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Woolworths has dumped SPC Ardmona as its tinned tomato supplier.

Woolworth dumps Australia's best known tinned tomatoes

RETAIL
Catie Low

Here's how Wall Street strategists predict the markets will react in the event that Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton wins ...

Your cheat sheet for how markets will react to the US election

MARKETS

Jordan A. Thomas believes Australia should "honour the sacrifice and courage that whistleblowers show by speaking up".

Time for laws to protect whistleblowers in Australia: US lawyer

BANKING AND FINANCE
Sarah Danckert

Banks weighed on the market ahead of the US election.

Miners push ASX into the black

MARKETS
Jessica Sier

The Aussie dollar has been boosted by the prospect of a Clinton victory and surging commodity prices.

Aussie dollar rally hits same speed bump

CURRENCIES
Jens Meyer

LeEco CEO Jia Yueting speaks at an event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. Most U.S. consumers haven?t heard ...

Chairman cuts salary to 19¢ amid cash crunch

WORLD BUSINESS

adobe

Adobe to begin charging Australian customers GST

TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Tim Biggs

Market Indices

Updated: November 8, 2016 - 4:35PM

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Updated: November 8, 2016 - 9:11PM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7710

Percentage up/down

-0.21% fall
Euro

Price

0.6978

Percentage up/down

-0.31% fall
British Pound

Price

0.6206

Percentage up/down

-0.43% fall

Updated: November 8, 2016 - 8:54PM

Hundreds of chicks wait for food at poultry farm in Malacca, outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, ...

Bush hatches a successful IPO for Ingham's chicken

Colin Kruger, CBD

There is now a risk to the size of future dividends even if the banks retain their current profit levels. ...

How to push up a share price – the dividend bribe

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Malcolm Turnbull has no serious plan for budget repair.

How to fix the budget without really trying

Ross Gittins

Global sharemarkets rallied as Northern Hemisphere investors caught up with the latest FBI intervention putting Hillary ...

Markets Live: Clinton rally fades

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

The rally in coking coal has roots in fundamentals, with a surge in demand met by supply issues.

Garlic pricier than pork in China's futures frenzy

Vanessa Desloires

Incitec Pivot expects recent rainfall to lift fertiliser demand

Incitec Pivot to cut debt as Louisiana ramps up

Brian Robins

Spanish-controlled CIMIC is offering $3.15 cash a share for UGL.

UGL shares remain out of CIMIC's reach

Brian Robins

8@eight: The market punts on a Clinton victory

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Wall Street bonus outlook improves

Dakin Campbell

Wall St soars as investors see higher chance of Clinton win

Noel Randewich

$48b bonanza: Good day to be a billionaire

BA said growth in its income had slowed "slightly" compared with the previous financial year.

Commonwealth Bank first quarter profits flat at $2.4b

Clancy Yeates

Wealth management products and services such as financial planning, superannuation and life insurance have been an ...

Major banks to continue shedding wealth divisions: KPMG

Georgia Wilkins

Incentive pay for fixed-income sales and trading personnel may fall as much as 10 per cent and may even hold steady ...

Wall Street bonus outlook improves

Dakin Campbell

HSBC posted an 86 per cent plunge in reported pretax profit to $US843 million for the third quarter ended on September ...

HSBC sees 'challenging' year ahead

ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott has fixed pay that is about 40 per cent less than his predecessor, Mike Smith.

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

Clancy Yeates

The truck driver made a string of anti-Muslim comments.

Anti-Muslim remarks 'less serious' if not directed at particular person

Nick Toscano

In the past year Caltex has terminated five franchisees who operated 13 sites.

'I've employed a lot of those exploited people'

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Women represent less than 10 per cent of Senior Counsel members of the bar.

Big corporates promise to give more work to female barristers

Anna Patty

Donald Trump has tapped into a roiling mood across the US with his mantra: "We don't win any more."

Bear ballot: Investors sweat on Trump victory

ANALYSIS
Vanessa Desloires

Recent cold, wet weather has challenged clothing retailers.

