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Rebecca Maddern was a hit with Footy Show viewers in her first appearance on the program.

Nine promises more local TV shows to boost ratings and profit

MEDIA & MARKETING
Lucy Battersby
51 mins ago

The sheer quantity of data being created every day is staggering.

Big data revolution comes at a huge cost

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Investors keep selling bonds and the US dollar keeps going up.

Markets Live: Bond proxies lead sell-off

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
33 mins ago

Most firms said that while special counsel prepared staff for partnership, the role was not assured.

29 questions to ask at the end of a job interview

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
1 hr ago

Despite slow improvements in gender diversity, boardrooms remain overwhelmingly the domain of older men.

Why it pays to be a man in your 70s in Australia

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Georgia Wilkins

Olympic water polo player turned business entrepreneur Tyler Martin.

The athletes turning their competitive edge to business

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Kim Arlington

In the money: Goodman Group CEO Greg Goodman.

For $22 million, Goodman boss must be better than good

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Market Indices

Updated: November 15, 2016 - 12:38PM

Updated: November 15, 2016 - 12:23PM

Updated: November 15, 2016 - 9:15AM

Updated: November 15, 2016 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7571

Percentage up/down

0.15% rise
Euro

Price

0.7032

Percentage up/down

-0.07% fall
British Pound

Price

0.6056

Percentage up/down

0.15% rise

Updated: November 15, 2016 - 12:09PM

The sheer quantity of data being created every day is staggering.

Big data revolution comes at a huge cost

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

In the money: Goodman Group CEO Greg Goodman.

For $22 million, Goodman boss must be better than good

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

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

'Piss off!' Harvey's message for short seller

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Sure, volatility will rise higher. What nobody can understand is why it isn't higher already.

Wild ride in markets is only beginning

Vesna Poljak
1 hr ago

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

8@eight: Is it time to do the opposite of what feels right?

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Oil falls to three-month low on Iran output boost, dollar surge

Oil falls to three-month low on Iran output boost, dollar surge

Mark Shenk and Grant Smith

The ASX's 'Donald Trump rally' hit the skids on Monday.

ASX slips as gold stocks savaged

Vanessa Desloires

Trump trounces EM currencies

Vanessa Desloires

Markets Live: No relief for gold miners

Live
Jens Meyer

Iron ore surges, but producers wary

Jessica Sier

Can the world afford a Trump-fuelled dollar?

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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

NAB chief's pay rises to $6.7m

Clancy Yeates

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

Olympic water polo player turned business entrepreneur Tyler Martin.

The athletes turning their competitive edge to business

Kim Arlington

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

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

Expensive yes, doubled? No.

The one person who could have stopped F6 bungle made redundant

Esther Han
1 hr ago

Jerry Seinfeld is performing in Australia next year.

From $100 to $500 in hours: fan fury over Seinfeld tickets

Lucy Cormack

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

American Apparel ad.

American Apparel files for bankruptcy again, with sale plan

Steven Church and Tiffany Kary

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 14: Gerry Harvey poses for a photograph after their AGM at the Tattersalls club in the city ...

Gerry Harvey blames short sellers for franchise brawl

Colin Kruger

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

or the 19 weeks to November 6, David Jones sales increased 2.2 per cent.

David Jones owner downbeat on Australian economy

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

Sitting at your desk from nine to five without exercise could raise the risk of early death by more than half.

Why some jobs are more satisfying than others

COMMENT
Ross Gittins
45 mins ago

Despite slow improvements in gender diversity, boardrooms remain overwhelmingly the domain of older men.

Why it pays to be a man in your 70s in Australia

Georgia Wilkins

or the 19 weeks to November 6, David Jones sales increased 2.2 per cent.

David Jones owner downbeat on Australian economy

Madeleine Heffernan

An anti-TPP protest last year in Atlanta, Georgia

Trans-Pacific Partnership dead, before Trump even takes office

Peter Martin

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

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

A mugshot of Australian Kirsten Wallace following her arrest in US on significant fraud matters.

Australian charged over $233 million insurance fraud

Dan Proudman

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

Stainless steel Patek Philippe 1518 is now the world’s most expensive wristwatch.

The most expensive watch of all time has sold for a staggering sum

Watches
18 mins ago

Mad Men's Don Draper found peace when he started meditating.

Zen and the city: How CEOs are staying calm under pressure

Personal Development

Millennials will have a healthy superannuation balance by the time they retire.

Some rare good financial news for younger people

Jim Collins wrote about the hedgehog concept in his book, Good to Great.

The big mistake many female entrepreneurs are making

Working for her husband's business is the subject of harassment for this letter writer.

Help, will the ATO catch my husband out?

Max Newnham

Asian markets for apps are not playing by Silicon Valley rules.

This proves messaging apps can make money

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