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We don't know exactly how big the problem with incentives is in Australia.

The root of evil: Australia's problem with banker bonuses

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

The TPP has featured in the American presidential election.

Key business group whacks TPP

THE ECONOMY
Peter Martin

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Mark Bouris will be in the firing line at TZ

CBD
Carolyn Cummins
1 hr ago

Airtasker co-founders Tim Fung and Jonathan Lui. Mr Fung says his organisation was not influenced by the recent release ...

Airtasker boosts pay rates above national minimum

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Anna Patty

James Packer has criticised previous governments for not doing enough to smooth Chinese relations.

Crown's 'whale' hunt backfires as police prepare to lay charges

WORLD BUSINESS
Philip Wen

Hideto Fujino, co-founder and chief executive officer of Rheos Capital Works: "When I look at it, I remember that time. ...

Humiliated stock picker who sold his firm for $41 is back on top

WORLD BUSINESS

Andrew Sigalla leaves the Supreme Court complex on Monday.

Jury discharged in $9m fraud trial of former TZ director Andrew Sigalla

BUSINESS
Michaela Whitbourn, Emma Partridge

Market Indices

Updated: October 17, 2016 - 4:35PM

Updated: October 17, 2016 - 7:09PM

Updated: October 18, 2016 - 12:51AM

Updated: October 18, 2016 - 12:51AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7620

Percentage up/down

0.09% rise
Euro

Price

0.6930

Percentage up/down

-0.12% fall
British Pound

Price

0.6262

Percentage up/down

0.24% rise

Updated: October 18, 2016 - 12:36AM

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Mark Bouris will be in the firing line at TZ

CBD
Carolyn Cummins
1 hr ago

We don't know exactly how big the problem with incentives is in Australia.

The root of evil: Australia's problem with banker bonuses

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Monday's Crown share price plunge has cut billionaire James Packer's paper wealth by about half a billion dollars.

China raids cost Packer half a billion dollars

Elizabeth Knight

The dollar is strong.

FED:Commodity, oil prices boost $A

Crown Resorts pulled down the consumer discretionary sector, and with it the mood of the market on Monday.

ASX sinks below 5400 on Crown fears

Vanessa Desloires

The group of arrested Crown employees is believed to include three Australian citizens.

Markets Live: Crown pulls ASX below 5400

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Kingsgate chairman Ross Smyth-Kirk has railed against the claims made against the miner.

Kingsgate shares dive on looming Thai mine shutdown

Brian Robins

Australia's profit recession is over

Vanessa Desloires

Surging coal, iron ore prices to lift exports by $44 billion

Brian Robins

Red flags to watch in M&A; season

Vanessa Desloires

Whitehaven signals coal price surge as debt falls

Brian Robins

Auswide's tracker loan is offering customers an interest rate of 3.99 per cent, and it is available only to ...

New 'tracker' home loan to match RBA rate moves

Clancy Yeates

The interest rate gap is narrowing for property investors.

Investor mortgage interest rate gap narrows

Clancy Yeates

Westpac's life insurance arm, BT Financial Group, briefed politicians on Friday night then issued a public statement ...

The insurer that knocked back 1-in-3 TPD claims

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Goldman Sachs had disputed the claim that the LIA was financially naive, saying that "an unforeseen financial ...

Libyan fund not as naive as claimed

"Provisions were the bright spot," Chris Wheeler, an analyst with Atlantic Equities LLP, said in a note to investors. ...

Wells Fargo bolstered by mortgage revenue

Laura J. Keller

The deal between Qantas and the Australian Services Union affects the pay and conditions of 4650 staff.

Qantas workers accept 18-month pay freeze

Nick Toscano

Workplace watchdog claims 400 mushroom pickers were underpaid $650,000 in eight months.

Mushroom pickers underpaid $650,000, watchdog claims

Nick Toscano

You don't have to be a "Neutron Jack" to succeed as CEO, the study shows. Alas, only fretful neurotics are less likely ...

Nice CEOs do finish first, study shows

ANALYSIS
James Saft

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Telstra's fight to keep mobile network to itself

Lucy Battersby

Billionaire Gina Rinehart during a tour of Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill Mine operations.

