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Gerry Harvey gave an emphatic rebuttal of allegations the retailer is not paying its fair share of taxes and is hiding ...

'Piss off!' Gerry Harvey's message for short sellers

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD
22 mins ago

Investors need a break after last week's wild swings.

Markets Live: No relief for gold miners

Live
Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn's pay lifted after the bank sold poorly performing assets.

NAB chief's pay rises to $6.7m

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates

Jeff Bezos is one of the world's richest people. His Amazon empire is about to take on Australian supermarkets

Amazon to open small stores, online supermarket in Australia

RETAIL
Madeleine Heffernan

Crown's casino resort in Melbourne. Crown staff have been accused of 'gambling-related crimes' in China.

China releases one of detained Crown casino staff

BUSINESS
Philip Wen

China's Singles Day online shopping festival just past midnight with a screen showing the transaction volume in Shenzhen ...

Aldi to sell Australian products to China

RETAIL
Madeleine Heffernan

Amnesty International and Wesley Mission have been dragged into a fundraising scandal

Amnesty, Wesley Mission caught up in fundraising scam

NATIONAL
Mario Christodoulou

Market Indices

Updated: November 14, 2016 - 3:22PM

Updated: November 14, 2016 - 3:07PM

Updated: November 12, 2016 - 9:15AM

Updated: November 12, 2016 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7554

Percentage up/down

0.03% rise
Euro

Price

0.6995

Percentage up/down

0.85% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6013

Percentage up/down

0.62% rise

Updated: November 14, 2016 - 2:52PM

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

Phony Tough or Crazy Brave: it won't be Trump who runs the USA

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

The unexpected Trump victory has turned the expectations for commodities prices upside-down.

America's gift to the Australian economy: Donald Trump

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

There is a common fear that Trump could start a trade war with China that would cause a global recession.

Is Donald Trump going to burst Australia's housing bubble?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Indonesia's rupiah, South Korea's won and the Singapore dollar are among those hit by Trump trade war fears.

Trump trounces EM currencies

Vanessa Desloires
8 mins ago

Spot iron ore with 62 per cent content is fetching $US79.81 a tonne.

Iron ore surges, but producers wary

Jessica Sier
1 hr ago

Printing US dollar banknotes - Stock image
Currency, Printing Press, Printing Out, US Paper Currency, Printout

Can the world afford a Trump-fuelled dollar?

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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

8@eight: Time for a welcome breather

Sponsored
Chris Weston

ASX set for calm start as investors eye Trump

Vesna Poljak

Reagan guru says Trump will usher in new boom era

Szu Ping Chan

Iron ore's party may be about to end

Jasmine Ng

How Trump charmed the market

Jeff Sommer

A long-running upgrade of NAB's technology system has been rolled out to all its branches.

NAB eyes home loan bounce on new tech system

Clancy Yeates

Dr Arthur Laffer reckons US President-elect Trump's plan to slash corporate taxes will be implemented

Reagan guru says Trump will usher in new boom era

Szu Ping Chan

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

Are our banks making enough money?

Clancy Yeates

The opposition's financial services spokeswoman Katy Gallagher said the number of internal investigations at CBA was ...

Banks reveal internal investigations of staff

Georgia Wilkins

An ASIC staffer has been charged with money laundering offences.

ASIC employee faces money laundering charges

Sarah Danckert

Station Street in Box Hill Victoria. The ATO has been carrying out its cash economy campaigns in the local area full of ...

Illegal 'cash-in-hand' payments on the rise

Nassim Khadem

Sam Ismaili, a cleaner for more than four decades, has never had long-service leave.

Business criticises Labor's portable long-service leave plan

Nick Toscano

Alison Hill is a psychologist and co-founder of Pragmatic Thinking.

How to have the tough conversations at work

Alison Hill

Markets have embraced Donald Trump's fiscal stimulus plans, but will the markets really benefit?

For better or worse: Six industries Trump could sink or swim

ANALYSIS
Vanessa Desloires

Black Milk's founder and designer James Lillis wants to keep on trending.

