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Why would a company need higher standards unless its previous standards were too low?

Woolworths may have acted legally, that doesn't make it right

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

US President-elect Donald Trump will struggle to make America great again by shunning migrants.

America will never be 'great again' without migrants

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Tabcorp chief David Attenborough

House prices are too high ... just ask CEOs

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Iron ore prices have surged on thanks in large part to a Chinese policy error.

China oversight sends Aussie miners' skyrocketing

MARKETS
Zac Crellin

News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch has extended his reach in Queensland.

Media experts weigh in on News Corp's APN buyout

MEDIA & MARKETING
Rachel Clun

Ken Henry has blasted both sides of politics for the nation's fiscal mess.

Henry blasts 'truly bad' politicians and our 'fiscal mess'

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates

CIMIC, the engineering contractor formerly known as Leighton Holdings, has been hit with a $400,000 fine for insider trading

Owner of CIMIC fined $400,000 for insider trading

MARKETS
Sarah Danckert

Market Indices

Updated: December 8, 2016 - 4:37PM

Updated: December 8, 2016 - 7:10PM

Updated: December 9, 2016 - 6:07AM

Updated: December 9, 2016 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7452

Percentage up/down

-0.37% fall
Euro

Price

0.7025

Percentage up/down

0.91% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5924

Percentage up/down

-0.07% fall

Updated: December 9, 2016 - 5:52AM

Why would a company need higher standards unless its previous standards were too low?

Woolworths may have acted legally, that doesn't make it right

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

US President-elect Donald Trump will struggle to make America great again by shunning migrants.

America will never be 'great again' without migrants

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Tabcorp chief David Attenborough

House prices are too high ... just ask CEOs

Colin Kruger, CBD

The most-traded rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 1.7 per cent at 3394 yuan ($US493) a tonne. The ...

Chinese steel futures extend rally

"There was no discussion of tapering today," Draghi said at a news conference. "A sustained presence is also the message ...

ECB extends QE through 2017

The euro slumped 1.1 per cent to $US1.0631 as of 10.15am in New York.

Euro drops on Draghi stimulus signal

Stephen Kirkland and Lukanyo Mnyanda

Investors were back in a bullish mood overnight, particularly iron ore miners as the commodity's price jumped back over ...

Markets Live: Jingle bells? ASX rides high

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

ASX hits three-month high as banks join the party

Jessica Sier

Goldman Sachs positions for economic growth

Jessica Sier

Privacy fix for blockchain from Masters

Matthew Leising

How anyone can invest like Warren Buffett

Dani Burger

IAG employs more than 9000 people across Australia.

Jobs to go as IAG cuts $250 million over three years

Georgia Wilkins

"Our view is that sensitive, contractual, market-moving, private data should be kept private," Masters said at a recent ...

Privacy fix for blockchain from Masters

Matthew Leising

Jeff Kennett has slammed the government's performance over the question of a banking tribunal.

Jeff Kennett lashes federal government over banking tribunal

Mathew Dunckley

Australian chief executive of peer-to-peer lender Ratesetter Daniel Foggo says P2P loans are becoming a more ...

Retail investors shift $45 million from banks into P2P loans

Clancy Yeates

Trading revenue is up at least 15 per cent at JPMorgan compared with the same period last year, chief executive officer ...

JPMorgan, BofA chiefs forecast gains

Hugh Son and Laura J. Keller

If you can't remember the last good day you've had at work, it might be time to seriously consider quitting.

21 signs it's time to quit your job

Rachel Gillett

ThoughtWorks consultant was told by a male client that she was in the job due to her looks, not her smarts.

'Her role on the project was just to be an ornament'

Nassim Khadem

Salary tracker Glassdoor lists Facebook's typical base salary as $US120,345.

Do you get less than a Silicon Valley rookie?

Polly Mosendz

Illustration: Simon Bosch.

Cybercrime to cyber warfare: Australia woefully unprepared

IN DEPTH
Nassim Khadem

Former World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu thinks problems with work have produced Donald Trump.

