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Allowing banks to team up in Apple Pay negotiations would reduce competition to provide the payment services customers ...

Banks' collective boycott of Apple Pay rejected in draft ruling

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates
23 mins ago

Investors have done well out of the election of Donald Trump earlier this month.

Markets Live: Vocus shares smacked

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
16 mins ago

The OECD said a rate hike would "unwind tensions from the low-interest environment, notably in the housing market".

Stand by for a Reserve Bank rate hike, says OECD

THE ECONOMY
Peter Martin

Qantas said the deal would have increased traffic from the US by 9 per cent.

Qantas bales out of plan to grow US traffic

AVIATION
Patrick Hatch
39 mins ago

Financial products are often designed to make them hard to compare with others.

Time to break the banking 'lazy tax'

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Vocus chief executive Geoff Horth: In the past 18 months, Vocus completed a $1.2 billion merger with Amcom, then a $3.8 ...

Vocus shares plunge as guidance below expectations

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Max Mason
18 mins ago

"Masters of tax minimisation": James Hardie is also domiciled in Ireland to take advantage from the island's friendly ...

James Hardie confirms zero-dollar tax bill in Australia

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Market Indices

Updated: November 29, 2016 - 11:09AM

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Updated: November 29, 2016 - 10:39AM

"Masters of tax minimisation": James Hardie is also domiciled in Ireland to take advantage from the island's friendly ...

James Hardie confirms zero-dollar tax bill in Australia

Colin Kruger, CBD

To read the annual ratings pronouncements from the three commercial TV networks is to think that all were winners.

Unreality TV: The spin on yearly television ratings

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Now the NSW electorate has good reason not to trust Baird. Subsequently, his reform days are over.

People trust the policies of politicians they trust

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

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

8@eight: Markets in the waiting place

Sponsored
Gary Burton

Zinc for delivery in three months rose 2.9 per cent to settle at $US2900 a metric ton at 5.50pm on the London Metal ...

Zinc climbs to 9-yr high as metals gain

Luzi Ann Javier and Mark Burton

Doubts about OPEC's ability to deliver promised cuts sent Brent crude down 2 per cent initially overnight to less than ...

Tensions rise as OPEC gathers

The latest advance came as China's State Council pressed ahead with its environmental probe into illegal capacity ...

Iron ore tops $US80 a tonne

Investors brace for oil selloff should Opec deal fail

Jessica Sier

ASX falls ahead of Opec meeting

Jessica Sier

Markets Live: ASX slips on oil

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

8@eight: ASX eyes new highs ahead of annual purple patch

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Former Westpac adviser Anthony Bishop is the 22nd financial planner to be banned under a crackdown by the corporate ...

ASIC bans former Westpac financial planner

Georgia Wilkins

More sharing of bank customers' data would benefit competition, ASIC says.

ASIC backs more data sharing in banking

Clancy Yeates

ASIC chair Greg Medcraft believes the market is "frowning upon" cross-selling by banks.

Watchdog orders banks to review product cross-selling

Clancy Yeates

Westpac lifts interest rates on fixed rate mortgages

Big banks 'will follow' Westpac's rate hike

John Collett

ANZ's chief risk officer, Nigel Williams, said the bank had beefed up its compliance since the investigation in Singapore.

ANZ Bank and Macquarie admit to attempted cartel conduct

Clancy Yeates

Waiter

Thousands of workers discover they're being ripped off

Nick Toscano

Everyone has bad days at work. But if you feel it's affecting your overall happiness, it's time to make a change.

Signs you're in the wrong job

Aine Cain

Run up that hill and plunge into new ways of doing things.

The new workplace is agile and non-stop. Can you keep up?

Quentin Hardy

Simon Bosch

Star struck: how Caltex pumps profits out of servos

EXCLUSIVE

Crown Resorts Melbourne casino.

Crown's Chinese war room in act of 'a--- covering'

EXCLUSIVE

Poker machines are a common vice.

