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Tradies are under watch.

Next stop on the ATO's cash economy hit list: tradies

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Nassim Khadem
31 mins ago

Shares are set to follow Wall St higher.

Markets Live: Myer short squeeze

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
28 mins ago

Outspoken founder Ruslan Kogan started the company in his parent's garage in Melbourne in 2006.

Christmas comes early for Kogan

RETAIL
Madeleine Heffernan
32 mins ago

Myer CEO Richard Umbers (right) with Warringah store manager Alexis Pead (left) and Myer ambassador Jennifer Hawkins.

Myer says it has 'right strategy' as quarterly sales rise again

RETAIL
Madeleine Heffernan

If Snap can pull it off, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy would become the youngest people on the Bloomberg ...

Snap IPO to test unicorn founder fortunes worth $42b

WORLD BUSINESS

Campos coffee

'People were crossing state lines': Cult Australian coffee takes leap to US

TRENDS
Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey is under pressure to provide more detail on the financial performance of the retail ...

Corporate watchdog seeks answers to Harvey Norman

RETAIL
Catie Low

Market Indices

Updated: November 18, 2016 - 1:11PM

Updated: November 18, 2016 - 12:56PM

Updated: November 18, 2016 - 9:15AM

Updated: November 18, 2016 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7392

Percentage up/down

-0.19% fall
Euro

Price

0.6982

Percentage up/down

0.11% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5970

Percentage up/down

0.02% rise

Updated: November 18, 2016 - 12:41PM

Older Australians make a largely unrecognised, yet highly productive, contribution.

Huge mistake not to embrace wisdom of older people

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Donald Trump clearly had absolutely no idea about government debt during his campaign.

Would you trust Trump with $26.6 trillion?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Gender discrimination in the workplace is entrenched, pervasive and very difficult to break down.

Having more women in senior management is a no-brainer

Sponsored
Alex Grayson

MHOR's James Spenceley tips Amaysim as an NBN winner.

Two stocks tipped to win from NBN

Vesna Poljak
21 mins ago

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

8@eight: Yellen sends markets moving with rate talk

Sponsored
Gary Burton

Janet Yellen said the US central bank was close to lifting interest rates as the economy continued to strengthen.

US stocks, dollar gain after Yellen rate comments

Kerr Neilson's Platinum Asset Management is weighing up whether China is a buying opportunity.

China 'absolutely smashes America'

Vesna Poljak

Telstra leads ASX higher as Trump trade deflates

Jens Meyer

'Inflation trade' set to extend well into 2017

Jessica Sier

Markets Live: Telstra leads ASX rebound

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

$A falls below US75¢ as greenback extends gains

Jessica Sier

HSBC is eyeing off the growing number of multimillionaires in Australia.

HSBC targets Asia-linked rich with private bank push

Clancy Yeates

Sydney accountant and company director Vanda Gould will have to pay millions to the ATO.

'Blatant tax evasion': High Court in major ruling

Nassim Khadem

A family member was able to make 59 trades on behalf of the deceased client.

Trading from the grave: CommSec fined $200,000

Clancy Yeates

NAB denies allegations from ASIC that it rigged the key inter-bank lending rate in Australia.

NAB lashes out at ASIC over rate rigging allegations

Sarah Danckert

Several smaller lenders have raised fixed interest rates in recent weeks as bond yields have risen.

Trump victory tipped to push up fixed-rate loans

Clancy Yeates

The strength of the labour market is likely overstated say economists.

Job surge tempered by lack of full time work

Jens Meyer

US President-elect Donald Trump.

There is a way to stamp out sexist culture

COMMENT
Nassim Khadem

National Union of Workers execute a court-ordered raid at Lamattina farms on the Mornington Peninsula.

Another fruit supplier caught allegedly underpaying migrants

Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie, Ben Schneiders

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

Call centre staff have access to a lot of personal information.

Investigation launched into black-market consumer data

Lucy Battersby

Australia's pizza industry is dominated by Domino's Pizza.

Pizza Hut gobbles up Eagle Boys chain

Esther Han

Bad internet.

The internet service we complain about the most

Lucy Cormack

Outspoken founder Ruslan Kogan started the company in his parent's garage in Melbourne in 2006.

Christmas comes early for Kogan

Madeleine Heffernan
32 mins ago

Cheerful Charlie, as he calls himself, is in charge of the gourmet cheese selection in the Dromana store.

Supermarket chain goes gourmet to beat discounters

Catie Low
1 hr ago

Myer CEO Richard Umbers (right) with Warringah store manager Alexis Pead (left) and Myer ambassador Jennifer Hawkins.

Myer says it has 'right strategy' as quarterly sales rise again

Madeleine Heffernan

Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey is under pressure to provide more detail on the financial performance of the retail ...

Corporate watchdog seeks answers to Harvey Norman

Catie Low

Mr Bainbridge admitted he repeatedly referred to Simon Crowe (pictured) as a "c---".

Burger kings go to war over $300m Grill'd chain

Mark Hawthorne

Tradies are under watch.

Next stop on the ATO's cash economy hit list: tradies

Nassim Khadem
31 mins ago

Older Australians make a largely unrecognised, yet highly productive, contribution.

Huge mistake not to embrace wisdom of older people

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Treasurer Scott Morrison has argued lower taxes for companies could boost wages.

Cutting company taxes boosts wages? That's hilarious

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Tax can be minimised by distributing income to people on low tax rates such as children or retirees.

Millions lost via dodgy trusts: ATO

Nassim Khadem

BHP chairman Jac Nasser warned against the introduction of tariffs at the AGM in Brisbane on Thursday.

Nasser warns against Trump tariff 'trauma'

Peter Ker

Fired energy and minerals boss Alan Davies has vowed to take the "strongest possible legal action" against Rio.

'No grounds': Sacked Rio Tinto executive promises legal fight

Patrick Hatch

A Queensland court has left the door open for an open-cut coal mine at Colton.

Court challenge against Queensland coal mine dismissed

Stuart Layt

'Amazon Fresh would be a disruptive force on the Australian grocery market.'

Amazon looks to July 2017 entry to Australia

Carolyn Cummins

Empty shelves in a Masters store.

Woolies' landlords revolt over Masters deal

Simon Johanson

Federation Square is visited by more than 10 million people a year.

Apple's $50m bid to build store in Melbourne's Fed Square

EXCLUSIVE
Simon Johanson

If Snap can pull it off, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy would become the youngest people on the Bloomberg ...

Snap IPO to test unicorn founder fortunes worth $42b

Tom Metcalf

Elon Musk owns 21 per cent of Tesla and 22 per cent of SolarCity, making him the largest shareholder of both companies.

Investors approve $3b Tesla-SolarCity merger

Dana Hull and Christopher Martin

Breakfast at Tiffany's? Shoppers can't even get into the store.

How Trump is hurting Tiffany's

Luke Kawa, Stephanie Hoi-Nga Wong and Julie Verhage

Want to move to a tropical island?

Dream on: This is what a $34 million beach house looks like

First Class

IPAs come with a stronger hops flavour.

The unstoppable rise of Australia's new favourite beer

Fine Drinks

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What type of private pension should we take?

George Cochrane

The Aussie dollar is trending lower, but not enough to boost manufacturing.

Trump win could still bring higher interest rates

Matt Schneider says Optika employs a high ratio of employees with autism or Asperger's syndrome who, with unconventional ...

Secrets from Australia's top innovators

Kate Jones
1 hr ago

An envelope of cash for a business venture could be an investment in your child's future.

The best $5000 you could spend on your kid's future?

Tony Featherstone

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