Companies

NAB lifts earnings to $6.48 billion

NAB has held its final dividend unchanged at 99 cents after lifting full-year cash earnings 4.2 per cent to $6.48 billion.

Big bonus for Dreamworld boss?

Liz Burke EXECUTIVES from Dreamworld’s parent company will meet to decide their bonuses. Its CEO could pocket a huge figure.

Toyota recalls 179,000 cars over airbag

Joshua Dowling TOYOTA has overtaken Honda in Australia as the motor car brand with the most number of potentially deadly Takata airbags.

Target boss: ‘I don’t have a plan B’

Frank Chung TARGET’S turnaround is looking more distant after disastrous sales figures released today. But the boss has made a worrying admission.

‘Brand Australia’ to woo Chinese

WHEN it comes to wooing Chinese shoppers with Australian brands the kangaroo is out — but clean, green and safe is in.

‘We’ll be drinking New Zealand milk’

Maria Bervanakis and AAP A FARMERS’ representative has warned that Aussies will be drinking mainly imported milk within two years if dairy farmers are not paid a fair price for their produce.

Coles sales growth slowing

Frank Chung INCREASED competition and changing market conditions put a handbrake on Coles sales growth in the first quarter of the year.

Hoax rape victim was ‘naive’

Jackson Landers and Danika Fears A FORMER university student who claimed she was gang raped in a since-discredited Rolling Stone article said she was “naive” and “pressured” into it.

Families to suffer under new tax hike

Staff writer and AAP TOURISM chiefs say families will bear the brunt of the Turnbull Government’s plan to lift the nation’s departure tax by $5 per person to $60 as the backpacker tax comes under scrutiny.

Woolies to have a good week?

ANALYSTS are expecting Woolworths’ first quarter sales to show signs the business is turning around when it posts results this week.

Who is behind Dreamworld?

Dana McCauley DREAMWORLD is one of the nation’s most popular theme parks, attracting 2.4 million visitors a year. Now its parent company is in crisis.

Woolies’ new ‘phantom’ tactic

Benedict Brook WOOLWORTHS has launched a new range of products to win back customers. But all is not what it seems.

Why we should smile at Chinese tourists

Charis Chang THERE’S been a massive boom in Chinese tourists travelling to Australia, it’s just one of the ways we are benefiting from China’s rise.

Gumtree slammed for Nazi trade

Frank Chung GUMTREE has been slammed for selling Nazi memorabilia including Hitler Youth badges, swastikas and swords, with some fetching up to $2000.

Transgender teen’s ‘female ID’ rejected

Amanda Devlin A TRANSGENDER teen was refused service trying to buy tobacco with his “female ID”. The supermarket said he “appeared different” to his photo.

Bank cuts off widow in bizarre act

Frank Chung AFTER Deb Hallyburton left her husband’s funeral, she found herself locked out of their accounts because of a rogue employee.

Airbnb facing its biggest test yet

AIRBNB, the online lodging service now worth $39 billion, is facing legal challenges that could drastically reduce listings in some of its biggest markets.

Simple idea turns into $20m business

Debbie Schipp ALL you need is one brilliant business idea. Dannielle Michaels’ light bulb moment came as she changed a nappy on a flight to New Zealand.

Should bosses pay for work drinks?

Dana McCauley STINGY bean counters are putting end-of-year shenanigans at risk by refusing to fork out for work drinks. But experts say it could be their loss.

Telstra outages: CEO’s lesson learnt

Rod Chester AFTER Telstra’s tough year of network meltdowns, CEO Andy Penn said the pain of dealing with a string of failures has taught him a key lesson.