Gina Rinehart launches fresh legal attack on her children

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Danckert

Super fund trustees and the life insurance industry have been put on notice over the value and quality of the products ...

Life insurance not so super as sector faces scrutiny

ANALYSIS
Ruth Williams

Record complaints about health insurance.

Record complaints about health insurance, driven by one company

Esther Han

In NSW, residents could save $80 million over 30 years, if optimum insulation was installed.

The $6000 you could save on energy bills

Lucy Cormack

Developers say there will be a financial impact on Sydney house hunters in an already unaffordable housing market.

Developers issue warning about higher home prices

Esther Han

Premier Investments' CEO Mark McInnes (left) and chairman Solomon Lew.

Billionaire Solomon Lew loses case against former executive

Sarah Danckert

Mick McMahon, executive chairman and CEO of Ingham's. The company estimates it has 40 per cent market share of chicken ...

Cheap hot chooks here to stay

Madeleine Heffernan

Brothers Peter (right) and Ethan Kayem feature in a Fantastic Furniture TV ad.

Fantastic agrees to $361m takeover

Madeleine Heffernan

New shopping hours will take effect from December 1.

South-east Queensland trading hours extended

Gerry Harvey, chairman of Harvey Norman, said: "The more houses that are out there, the better for us, obviously."

Housing boom gives retailers $300m reasons to smile

Madeleine Heffernan

The TPP has featured in the American presidential election.

Key business group whacks TPP

Peter Martin

Illustration: Glen LeLievre

How tweaking interest rates can transform the economy

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Parliamentary gridlock has benefited Canberra's economy.

Parliamentary gridlock benefits ACT economy: report

Emily Baker

Gerry Harvey, chairman of Harvey Norman, said: "The more houses that are out there, the better for us, obviously."

Housing boom gives retailers $300m reasons to smile

Madeleine Heffernan

Kingsgate chairman Ross Smyth-Kirk has railed against the claims made against the miner.

Kingsgate shares dive on looming Thai mine shutdown

Brian Robins

The surge in the price of coal will add significantly to Australian exports, pushing the Australian dollar higher.

Surging coal, iron ore prices to lift exports by $44 billion

Brian Robins

Pictures flashed around the world of towns submerged in red mud, of broken houses and cars plucked up by the force of ...

'What was good is gone': Brazil's battle to rebuild after BHP dam disaster

Landlords are in the sweet spot for rental growth.

Sydney landlords riding a high rental wave

Carolyn Cummins

Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel, owned by Frasers Centrepoint and managed by Accor.

Singapore investors tipped to increase with new trade ties

Carolyn Cummins

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 15: Lipstick is applied at Mecca Brands on August 15, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo ...

Beauty mega-brands challenge fashion for prized retail real estate

Catie Low

James Packer has criticised previous governments for not doing enough to smooth Chinese relations.

Crown's 'whale' hunt backfires as police prepare to lay charges

Philip Wen

Crown's Shanghai-based administration assistant Jiang "Jenny" Ling and her husband, American expatriate Jeff Sikkema.

Crown employee husband's pleas: 'Honey, I love you. I miss you.'

Philip Wen

Hideto Fujino, co-founder and chief executive officer of Rheos Capital Works: "When I look at it, I remember that time. ...

Humiliated stock picker who sold his firm for $41 is back on top

The new i3 also incorporates regenerative power.

Is this the ultimate luxury car for busy city living?

Cars

Beard season is over.

Why ditching the beard could shave years off you

Grooming

Retirees with modest savings are barely better off than those on the age pension.

Retirees have little reason to save under the new pension rules

Daryl Dixon

Most families want the wellbeing of their loved one to be paramount when choosing an aged care facility.

How one family fought the government on aged care fees and won

Noel Whittaker

Kate Carnell is calling for consultation on 'loaded rates'.

Could this scheme replace penalty rates?

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Mathew Carpenter turned glitter into cash.

How this Newcastle man made $100,000 in two weeks

Nina Hendy

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