Business Day

Graeme Cowper has suffered a stunning defeat in his defamation action.

NAB's former star's demise now complete

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

There are increasing examples of women who have managed to balance work/caring responsibilities.

Yes women want to be CEOs, even when they have children

COMMENT
Nassim Khadem

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

No one spared in Surfstitch wipeout

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

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

PROPERTY
Carolyn Cummins

President-elect Donald Trump kisses his daughter Ivanka Trump after giving his acceptance speech during his election ...

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

WORLD BUSINESS
Thomas Heath

Farmland is making way for housing developments in Point Cook.

Chinese property heavyweight in billion-dollar buy-up

PROPERTY
Simon Johanson

Moshe Hogeg attends at a Sirin Labs launch.

Startup hype master faces toughest test yet

STARTUP
Gabrielle Coppola

Market Indices

Updated: December 6, 2016 - 1:41PM

Updated: December 6, 2016 - 4:09PM

Updated: December 7, 2016 - 1:51AM

Updated: December 7, 2016 - 1:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7453

Percentage up/down

-0.28% fall
Euro

Price

0.6964

Percentage up/down

0.26% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5884

Percentage up/down

0.20% rise

Updated: December 7, 2016 - 1:36AM

Graeme Cowper has suffered a stunning defeat in his defamation action.

NAB's former star's demise now complete

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

There are increasing examples of women who have managed to balance work/caring responsibilities.

Yes women want to be CEOs, even when they have children

COMMENT
Nassim Khadem

Just like commission rates, agency agreements are entirely negotiable. It's a simple matter to put a line through ...

In a sellers' market, why are vendors being contract mugs?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

The euro was last down 0.32 per cent against the US dollar at $US1.0724, after rising to a three week high of $US1.0796 ...

Euro slips from three week highs

21 mins ago

Mario Draghi's ECB has already spent €1.4 trillion on quantitative easing, a figure that will rise to €1.7 trillion by ...

ECB and the ghost of Christmas past

Carolynn Look and Jana Randow
38 mins ago

"I think we will see $US60 by the end of the month and $US70 next year," Pierre Andurand, chief investment officer and ...

Oil drops on higher OPEC output

Mark Shenk
55 mins ago

Construction steel product rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 2.2 per cent at 3217 yuan ($US468) a tonne.

Iron ore poised to top $US80/tonne

1 hr ago

Samarco sees preliminary license soon

BHP beats big oil with Mexico punt

Peter Ker

Miners lead ASX rebound

Jessica Sier and Zac Crellin

Markets Live: Miners lead ASX rebound

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Hundreds of thousands are likely to see an increase in their interest costs.

Westpac and NAB raise some interest rates, targeting investors

Clancy Yeates

CBA was forced to reopen its compensation scheme two years ago after ASIC slapped it with new licence conditions.

CBA's compensation bill rises as new victims emerge

Georgia Wilkins

Former NAB planner Graeme Cowper took action against Fairfax Media and the national broadcaster last year.

Fairfax, ABC win defamation case brought by ex-NAB planner

Michaela Whitbourn

Jason Yetton, chief executive of SocietyOne.

Media mogul-backed bank challenger close to breaking even

Clancy Yeates

Suncorp's concept stores attempt to ditch the feel of bank branches.

Suncorp eyes the 'Apple Store of financial services' in branch overhaul

Clancy Yeates

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

Do you get less than a Silicon Valley rookie?

Polly Mosendz

Since 2010 Australia is the only region to show an increasing trend in female CEO appointments.

Australia stagnates, just 10 female CEOs in the ASX 200

Nassim Khadem

For men, the highest paid job is a neurosurgeon on $577,674, but for women it's a judge on $355,844.

Australia's top 50 highest paying jobs

Sarah Kimmorley

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

International capacity grew a hefty 5.8 per cent but revenue fell an even larger 6.9 per cent.

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

Lucy Cormack

Tim Overton, a new MyRepublic customer who so far hasn't been impressed with the customer service.

'The support staff don't have any idea': New ISP drowning in complaints

Esther Han

Former Quiksilver chairman and chief executive Harry Hodge has joined Surfstitch's board.

How the surf brands missed the wellness wave

Catie Low

Amazon go

Amazon's physical grocery store has no checkouts

Sarah Halzack

Retailers are feeling decidedly upbeat as they had into the critical Christmas holiday season.

Retailers expect bountiful Christmas, new year

Madeleine Heffernan

Bellamy's shares have opened more than 4 per cent lower on Monday.

Bellamy's slides again as analysts slash forecasts

Jessica Sier

Aldi aims to be 20 to 25 per cent cheaper on a basket of groceries than Woolworths and Coles.

'No history' of large supermarkets beating discounters on price

Madeleine Heffernan

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe says 'some slowing' in economic growth is likely before a pick-up next year.

Experts think economy has gone backwards

Peter Martin

Ross Gittins.

Why I'm a pathological optimist, despite my job

Ross Gittins

There are increasing examples of women who have managed to balance work/caring responsibilities.

Yes women want to be CEOs, even when they have children

COMMENT
Nassim Khadem

RBA governor Philip Lowe's decision to hold rates steady is enough to keep standard variable home loan rates near 5 per ...

RBA holds rates amid fears of negative growth

Peter Martin

"I think we will see $US60 by the end of the month and $US70 next year," Pierre Andurand, chief investment officer and ...

Oil drops on higher OPEC output

Mark Shenk
55 mins ago

Construction steel product rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 2.2 per cent at 3217 yuan ($US468) a tonne.

Iron ore poised to top $US80/tonne

1 hr ago

Receipt of the licence would be an important step in the effort to resume operations by mid-2017, chief executive ...

Samarco sees preliminary license soon

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

President-elect Donald Trump kisses his daughter Ivanka Trump after giving his acceptance speech during his election ...

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

Thomas Heath

The referendum result is not the best outcome for Italy's banks.

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

Lionel Laurent

President-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-elect Mike Pence during a visit to the Carrier factory in Indianapolis ...

Donald Trump says US companies that moved overseas would be making a 'very expensive mistake'

Ros Krasny

The Wardrobe XXI collection.

From highlands to high street: You can now wear your favourite whisky

Men's Style

Both women and men take up the challenge at Five Star Fitness.

Could you handle the most extreme workout trend of 2017?

Fitness

Treasurer Scott Morrison has cooked up a policy of genuine merit.

Scott Morrison's greatest achievement to date

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Walmart might be many times the size of the next largest retailer in the US, but it still has well under half of the ...

Monopolies and oligopolies beware, tech is out to get you

Rachel Service knows what burnout looks like.

What's the difference between burnout and stress?

Alexandra Cain

Stephen Drummett, AGDATA Australia with Minister for Small Business, Michael McCormack.

Farm tech company wins national award

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran