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Michael Gill was declined by CommInsure because they ruled his case of rheumatoid Arthristis was an out of date definition.

Life insurance a lottery for sick and dying consumers

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson
57 mins ago

Metcash has assembled an executive team for the merged Mitre 10-Home Timber and Hardware business.

Metcash assembles executive team to lead hardware operation

RETAIL
Catie Low

David Reddin

Over 50, but 'not over the hill' for career change

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Nick Toscano

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Catherine has her work cut out at CBA

CBD
Carolyn Cummins

New world: No permanent desks, just ABWs (activity based working) environments.

'Gig' staffer the new kid on the block

PROPERTY
Carolyn Cummins

Masters

Masters employs muscle to keep control of obnoxious customers

RETAIL
Catie Low

The pound has continued to plummet.

Why the Brexit hard landing will be worse than you think

MARKETS
Jessica Sier

Market Indices

Updated: October 12, 2016 - 3:39PM

Updated: October 12, 2016 - 6:08PM

Updated: October 12, 2016 - 11:53PM

Updated: October 12, 2016 - 11:53PM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7561

Percentage up/down

0.33% rise
Euro

Price

0.6867

Percentage up/down

0.66% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6205

Percentage up/down

-0.23% fall

Updated: October 12, 2016 - 11:38PM

Michael Gill was declined by CommInsure because they ruled his case of rheumatoid Arthristis was an out of date definition.

Life insurance a lottery for sick and dying consumers

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson
57 mins ago

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Catherine has her work cut out at CBA

Carolyn Cummins

Quietly, the mining industry has just doubled the price of coking coal.

What's mining ever done for us? Just wait

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Broo Ltd boss Kent Grogan is focused on expanding into China.

Why this Aussie beer company might make it in China

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Mining stocks had a tough day on the market on Wednesday.

ASX slips as investors turn wary on miners

Jessica Sier

Investors endured a bit of a wild ride overnight.

Markets Live: Miners dig ASX hole

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

CSL chief executive Paul Perreault's $US8 million pay cheque is bigger than any of the big four bankers' payouts.

CSL cops 'first strike' against its US-style salaries

Brian Robins

Inghams chicken clucking up for this year's biggest IPO

Rosneft keen to increase output

Hawkish positions in greater focus

Christopher Condon and Steve Matthews

8@eight: a December Fed rate hike might be on the cards

Sponsored

ASIC has released its review into life insurance - and the findings aren't pretty.

Life insurer knocks back one in three claims

Sarah Danckert

Catherine Livingstone has been appointed the new chairman of Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

CBA appoints Catherine Livingstone as chairman

Clancy Yeates

So-called "car yard" life insurance products paid out a meagre $6 million in claims, or 6.6 per cent of the $90 ...

The time has come for life insurers to get with the times

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

There are some predictions housing investors are returning to the market.

Chinese demand for Australian property holding up: HSBC

Clancy Yeates

James Kessel, 46, had his insurance claim rejected by CommInsure after he had a heart attack.

Consumer groups slam new life insurance code

Georgia Wilkins

Facebook is looking to tap into the 450 million of its users that visit buy-and-sell groups each month

Now there's a version of Facebook that even your boss might like

Queenie Wong

Monash University will open a Food Innovation Centre.

Food companies to target Chinese markets under 'historic' new deal

Nick Toscano

Joseph Wakim is serving a 20-month sentence for child sex abuse.

Child sex abuse was no reason to lose my job, says former multicultural leader

Patrick Hatch

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn faces the parliamentary hearings into the big banks.

Banking chiefs still in the cross-hairs as hostility simmers

IN DEPTH
Mario Christodoulou

Villa Gusto owner Ben Edwards is one of Australia's top sommerliers.

Top sommelier takes on Fiat Chrysler as deal goes sour

Sarah Danckert

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The NSW government has passed legislation to be able to sell the NSW Land Titles Registry to the highest bidder.

Latest Baird government sell-off will increase home-buying costs

Esther Han

Under the scheme 10¢ will be paid for every drink container between 150 millilitres and three litres.

Our dirty little secret - the item responsible for almost 50 per cent of litter

Lucy Cormack

Canberra's self-confessed supermarket thief is an example of people "neutralising their moral concerns".

'I'm Robin Hood': Confessions of a supermarket thief

Clare Sibthorpe

Mitre 10-owner Metcash has assembled the executive team for the combined Mitre 10-Home TImber & Hardware business.

Metcash assembles executive team to lead hardware operation

Catie Low

Masters

Masters employs muscle to keep control of obnoxious customers

Catie Low

Canberra's self-confessed supermarket thief is an example of people "neutralising their moral concerns".

'I'm Robin Hood': Confessions of a supermarket thief

Clare Sibthorpe

Hills has stuck a $6 million deal to terminate its licensing agreement with Woolworths and its failed Masters hardware chain.

Woolworths hangs Hills out to dry after $6 million payment

Catie Low

Masters says sales almost doubled on the weekend.

Masters fire sale prompts complaints about poor pricing

Julie Power

The latest consumer confidence survey result shows "a remarkable run of stability," said Westpac chief economist Bill Evans.

Consumer confidence rises further in October

Paul McClintock says there is no believable end to the deficit in sight.

Business group lashes PM over deficit, tax scare campaign

Peter Martin

"We see the odds of a summer Fed rate increase rising if US data this week show solid job gains, rising wages and an ...

US risks 'fighting the last war' on inflation: Fed member

Patrick Commins

Martin Parkinson says Australia is only 'mid-range' when it comes to manufacturing management practices.

PM's man says Australian managers below par

Peter Martin

Canberra households won't find out the full extent of annual power bill increases until June.

Qld report outlines 50 per cent renewable energy map

Former Queensland Nickel managing director Clive Mensink.

Former QN director still on overseas jaunt

"Why should we do it?" Sechin, known for his anti-OPEC position, told Reuters.

Rosneft keen to increase output

2-34 Davidson Street, Chullora Sydney will be a seed asset for the new Abacus/GAW fund.

Abacus Property Group forms $200m partnership

Carolyn Cummins

Tavistock House, at, 383 - 387 Flinders Lane, started life as the Ship Inn in 1850.

Good karma as investors fish for boutique city buildings

Simon Johanson

Vision Australia is selling its headquarters at 4 Mitchell Street, Sydney comprising eight buildings totaling 8315sq m ...

Vision Australia to sell Sydney headquarters

Carolyn Cummins

"Disloyal R's are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They come at you from all sides. They don't know how to win - ...

If America was a business, Trump would be fired

Shannon Pettypiece

You should back up and return your Note 7 as soon as you can.

Burning to ditch Galaxy Note 7? Here's some replacements

Eli Blumenthal

High-paying finance jobs shifting from Britain to other countries in Europe could be just one of the economic ...

Forcing Europe to rethink its painful embrace of austerity

ANALYSIS
Peter S Goodman

The new BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 is straight out of a sci-fi movie.

BMW's new motorcycle is so smart you won't need a helmet

Technology

Turning 30 can be great. Just make sure you're prepared.

Thirty things you should never do after the age of thirty

Self Improvement

Movie popcorn is overpriced.

The 13 biggest rip-offs money can buy

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Big banks have been accused of side-stepping financial planner laws.

Beware of bank staff spruiking their super funds

John Collett

Mom's Organic Market has found a niche in the market.

A simple method for making money: don't waste it

Thomas Heath

Rory Kennard, founder of Makinex.

This Australian company has a very rare goal

Alexandra Cain