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High-end rents slide. But it's still $1,800 a week to live in beachside Tamarama in Sydney. http://www.afr.com/real-estate/executive-rents-tumble-tamarama-leads-nation-with-40-per-cent-annual-fall-20160519-goyqbz … via @FinancialReview

JB Hi-Fi tilt for Good Guys is risky. CD racks shrink. Ghosts of Clive Anthony. via @MrJThomson http://www.afr.com/business/retail/a-jb-hifi-tilt-for-the-good-guys-would-have-risks-attached-20160518-goyibw … via @FinancialReview

The end of professional gatekeepers. Technology killing the professions. via @jameschessell http://www.afr.com/leadership/daniel-susskind-and-the-gradual-demise-of-professional-gatekeepers-20160518-goxmpf … via @FinancialReview

Woolworths sees no spud shortage as Chinese-owned Aust potato giant collapses. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/retail/fmcg/woolworths-sees-no-spud-shortage-as-chineseowned-potato-player-collapses-20160518-goyk36 … via @FinancialReview

Big-screen TV shake-up. JB Hi-Fi in talks to acquire The Good Guys electronic chain. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/retail/jb-hifi-confirms-discussions-to-buy-the-good-guys-20160518-goyk07 … via @FinancialReview

Is another $1b buyout offer brewing? SAI Global ex-parent gets secret overtures. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/private-equity/secret-overtures-to-exparent-as-sai-global-is-hunted-again-20160518-goxngb … via @FinancialReview

Mashed potato. How could the No.1 player in Aust's $625m market go bust? #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/retail/fmcg/chinas-chevalier-burns-148m-in-mashed-potato-play-20160517-goww78 … via @FinancialReview

Three buyers circling Arrium's Whyalla steelworks. PM Malcolm Turnbull reviewing co-investment. http://www.afr.com/business/manufacturing/three-buyers-circling-arriums-whyalla-steelworks-20160517-gox3wd … via @FinancialReview

How to foster a start-up culture in a big company. Disruption from within, say experts. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/leadership/company-culture/how-to-foster-a-startup-culture-in-a-big-company-20160516-gowpc3 … via @FinancialReview

ANZ Bank to chop 200 staff because of sluggish economy #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/anz-announces-200-job-cuts-in-response-to-sluggish-economy-20160516-gowpe5 … via @FinancialReview

The tollroads of Australia are winning out in a low inflation world. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/markets/transurbans-tollroads-immune-to-australian-economys-low-inflation-problem-20160516-gow82b … via @FinancialReview

10 years with no dividend but drought set to break for cattle, pastoral firm Elders Ltd #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/agriculture/elders-set-to-break-decadelong-dividend-drought-20160515-govtkh … via @FinancialReview

Aust's No.1 milk brand Pauls and owner Parmalat Aust make solid profits as dairy rivals stumble http://www.afr.com/business/retail/fmcg/parmalat-australia-profits-rise-as-dairy-rivals-stumble-20160513-gouf6a … via @FinancialReview

Nestle' Australia delivers fat profits and an even fatter dividend being sent offshore. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/retail/fmcg/nestle-australia-profit-and-payout-to-swiss-parent-jumps-20160512-gou6il … via @FinancialReview

WA to sell off poles and wires electricity assets. Valued at $12bn. Off the grid. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/news/policy/budget/wa-budget-western-power-for-sale-in-16b-bonanza-20160511-gostjc … via @FinancialReview

The barista with a double degree. Over-qualified, over-educated workforce scrambles for cash flow. http://www.theage.com.au/small-business/managing/the-venture/what-a-waste-of-talent-20160511-goseh9.html … via @theage

Rising volume of new apartments due to settle creates disconnect. Worries over glut #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/real-estate/brisbane-melbourne-face-rising-apartment-settlement-risk-20160512-got770 … via @FinancialReview

ATO steps into Arrium mess. Some of the 79,000 shareholders try and jump queue #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/mining/iron-ore/australian-tax-office-steps-in-to-arrium-mess-as-shareholders-try-to-jump-queue-20160512-got6b6 … via @FinancialReview

Is Motorcycle Holdings a two-wheeled version of a decent private equity float? #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/transport/motorcycle-holdings-on-track-to-debunk-private-equity-snarls-as-it-rises-38-20160511-gosobj … via @FinancialReview

How the 'Bunnings of pharmacy' has created the No. 3 vitamins brand Healthy Care. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/retail/fmcg/how-chemist-warehouse-put-swisse-blackmores-under-pressure-from-healthy-care-20160511-gos97z … via @FinancialReview

ASX uranium stocks. Are there winners if Aust pursues a nuclear future? #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/picking-asx-uranium-stock-winners-if-theres-a-nuclear-future-20160510-goqjvk … via @FinancialReview

