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Crown Resorts employee David Dai Bin has been detained by Chinese authorities.

Crown had been warned not to 'whale hunt' by Chinese authorities

WORLD BUSINESS
Philip Wen

Pay packets can be a key influence on risk-taking in the financial sector, APRA said.

APRA puts banker pay under microscope

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates

The death of Zhang Rui, founder and chief executive of the start-up Chunyu Doctor, has spurred a bout of soul searching ...

'Like stepping on thin ice': 70-hour work weeks take toll

WORKPLACE RELATIONS

CBA chief executive Ian Narev after delivering a speech to the Trans-Tasman Business Circle in Sydney.

Bank profits 'critical' amid volatility

BANKING AND FINANCE
James Eyers
1 hr ago

Crown, Tatts and Tabcorp are all making headlines.

Miners and banks push ASX higher

MARKETS
Jessica Sier

Nail-biting times: Crown's James Packer may have to change the conditions and betting criteria that he's already agreed ...

Barangaroo could be the world's tallest white elephant

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight
39 mins ago

Right now the pin-up boy for the growing Alexander stable is the former Perth galloper Amorino (right).

ACCC warns on Tabcorp and Tatts tie-up

BUSINESS
Sarah Danckert

Market Indices

Updated: October 17, 2016 - 4:35PM

Updated: October 18, 2016 - 7:09PM

Updated: October 18, 2016 - 8:15AM

Updated: October 18, 2016 - 11:45PM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7674

Percentage up/down

0.60% rise
Euro

Price

0.6974

Percentage up/down

0.56% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6250

Percentage up/down

-0.18% fall

Updated: October 18, 2016 - 11:30PM

Want to be the first on your block to have a rate rise? A tracker loan might be for you.

Beware tracking down a tracker home loan

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Mark Bouris will be in the firing line at TZ

Carolyn Cummins

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

Stocks are struggling for direction.

Markets Live: Banks and miners lead gains

Live
Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer

Economists expect RBNZ governor Graeme Wheeler to respond to persistently weak inflation by cutting the official cash ...

NZ consumer price index up 0.2pc

Wall Street dropped on firming prospects for a December rate hike.

8@eight: ASX set for flat open

Sponsored
Chris Weston

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) closed at $US49.94 per barrel, down 41 cents, or 0.8 per cent, after hitting a session ...

US oil falls below $US50 a barrel

Icahn says US stocks overvalued

Aluminium slides on China worries

Fischer presses fiscal policy

Christopher Condon

Bank of America trading revenue surges

Laura J. Keller

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

Anna Patty

The robo-interview: You talk to your computer, record the responses, and send them back to the company.

The rise of the (truly awful) webcam job interview

Rebecca Greenfield

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

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

"The real concern is that consumers can be enticed into participating in auctions when they don't have a chance," says ...

House hunters handed new protections against underquoting agents

Lucy Cormack

The NSW Government is planning to overhaul the state's compulsory green slip insurance scheme.

Green slip reforms: drivers will need more insurance, lawyers say

Esther Han

Record complaints about health insurance.

Record complaints about health insurance, driven by one company

Esther Han

A number of Masters landlords are concerned about the $800 million property deal struck with the Home Consortium.

Masters landlords challenge Home Consortium deal

Catie Low

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

Annabel Spring, Commonwealth Bank, head of wealth management, Lucy Turnbull, Greater Sydney Commission, chief ...

Funds need to invest in housing, says Australian Super chair

Clancy Yeates
8 mins ago

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says if Donald Trump were to win next month's US presidential election it would be ...

President Trump could be bigger market shock than Brexit: RBA

Clancy Yeates

Philip Lowe noted that he is the first governor to have taken office "where the concern of the day is more that ...

Rate cuts could be needed to fight low inflation: RBA

Peter Martin

The TPP has featured in the American presidential election.

Key business group whacks TPP

Peter Martin

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) closed at $US49.94 per barrel, down 41 cents, or 0.8 per cent, after hitting a session ...

US oil falls below $US50 a barrel

Traders say aluminium's break of the 21-day moving average at $US1656 paves the way for losses to $US1638, the 55-day ...

Aluminium slides on China worries

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

Kingsgate shares dive on looming Thai mine shutdown

Brian Robins

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

Crown Resorts employee David Dai Bin has been detained by Chinese authorities.

Crown had been warned not to 'whale hunt' by Chinese authorities

Philip Wen

Hurricane Matthew makes its way across Haiti.

Super typhoons and a soaking for Australia: weird weather explained

Peter Hannam

The death of Zhang Rui, founder and chief executive of the start-up Chunyu Doctor, has spurred a bout of soul searching ...

'Like stepping on thin ice': 70-hour work weeks take toll on start-up founders

Bloomberg News

Baccarat is the game of choice for whales.

Moby rich: Tactics casinos use to lure high-rolling 'whales'

Lifestyle

Complete your races outfit with the perfect hat.

Why the perfect hat makes a winning look at the races

Men's Style

Consumers have been growing more cautious on the housing market, despite high auction clearance rates in Melbourne and ...

Consumer caution may dampen property party

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

There is a reason why airlines do the safety demonstration while the plane is still on the ground.

Exits and oxygen masks: create your emergency financial plan

Melissa Browne

Rob Caslick is the ultimate social entrepreneur.

Think you're busy? Meet Rob Caslick

Alexandra Cain

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

Could this scheme really replace penalty rates?

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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