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Home loans that follow a benchmark interest rate are common in some countries, but not Australia.

Why 'tracker' home loans shouldn't be put on the scrapheap

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

HBO is responsible for blockbuster shows such as Game of Thrones, Westworld and The Sopranos.

Content is king for the future of media and telcos, say media bosses

MEDIA & MARKETING
Max Mason

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

IOOF chair hooks up the caravan for new adventures

CBD
Carolyn Cummins
1 hr ago

The glass and concrete tower at 114 William Street, Melbourne, sold for $161.5 million.

$36.5m in one year: Singaporeans win in local commercial property deal

PROPERTY
Simon Johanson
53 mins ago

No cattle were exported to Indonesia in September.

Crean to hold talks in Jakarta amid cattle breeding rule debate

WORLD BUSINESS
Jewel Topsfield

The banking regulator is keeping a close eye on mortgage lending standards.

APRA locks in tougher mortgage rules to ensure prudence of banks

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates

Google has long held that its ad data would be kept separate from user's personal data, but that changed this year.

Google drops ban on personally identifiable web tracking

CONSUMER SECURITY
Julia Angwin

Market Indices

Updated: October 24, 2016 - 1:39PM

Updated: October 24, 2016 - 4:09PM

Updated: October 24, 2016 - 9:55PM

Updated: October 24, 2016 - 9:55PM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7625

Percentage up/down

0.26% rise
Euro

Price

0.7001

Percentage up/down

0.30% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6234

Percentage up/down

0.42% rise

Updated: October 24, 2016 - 9:40PM

Home loans that follow a benchmark interest rate are common in some countries, but not Australia.

Why 'tracker' home loans shouldn't be put on the scrapheap

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

IOOF chair hooks up the caravan for new adventures

CBD
Carolyn Cummins
1 hr ago

Two charity fundraising entities have already been pinged by FWO. Illustration: Kerrie Leishman

Lawsuit throws spotlight on charity fundraising

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

It was a rough start to the week for sharemarket investors.

ASX slides as CC-Amatil shares fizzle

Jessica Sier

A weak lead from Wall St has set up an uncertain start on the local exchange.

Markets Live: ASX struggles amid broad selling

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Coca-Cola is battling to remain relevant as health consciousness increasingly drives decisions about food and drink.

Coca-Cola Amatil shares dive on growth fears

Brian Robins

For the Kuka deal, Midea pledged to maintain existing plants and jobs until at least 2023.

How China's dealmakers pulled off a $270b global spree

Bond yield surge 'serious' for shares

Vanessa Desloires

8@eight: Soggy start to a huge week for markets

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Key week ahead for rates and dividends

Patrick Commins

Key CPI data looms ahead of 'inflection point'

Patrick Commins

Shipping containers aren't the only solution.

Commbank's cotton bale experiment could change trade forever

Emily Cadman

China Oceanwide is set to become the biggest shareholder in Australia's largest mortgage insurer under a proposed ...

Chinese group to take majority stake in Aussie mortgage insurer

Clancy Yeates

NAB is forecast to deliver earnings of almost $6.4 billion on Thursday.

NAB first to report as big four on track to make $30b

Clancy Yeates

Two charity fundraising entities have already been pinged by FWO. Illustration: Kerrie Leishman

Lawsuit throws spotlight on charity fundraising

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Investors redeemed $US51.5 billion in the first nine months of the year, even as industry assets rose to a record ...

Hedge funds shed $37b in quarter

Saijel Kishan and Simone Foxman

"Our data strongly suggests that tech skills will continue to be most in demand," says Cliff Rosenberg, the Australian ...

The 10 most sought-after job skills in Australia

Chris Pash

Judge Smith found Ms Hu lacked remorse and deterrence was needed.

Young Asians targeted because they're 'younger, cheaper and faster'

Anna Patty

Sydney public servant Amelia Rogers is constantly stressed about the family finances.

One in four Australian workers feel financially stressed

Anna Patty

Portrait for case study looking into the exploitation of young workers by companies fundraising for charities. Pictured, ...

Former 'chuggers' join class action against Appco

INVESTIGATION
Adele Ferguson, Mario Christodoulou, Ruth Williams

James Packer.

