Fast-food giants flee Swanston Street ahead of Metro Rail project

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Fast food chains McDonald's, Hungry Jacks, KFC and Starbucks and banking giant CBA will be forced out of their prime, high-trading Swanston Street stores to make way for the government's $10.9 billion Melbourne Metro Rail project.

Pacific Current investors want to bench AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick

• 39 mins ago

AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick was smacked with a record protest vote by Pacific Current investors. Now they want to bench him.

REA listings hit by property market stagnation

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Listed property site REA Group has increased earnings in the first quarter of the financial year, despite a drop in the number of properties for sale, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne. 

An economy without growth is far from our biggest worry

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If you think the possible ascension of Donald Trump is our one big worry you haven't been paying attention. Some climate scientists are worried sick over the possibility that climate change may be passing the point of no return while we procrastinate over trying to control it.

Rip-off kings: Payday loan gravy train rolls on

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You know the hordes complaining about credit card interest rates of 22 or 23 per cent? They don't know what high interest rates are.

How will the next US President handle China?

The next US president will need to deal with rising superpower China on a range of hardball issues from cyber security to the South China Sea.

Volkswagen chairman probed over emissions scandal

VW says German prosecutors have widened an inquiry into suspected market manipulation to include the carmaker's supervisory board Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch.

US stocks rally on expected Clinton win

Stocks surged more than two percent after the FBI said it would not press charges against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who is leading Donald Trump in at least five polls.

Aussie dollar cracks US77¢ ceiling

The dollar jumps - and stays - above a key level it's been stuck at over the past months, setting itself up for a possible new 2016 high.

Rich-listers snare prime Masters sites for homemaker centres

Two BRW rich-listers behind the Masters property buyout have secured exclusive rights to the defunct hardware chain's development sites and plan to begin building homemaker centres on them next May.

Cash and Lloyd needed a win, they copped a belting

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Government now battling to remain in control of public service workplace wars.

Are you just too lazy to save money?

Australians are self-confessed penny pinchers, with research identifying three-quarters of Australians as tightwads who limit their spending and hunt for the best deals.  

Commonwealth Bank first quarter profits flat at $2.4b

CBA notched up a $2.4 billion profit in its first quarter, unchanged from a year earlier, as higher funding costs and falling interest rates weighed on profit margins.

Why it's time to ask for a rent reduction

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Rents are still at historic highs, but the heat is out of the market.

8@eight: The market punts on a Clinton victory

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The local share market is set to rise amid a global equities rally on bets Hillary Clinton will win the US presidential election.

Wall Street bonus outlook improves

For Wall Street's bond traders and investment bankers, prospects for year-end bonuses are improving.

Wall St soars as investors see higher chance of Clinton win

Shares on Wall Street rallied as Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton's prospects brightened.

$48b bonanza: Good day to be a billionaire

The world's wealthiest people became $48 billion richer as stock markets rallied overnight.

HSBC sees 'challenging' year ahead

HSBC, which posted a 86pc pretax profit drop, warned of a dim outlook for its British business.

Russia ready to limit output

Russia is "on board" with a plan to limit crude oil production, OPEC's Mohammed Barkindo says.

Hedge Trump, dump the krona

Betting against Sweden's krona is the best way for European traders to protect against Donald Trump.

Coking coal surges by 10pc limit

​The price of coking coal and coke, the raw materials used to make steel, surged amid tight supply.

Wall St snaps nine-day slump

The S&P; 500 is on track for the strongest rally in four months on bets Hillary Clinton would win.

NBN helping telcos with marketing costs

NBN Co is matching telcos' marketing dollars in a bid to increase broadband take up and get more Australians using faster speeds. 

Media industry disappointed Labor, Greens still oppose media reform

The government's media reforms still does not have Labor and Greens Senators' support despite the industry completing another round of consultation and inquiry.

Rosebery development site has $100m price tag

The privately-owned Rosebery Properties and Filetron, a company run by Ben Cottle, is selling three separate lots of land with a value of more than $100 million in Rosebery – an area undergoing rapid transformation from industrial to residential.

Bush hatches a successful IPO for Ingham's chicken

Former burger flipper Peter "Maccas" Bush knows how to deliver on the fast food front, so it should be no surprise that the revised IPO of the Ingham chicken processing business was not the disaster everyone had been predicting.

Domino's has rivals licked

Domino's affirms its forecast for 30 per cent net profit growth even though new menus and ordering options helped fuel record sales growth in Australia in the first few months of 2017.

Pay pool for top ANZ Bank executives shrinks by $10 million

ANZ Bank says it is spending about $10 million a year less on its most senior executives, after recent senior appointments have been signed up on less generous packages than predecessors.