ASX set for a firm start as US dollar eyed
This week the US dollar is set to stay strong and yield stocks are expected to continue to suffer.
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$27m penthouse most expensive flat sold
A penthouse at Sydney's Circular Quay has sold for $27 million, just beating a record price paid for another apartment in the same the project last week.
Zuckerberg's thin excuse for fake news
It sounds like, having stuffed the world with this problem, the Facebook founder is happy walking away.
Australia to feel Trump security hardliner
Michael Flynn is a hardliner against Islamic state terrorism and a believer in the US-Japan alliance.
Trump trolls Broadway
Preisdent-elect demands an apology from the cast of the musical "Hamilton" after Mike Pence, was singled out when he attended a performance.
Lessons from a life in property
The booms, the busts, the characters. Australia's most respected property writer, Robert Harley, on the lessons from almost 30 years in real...
Half a million face 30pc super tax
More than half a million people face paying 30pc in superannuation contributions tax within a decade.
Business bashers must explain to voters
Populist politicians who scapegoat business should tell their voters to expect decades of low growth – and explain why.
Farewell to the leader of the free world
Donald Trump clearly has little interest in continuing to shoulder the burden of US responsibility for global order.
Bank squeeze on top-end suburbs
Major banks are turning up the heat on wealthy property buyers who will find loans harder to come by.
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