Discount department stores face testing times

ANALYSIS
Catie Low

Appco chief executive Martin Gaffney has defended his company.

Just one charity severs ties with Appco after bullying claims

Mario Christodoulou

Would you rather work, or have a retail therapy day?

The things we should really haggle over

Esther Han
1 hr ago

As Aldi expands in Australia, it is increasing its range of branded products.

Aldi like that? Discounter cheaper for brands

Madeleine Heffernan

The $417.6 million profit was below analyst forecasts.

Medibank tries to save itself amid more embarrassing numbers

Esther Han

Woolworths has dumped SPC Ardmona as its tinned tomato supplier.

Woolworth dumps Australia's best known tinned tomatoes

Catie Low

The Farmers Federation is urging Woolworths to stay true to its agreement with SPC Ardmona.

Farmers urge Woolies to stay true blue on canned fruit

Catie Low

The health of franchisees remains under scrutiny.

Domino's has rivals licked

Sue Mitchell

As Aldi expands in Australia, it is increasing its range of branded products.

Aldi like that? Discounter cheaper for brands

Madeleine Heffernan

7-Eleven has been under pressure for more than a year.

7-Eleven sprung shortchanging some workers

Adele Ferguson

Illustration: Simon Letch

An economy without growth is far from our biggest worry

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Institutional investors, including Australia's big super funds, are taking a more 'hands on' approach to litigation.

Super funds eye class actions amid concerns over corporate behaviour

Georgia Wilkins

The mid-year economic and fiscal outlook could be a catalyst for Australia to lose its AAA rating, according to the ...

Australia may lose AAA rating next month

Narayanan Somasundaram and Ruth Liew

The ATO has been cutting deals

ATO settlements with big companies dive

EXCLUSIVE
Nassim Khadem

Incitec Pivot expects recent rainfall to lift fertiliser demand

Incitec Pivot to cut debt as Louisiana ramps up

Brian Robins

"We as OPEC remain committed to the Algiers accord," Barkindo said. "I have heard from the highest quarters in Moscow ...

Russia ready to limit output

Coking coal futures soared 10 per cent and coke jumped 7 per cent - both hitting their upside limit - while steel rose 6 ...

Coking coal surges by 10pc limit

Part of the deal will see new Spotlight and Anaconda stores opening in existing Masters buildings once they have been ...

Rich-listers snare prime Masters sites for homemaker centres

Simon Johanson

Starbucks is among retailers who'll be forced out of their prime, high-trading Swanston Street stores to make way for ...

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

Simon Johanson

Rosebery Properties and Filetron, a private family company in Sydney, is selling three separate lots of land with a ...

Rosebery development site has $100m price tag

Carolyn Cummins

LeEco CEO Jia Yueting speaks at an event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. Most U.S. consumers haven?t heard ...

'We blindly sped ahead': Chairman cuts salary to 19¢ amid cash crunch

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, ranked No.3 in the world on Friday with $US65.7 billion, led the surge with a $US2.7 ...

$48b bonanza: Good day to be a billionaire

Israel's former national security adviser Yaakov Amidror.

Former adviser to Israeli PM optimistic ahead of US election

Nassim Khadem

Suvretta House, in St. Mortiz, Switzerland.

Escape the Australian summer at these ice cool new ski resorts

Luxury Lifestyle

Are you a bowl grabber, checklist drinker, pinkie lifter or terroir-ist?

Pass the wine test: Do you know these 48 terms?

Fine Drinks

The Reserve Bank says new apartment construction is changing the balance of rental supply and demand.

Why it's time to ask for a rent reduction

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

The only reason to have a self-managed super fund is if you want to pull the strings.

How to know if DIY super is right for you

Marcus Padley

Business owners need to know when the home office is a tax write off.

Can you write your home office off on tax?

Max Newnham

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 25: Cofounder, Scholly Christopher Gray attends the opening bell during Forbes "30 Under 30" ...

How to be a successful student entrepreneur

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