Ex Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett sinks his teeth into Maggie Beer food business. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/ex-vic-premier-jeff-kennett-sinks-teeth-into-maggie-beer-products-food-business-20160510-goqrgw … via @FinancialReview

Blackmores shares headed back to $215 says J.P.Morgan. Swisse lifts in Aust retail. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/blackmores-shares-headed-back-to-215-says-jp-morgan-20160509-goqehp … via @FinancialReview

Politics and cost-cutting meet head on for Arrium administrator in countdown to June 30 #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/manufacturing/arrium-administrator-meets-politics-and-costcutting-head-on-20160509-goq0px … via @FinancialReview

Nuclear inquiry backs SA waste facility. SA Premier to make a political judgement end of 2016. http://www.afr.com/business/kevin-scarces-nuclear-royal-commission-backs-sa-waste-facility-20160508-gopj98 … via @FinancialReview

Future looks rosé for Penfolds maker Treasury Wine as it swings UK's No.1 brand into Aust. http://www.afr.com/business/treasury-wine-hopes-big-uk-brand-will-blossom-in-australia-20160506-goobhm … via @FinancialReview

Arrium ceo Andrew Roberts out the door today after $4b collapse of steelmaker. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/arrium-ceo-andrew-roberts-steps-out-door-at-collapsed-firm-20160506-goo5aw … via @FinancialReview

Holden in first profit since 2011 on imports, one-offs. But market share in reverse #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/holden-drives-to-first-profit-since-2011-on-imports-oneoffs-20160506-gonvl6 … via @FinancialReview

$18m pay packet. Nice bit of coin for Macquarie's ceo Nicholas Moore. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/financial-services/macquaries-nicholas-moore-at-18m-is-likely-australias-highestpaid-ceo-20160505-gonmht … via @FinancialReview

Hair and immune tonic join vitamins as Blackmores charges into Chinese herbal medicine #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/blackmores-dives-into-chinese-herbal-medicine-with-23m-buy-20160505-gonp9g … via @FinancialReview

Oil headed for US$60 per barrel by end of 2016 says Qatar Airways ceo. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/qatar-airways-chief-says-oil-price-to-rise-to-us50-to-us60-by-end-of-2016-20160504-gom7x0 … via @FinancialReview

Philip Lowe to take over from RBA Governor Glenn Stevens later this year. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/news/economy/phil-lowe-named-as-next-governor-of-reserve-bank-of-australia-20160505-gon9ph … via @FinancialReview

One last roar and Lion toppled as king of Aust beer jungle. Corona set to exit as ACCC rules http://www.afr.com/business/lion-toppled-as-king-of-aust-beer-jungle-20160504-gomq16 … via @FinancialReview

Axe to swing harder under new Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher before more asset sales. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/new-santos-ceo-kevin-gallagher-to-slice-costs-harder-before-more-asset-sales-20160504-gom2hu … via @FinancialReview

The winners and losers from the federal budget #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/news/policy/budget/winners-and-losers-in-the-federal-budget-2016-20160427-gog08v … via @FinancialReview

4 to 6 months for a Whyalla restructure say Arrium administrators. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/mining-and-resources/arrium-administrators-get-extension-after-fending-off-new-threat-from-gso-20160503-gokuk5 … via @FinancialReview

OZ Minerals gives hope as Whyalla's cricketers eye long haul on Arrium unravelling #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/epic-road-ahead-for-arrium-but-oz-minerals-provides-hope-20160503-goknxo … via @FinancialReview

National Australia Bank passes on rate cut in full. First out of blocks. http://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/national-australia-bank-passes-on-rate-cut-in-full-20160503-gol05v … via @FinancialReview

Arrium administrators get extension until Feb 2017 for next creditors meeting after fending off GSO threat. http://www.smh.com.au/business/mining-and-resources/arrium-administrators-get-extension-after-fending-off-new-threat-from-gso-20160503-gokuk5.html … via @smh

The days of forever rising bank dividends are over and ASX seems to be okay with it. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/dividends-are-falling-and-investors-are-cool-with-that-20160502-gokmh4 … via @FinancialReview

Woolworths ceo in the Twilight Zone. Three to five years for a rebuild. via @MrJThomson http://www.afr.com/business/retail/woolworths-struggles-to-sell-hope-as-chief-executive-brad-banducci-prepares-plan-20160502-gokml6 … via @FinancialReview

ANZ Bank cuts dividend for first time since GFC. Profits slide 24 per cent. #ausbiz http://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/anz-bank-cuts-dividend-as-profits-down-24-per-cent-20160502-gokehn … via @FinancialReview

Can a brewing giant win in craft beer? White Rabbit, Byron Bay Brewing sit next to Tooheys. http://www.afr.com/business/can-lion-be-a-brewing-behemoth-and-a-winner-in-craft-beer-20160502-gojwin … via @FinancialReview