instant hit

Technology

Head of economic analysis at the Reserve Bank of Australia, Alexandra Heath.

How to beat the robots and find the right job

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine
56 mins ago

BHP Billiton's giant Escondida mine in Chile.

BHP and Rio are understating profits

Gaurav Sodhi

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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