Save the world, give workers a share in profits

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Cleaner Victor Barrientos was warned not to get sick, because if his employer lost the contract he "lost his pay".

Victorian schools clean up on workers

EXCLUSIVE
Nick Toscano

A cheap Thomas the Tank Engine toy is part of the crackdown.

The 47 toys too dangerous for Christmas

Filip Stempien

NSW Premier Mike Baird says overseas experience bolsters the case for privatisation.

Blame Canada: Baird cites its 'success' in land titles sell-off

Esther Han

A still image from the video that displayed the message: "True heroes balance energy intake and activity enjoy Paddle ...

Paddle Pop's 15-second ad dumped after complaint

Lucy Cormack

Why would a company need higher standards unless its previous standards were too low?

Woolworths may have acted legally, that doesn't make it right

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Woolworths chief legal officer Richard Dammery arriving at the Federal Court.

Federal Court clears Woolworths of 'unconscionable conduct'

Catie Low

Jeff Kennett has slammed the government's performance over the question of a banking tribunal.

Jeff Kennett lashes federal government over banking tribunal

Mathew Dunckley

Outgoing Bunnings CEO John Gillam.

Bunnings boss quits for 'personal' reasons

Catie Low

At 50, Bunnings boss John Gillam is expected to pursue another big leadership role.

Bunnings' big boss bails, leaving investors nervous

ANALYSIS
Elizabeth Knight

US President-elect Donald Trump will struggle to make America great again by shunning migrants.

America will never be 'great again' without migrants

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Iron ore prices have risen sharply - but not export volumes.

Wider trade gap adds to economy's worries

Jens Meyer, Patrick Commins

The November 2014 leaked PwC papers revealed that Luxembourg had signed off secret deals with some 340 corporations.

Apple-EU case didn't end secret 'sweetheart' tax deals

Nassim Khadem

ThoughtWorks consultant was told by a male client that she was in the job due to her looks, not her smarts.

'Her role on the project was just to be an ornament'

Nassim Khadem

The most-traded rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 1.7 per cent at 3394 yuan ($US493) a tonne. The ...

Chinese steel futures extend rally

Some of Santos' operations in the Pilliga Forest near Narrabri.

Santos signals possible CSG exit

Peter Hannam

"I would love to have more diamonds to be very explicit", says Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques. "That's a priority ...

Rio chief: 'I would love to have more diamonds'

Jesse Riseborough and Jonathan Ferro

Respondents believe that residential property in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will remain at the top of property cycle ...

Housing markets to remain strong, but the bubble is inflating

Carolyn Cummins

Farmland is making way for housing developments in Point Cook.

Chinese property heavyweight in billion-dollar buy-up

Simon Johanson

First up in the Uniting Church's $80 million sell-off is 321 Lower Heidelberg Road, East Ivanhoe.

Uniting Church's $1 billion development plan

Nicole Lindsay

The November 2014 leaked PwC papers revealed that Luxembourg had signed off secret deals with some 340 corporations.

Apple-EU case didn't end secret 'sweetheart' tax deals

Nassim Khadem

The Plant Vogtle nuclear facility in Waynesboro, Georgia. The US is accelerating the retirement of its aging fleet of ...

Is salt the key to smaller, safer nuclear power?

Jonathan Tirone

Lana Del Ray owes much of her success to YouTube.

YouTube makes $US1 billion case that it's good for music industry

Lucas Shaw

Tesla Supercharger stations.

Australia's east coast to become a Tesla Supercharger highway

Cars

There is a class divide in the way society fights drug addiction.

How drug laws are catching up to high-flying professionals

Culture
Liam Pieper

Christmas should be a time of fun not stress.

Seven ways to have a champagne Christmas on a beer budget

There's no Smart Money, there's just competent and different levels of dumb, just like in the Jim Carrey movie Dumb and ...

Dumb and dumber: the truth about the sharemarket

Christo Hall preaches against to-do lists.

Why you can ditch the to-do list

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Bursting the bubble on the economy has unintended psychological results.

Surprising outcome of an economic downturn

James Adonis

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