Origin Energy shares surge on news of oil and gas spin-off

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Investors responded positively to Origin Energy's decision to spin off its portfolio of conventional oil and gas assets pushing the company's share price up around 3.5 per cent in early Tuesday  trading.

Markets Live: Miners lead ASX rebound

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Shares rebound as investors take a relaxed view of Italy's no vote, ahead of the RBA's rates decision, while Origin shares jump.

Retailers settling in upstairs spaces as Flinders Lane rents spike

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A spike in demand for retail space in Flinders Lane has driven up rents and pushed retailers into upstairs premises where they are competing with IT and professional consulting firms for space.

Why your airline can't always say there are 'no refunds'

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Choice alleges one consumer was charged $861.72 when he decided to cancel two Qantas tickets to New York, following three separate changes to his flight time that were instigated by the airline.

Why I'm a pathological optimist, despite my job

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Last week in front of 1400 people at a Fairfax Media subscriber event I was outed as a "pathological optimist" by an anonymous reader, who wanted to know how I got that way.

Trump is ready to hand over the family empire. It doesn't always go well.

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Passing on a family business to heirs, whether they are involved or not, can be a very knotty dilemma, rife with disagreements, lawsuit, jealousy, estrangements, you name it.

The Commonwealth officials who have scored a 5-per-cent pay rise

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Acusations of 'hypocrisy' and 'unfairness as more federal high-earners get pay rises of up to $26,000.

Uber bets on artificial intelligence with acquisition and new lab

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Uber envisions a future in which a fleet of vehicles can make the most complex manoeuvres while carting passengers around without the help of a driver. To achieve that, cars will need to get a whole lot smarter.

Morrison's greatest achievement to date

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It's sometimes hard to keep faith that good policy development is happening within government.

Mexico picks BHP Billiton for farmout deal

BHP Billiton has won the contest to partner with Pemex to develop a deep water oil field in untapped Gulf of Mexico waters.

Amazon's physical grocery store has no checkouts

Amazon has revealed that it will open a brick-and-mortar grocery store called Amazon Go, an ambitious bid by the once online-only retailer to gobble up more of Americans' shopping dollars by taking the fight more directly to traditional supermarkets.

Real estate agents playing vendors for mugs

You know that apartment oversupply that has been promised everywhere except for Sydney? It's happened. Michael Pascoe comments.

8@eight: Italian vote another hard lesson for markets

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The local share market is set to open higher after gains overnight in the US and Europe.

Euro rebounds as focus shifts to ECB

The euro rose as investors bet the European Central Bank will extend its asset-purchase program by six months.

Do you get less than a Silicon Valley rookie?

An Australian IT student's research into what his fellow engineers are being offered by Silicon Valley is illuminating.

Trump win creates 'considerable' uncertainty

New York Fed boss William Dudley says it's too early to reach firm conclusions on how fiscal policy will evolve.

Oil reaches 16-month high

Crude rose above $US55 a barrel to hit a 16-month high amid rising prospects of a tightening market.

Citigroup's clarion call for commodity bulls

Citigroup is bullish on oil, copper, zinc, and wheat; it's bearish on coal, iron ore, gold and soybeans.

Melbourne rides high while rest of state goes backwards

Victoria has become Australia's most divided state as the economic fortunes of Melbourne soar while those in the rest of the state crumble faster than anywhere else in the nation.

BMW forced to pay back $72 million to people it misled

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Prestige carmaker BMW will pay back $72 million to ordinary Australian buyers who were misled into believing they could afford one of the luxury German cars.

Westpac and NAB raise some interest rates, targeting investors

Westpac and National Australia Bank have both raised interest rates for key groups of home loan customers, as banks look to protect their profit margins by passing on higher funding costs.

Italy's banks face another hit, but it needn't be fatal

For once, the pollsters were right - and it's bad news for financial markets.

Family flees home after washing machine catches alight

Another Samsung washing machine has caught on fire in Sydney, triggering the residents - including three children - to flee.

Australia stagnates, just 10 female CEOs in the ASX 200

The number of incoming female chief executives in Australia remains low and has stagnated over the past year, according to a report examining tenure and makeup of CEOs by PwC.

'Minimal supervision' for students during industrial action

All public schools around the state will provide minimal supervision for students when teachers take industrial action on Thursday morning over pay and conditions.

UniSuper could be key to $7.3 billion bid for DUET Group

Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Infrastructure may need an Australian partner to win federal government approval for its $7.3 billion tilt for energy network and gas pipeline owner and operator DUET Group.

RBA won’t mind this week’s GDP number – the March quarter will be worse

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There could be an interesting moment during Tuesday's Reserve Bank board meeting: when the members consider that the bank's forecast of year-to gross domestic product growth dropping to about 2.5 per cent has arrived nine months early.

Bellamy's Organic bosses picked the peak

As our befuddling year comes to a close, it pays to remember which companies can rely on the magic pudding formula.

RBA staying cool as the heat rises

The final Reserve Bank board meeting of the year takes place at a magical time in Sydney, where the city gives itself over to sundry before Christmas. Michael Pascoe comments.