Real estate fraud paying for gambling, drugs and entertainment

EXCLUSIVE
Lucy Cormack

Andrew Smith-O'Brien cancelled his credit card to ensure the gym did not continue taking direct debit payments.

Andrew cancelled gym membership five times before direct debit stopped

Lucy Cormack

Traffic was at a standstill for hours on the West Gate Bridge.

Thrifty slugs man with late fee after West Gate traffic chaos

Broede Carmody

Woman removes hundred dollar bills from her purse / wallet generic cash Australina money notes AFR MARKET WRAP

Why no consumer will be paying 884pc interest any more

Esther Han

An Amazon Fulfillment Centre ahead of last year's Black Friday sales.

Black Friday threatens Cyber Monday's reign as top online spending day

James F. Peltz

"Continued earnings growth in the liquor and hardware pillars was more than offset by lower earnings in food and ...

Metcash says no news on Amazon

Madeleine Heffernan

ALDI

Aldi still undecided on tax transparency code

Madeleine Heffernan

Red Rooster is tipping at least 5 per cent growth in sales this financial year to $500 million.

Red Rooster eyes meaty float

Madeleine Heffernan

Simon Bosch

Star struck: how Caltex pumps profits out of servos

EXCLUSIVE
Adele Ferguson

The OECD said a rate hike would "unwind tensions from the low-interest environment, notably in the housing market".

Stand by for a Reserve Bank rate hike, says OECD

Peter Martin

New government - new car? We take politics seriously enough to vote with our wallets.

Win the election, buy some wheels. Seriously

Peter Martin

Now the NSW electorate has good reason not to trust Baird. Subsequently, his reform days are over.

People trust the policies of politicians they trust

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Investors have done well out of the election of Donald Trump earlier this month.

Smarter thinking on the budget deficit is long overdue

Ross Gittins

Zinc for delivery in three months rose 2.9 per cent to settle at $US2900 a metric ton at 5.50pm on the London Metal ...

Zinc climbs to 9-yr high as metals gain

Luzi Ann Javier and Mark Burton

Doubts about OPEC's ability to deliver promised cuts sent Brent crude down 2 per cent initially overnight to less than ...

Tensions rise as OPEC gathers

The latest advance came as China's State Council pressed ahead with its environmental probe into illegal capacity ...

Iron ore tops $US80 a tonne

Customer flooding a Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas, during last year's Black Friday sales.

Black Friday kicks off the Christmas retail season

Carolyn Cummins

The new Sofitel hotel at Darling Harbour is due to open in 2017.

Sydney set for $4b-plus hotel developments

Carolyn Cummins

Consentino at AMP Crossroads, where demand is strong for high-quality assets.

Industrial property seen as growth sector for 2017

Carolyn Cummins

Kevin Systrom is neatly turned out, polite, a little dorky-looking even.

The man who earned billions - from selfies

Bryony Gordon

Stacks of banknotes are piled on a desk in a bakery in Caracas. Once one of the world's strongest currencies, the ...

Venezuela's currency is so devalued it no longer fits in wallets

Sofia Barbarani

Officials are looking at all Greek-related EFSF assets.

Greek relief plan said to entail €33 billion euro bank bond swap

Vassilis Karamanis, Nikos Chrysoloras

A better feel or just placebo?

Does compression athletic gear actually work?

Long Run
Laura Hill

A Grey Goose martini should be stirred, not shaken.

This is the one thing you should absolutely never do to vodka

Fine Drinks

Stephanie Alexander looks forward to leftovers.

What I share with Stephanie Alexander and Annabel Crabb

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

You need to make a business case to support a request for a pay rise.

Nicole helps… position a reader for a pay rise

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Subcontractors in Queensland are to be given a better deal.

Qld plans new payment system for 'subbies'

How can my husband who is a sole trader write off a large asset?

One big tax myth that could cost you

Max Newnham
44 mins ago

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