Geek-chic: How Black Milk became a global phenomenon

Rachel Clun

CIMIC executive chairman Marcelino Fernandez Verdes.

ASIC launches CIMIC bribery probe

EXCLUSIVE
Nick McKenzie

A Perth doctor has been found guilty of misconduct against his patient.

Why we're planning to ditch private health insurance in droves

Lucy Cormack
1 hr ago

Toyota settles US class action

Toyota to settle U.S. truck rust lawsuit for up to $US3.4 billion

Trump bragged this week that there's "nothing like" using other people's money. "It's called OPM. I do it all the time ...

Sales of Trump's books soar following his US presidential election win

Esther Han

Jeff Bezos is one of the world's richest people. His Amazon empire is about to take on Australian supermarkets

Amazon to open small stores, online supermarket in Australia

Madeleine Heffernan

China's Singles Day online shopping festival just past midnight with a screen showing the transaction volume in Shenzhen ...

Aldi to sell Australian products to China

Madeleine Heffernan

Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey has invested almost $62 million in a secret start up over the past two years.

Harvey Norman's secret $62 million start-up

Catie Low

Black Milk's founder and designer James Lillis wants to keep on trending.

Geek-chic: How Black Milk became a global phenomenon

Rachel Clun

Big box discounter Kaufland is eyeing Australia.

Aldi's arch rival eyes Australia

Madeleine Heffernan

An anti-TPP protest last year in Atlanta, Georgia

Trans-Pacific Partnership dead, before Trump even takes office

Peter Martin

Dr Arthur Laffer reckons US President-elect Trump's plan to slash corporate taxes will be implemented

Reagan guru says Trump will usher in new boom era

Szu Ping Chan

Station Street in Box Hill Victoria. The ATO has been carrying out its cash economy campaigns in the local area full of ...

Illegal 'cash-in-hand' payments on the rise

Nassim Khadem

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft: "When you're in government you have to look at the unintended consequences."

Regulators warn on volatility, deregulation under Trump

Sarah Danckert

Former Linc chief executive Peter Bond was last week summonsed on two charges of failing to ensure the company complied ...

Former Linc Energy executives face charges

1 hr ago

Developed countries must shutter coal-fired power stations to tackle global warming

Rich countries told to shut coal plants by 2030 to save climate

Jessica Shankleman

Iron ore prices have rallied to the highest in two years, boosting the shares of mining companies.

Iron ore's party may be about to end

Jasmine Ng

Scott MacDonald has written a book, Saving Investa, detailing the saga.

Saving Investa was one tough battle, says 'Mr Fixit'

Carolyn Cummins

Trevor Hardie has joined Intergen Property Group to establish a $200 million fund for wholesale clients. From left, ...

Intergen Property Group launches into funds management

Carolyn Cummins

The retail component of 6 Bridge Street, home to Bouche on Bridge restaurant, is for sale.

Bouche sharpens Sydney’s appetite for retail assets

Carolyn Cummins

US President-elect Donald Trump.

How Trump charmed the market

Jeff Sommer

Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

Trump, the conflicts-of-interest president

ANALYSIS
Timothy L. O'Brien

Losing streak: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

Trump just made Buffett the world's second-richest man again

Devon Pendleton and Jack Witzig

The iconic Eames chair and ottoman turns 60 this year.

Man cave must: The chair every good bachelor pad needs

Property

A few extra hours sleep is so powerful that it could actually translate into thousands of dollars in wages.

The surprisingly powerful effect of sleeping more

Self

As the world waits to see the new face of America, so far so good for Australian investors.

What the new world order means for your hip pocket

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Ride the Trump rollercoaster of money and emotions

Karen Lawson, CEO of corporate start-up accelerator Slingshot.

Why are so many start-ups failing?

Adam Courtenay

The waterproof-backed Sandusa beach towel gets a workout.

'Summerpreneurs' cash in on bright spot in calendar

Christine D'Mello

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