All bets are off: James Packer's exploding China punt

Philip Wen

A Lamborghini Aventador was the prize purchase of a Melbourne man who gambled with his Chinese friend suspected of money ...

Casino whales, junkets and a Lamborghini

Sarah Danckert

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman says consumers complain most about slow data speeds, unusable services and ...

The chart that shows how bad our broadband is

Esther Han

Is there anything more frustrating than waiting for the internet to load?

'Six cans a day': The HSC students hooked on energy drinks

Lucy Cormack

Coca-Cola Amatil sells soft drinks Coke, Lift and Fanta, as well as water, iced tea, juice, energy drinks and sports ...

Coca-Cola Amatil's plan lacks fizz

Madeleine Heffernan

John Skippen steps down from Super Retail Group

John Skippen steps down from Super Retail Group

Jonathan Shapiro

Coca-Cola Amatil sells soft drinks Coke, Lift and Fanta, as well as water, iced tea, juice, energy drinks and sports ...

Coca-Cola Amatil's plan lacks fizz

Madeleine Heffernan

The big question for investors is whether Woolworths boss Brad Banducci's turnaround strategy is finally winning back ...

Supermarket sales lift lid on competition to be Australia's most successful supermarket

Catie Low

Halloween celebrations: Jason Brivik comes to grips with the Circus of Screams at Luna Park.

Retailers cash in on Halloween bounty

Catie Low

Analysts were underwhelmed by Coca-Cola Amatil's investor briefing on Friday, their subsequent reports sending shares in ...

Coke hopes ginger can restore its fizz

The majority of Australians think we are not doing enough to meet infrastructure needs

Australians among the 'least open' to foreigners owning new infrastructure

EXCLUSIVE
Matt Wade

John Fraser has tossed aside the so-called wellbeing framework.

Stress matters, but our leaders no longer care

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Treasurer Scott Morrison in August blocked an offer from China's State Grid on national security grounds.

Australia discovers the cost of blocking China in Ausgrid sale

Perry Williams and Brett Foley

We can learn from the magpies.

The way of the magpie: Know your enemy, don't fight them

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Coal

Mining companies 'abrogate' responsibility to towns: Minister

Cameron Atfield

The challenge is that Vale's mines are more than 13,000km farther from China than Rio and BHP. So shipments are more ...

Vale bets big on cost cuts

R.T. Watson and David Stringer

Goldman's analysis revealed that the SGX has more pricing power than the DCE, with daily changes in Singapore ...

SGX's iron ore contract holds sway

Jasmine Ng

Clovelly Hotel is said to be one of the best pubs located in Eastern Suburbs

Clovelly Hotel on sale in time for summer

Carolyn Cummins

Ramsay's new pharmacy will open early next year in the Southern Cross office block.

Ramsay secures space for CBD push

Simon Johanson

Hoteliers are rejecting the recommendations of a NSW Legislative Assembly committee inquiry into short-term letting.

Hotel groups determined to fight short-term letting changes

Carol Giuseppi

No cattle were exported to Indonesia in September.

Crean to hold talks in Jakarta amid cattle breeding rule debate

Jewel Topsfield

For the Kuka deal, Midea pledged to maintain existing plants and jobs until at least 2023.

How China's dealmakers pulled off a $270b global spree

Media firms face pressure to access distribution as more younger viewers cut their cable cords and watch their favourite ...

Changing TV habits behind media mega-deal

These women's perfumes actually smell better on men.

11 fragrances for men that they've probably never worn before

Grooming

Rose gold Cobalt Valkyrie-X plane.

All I want for Christmas is a $2 million rose gold private jet

Luxury

It helps to cut up old credit cards when trying to climb out of debt.

Nicole helps… beat a $20,000 credit card debt

You don't have to be pulled into full-scale financial planning.

The trick to seeing a financial adviser

Irene Falcone of Nourished Life beauty products.

From $100 and a blog to $8 million annual revenue

Christine D'Mello

Alan Jones is a start-up evangelist at BlueChilli Group.

What is the most livable city for start-ups?

Alana Christensen