Business Day

It's been a terrible year for James Packer - and the bad news keep coming.

Crown scraps Las Vegas plans, sells down Macau casino stake

BUSINESS
Patrick Hatch
3 mins ago

Trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. Stocks are opening ...

Markets Live: Hawkish Fed slugs Aussie

Live
Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer
12 mins ago

The Australian dollar, the RBA and your home loan are just some of the things influenced by higher interest rates in the ...

Five reasons you should care about the US rate hike

MARKETS
Jessica Sier
2 mins ago

RBA governor Philip Lowe has been happy to let US Fed chair Janet Yellen do the work for him.

Enjoying your interest rate cut this morning?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Caltex is profiting from higher sales of up-market fuel products.

Caltex profits from rising sales of premium fuels

ENERGY
Brian Robins
58 mins ago

"Basically, you end up spending the majority of your life eating Google food, with Google coworkers, wearing Google ...

What staff hated most about working at Google

WORKPLACE RELATIONS

Sirtex micro tech SIR microspheres, which treat liver cancer without the need for surgery.

Sirtex queried about weak sales a week before estimates cut

INNOVATION
Brian Robins
55 mins ago

Market Indices

Updated: December 15, 2016 - 12:45PM

Updated: December 15, 2016 - 12:30PM

Updated: December 15, 2016 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7413

Percentage up/down

0.08% rise
Euro

Price

0.7063

Percentage up/down

0.54% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5919

Percentage up/down

0.39% rise

Updated: December 15, 2016 - 12:16PM

There is no risk for the Macquarie-led consortium because the price it pays to Tatts shareholders depends on the price ...

Attempts to scupper $6.3b Tatts takeover bid vintage Macquarie

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

The proposed Alpha coal mine will be a full open cut mine producing 32 million tonnes a year.

Aside from the culture, environment and cost, is Adani a good idea?

COMMENT
Julien Vincent

One WA lotto player has won $10 million.

Lotto dreamers get a lesson from millionaires' factory

Colin Kruger, CBD

Activity in NSW and Victoria is strong but the pipeline for jobs growth is not.

Credit Suisse tips up to three RBA cuts

Vesna Poljak

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

8@eight: Fed call to reverberate around trading floors

Sponsored
Chris Weston

David Solomon and Harvey Schwartz are now seen as in competition to replace chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein, ...

Goldman elevates two potential CEOs

"Some of the participants, but not all of the participants, did incorporate some change in fiscal policy into their ...

Highlights from Janet Yellen's news conference

Aussie drops v greenback on policy gap

Michael Heath and Garfield Clinton Reynolds

Fed raises interest rates for only second time since GFC

Howard Schneider and Lindsay Dunsmuir

Fed lifts, sees three increases in 2017

BREAKING

Iron ore falls from multi-year highs

David Solomon and Harvey Schwartz are now seen as in competition to replace chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein, ...

Goldman elevates two potential CEOs

Outgoing Commonwealth Ombudsman Colin Neave has been appointed ANZ's customer fairness adviser.

ANZ appoints 'fairness officer' ahead of ASIC crackdown

Adele Ferguson

ANZ has been ordered to pay $9m for attempted cartel conduct.

ANZ, Macquarie's cartel attempt 'very serious'

Clancy Yeates

Australia's largest bank said on Tuesday its standard variable investor loan rates would be 5.56 per cent from Friday.

CBA lifts variable rates for property investors

Georgia Wilkins

Cohn, the firm's president and chief operating officer, has accepted the job as President-elect Donald Trump's chief ...

Goldman's line of succession runs deep

Ashleigh Mounser was underpaid in numerous jobs in Wollongong.

Employer groups warn on uneven playing field

Anna Patty

GENERIC - Series of an older businessman at desk. Stress in tray documents overworked tired.

When will you be too old for your job?

Ben Steverman

Cal Stanley, who received $10,000 in back pay, says many young workers don't know they can get help.

Knowing they're being exploited, young workers feel powerless to speak up

Patrick Hatch

A tumultuous year for James Packer.

Packer's year to forget: Mimi, Macau and giant tax bill

Michael Evans

Bellamy's shares have been suspended from trade for up to a week.

How life for milk's market darling turned sour

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Hawthorne

Ashleigh Mounser was underpaid in numerous jobs in Wollongong.

The great student swindle: young people are being ripped off

Anna Patty

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

Thousands to be refunded the fee they paid for free credit report

Esther Han
1 hr ago

Flight Centre may face a multi-million dollar penalty.

Flight Centre may face multi-million penalty after High Court ruling

Esther Han

More than 18 per cent of all Australians use Airbnb.

The Australian city revealed as an Airbnb hotspot

Lucy Cormack

Down at heel: Payless Shoes' administrators failed to find a buyer for the shoe chain.

Payless Shoes staff lose jobs as chain shuts down

Catie Low

Bellamy's shares have been suspended from trade for up to a week.

Bellamy's faces class action lawsuit after $500m share plunge

Mark Hawthorne

Stan Perron has bought a half stake in Westfield Woden.

Perron Investments buys half stake in Westfield Woden for $335 million

Emily Baker

Bellamy's shares have been suspended from trade for up to a week.

Bellamy's shares suspended from trade

Catie Low

The company shut the doors on its monumentally unsuccessful hardware business on Sunday, when Masters finally ended its ...

Dick Smith, Masters, Pumpkin Patch: a rough year for retail

Catie Low

Activity in NSW and Victoria is strong but the pipeline for jobs growth is not.

Credit Suisse tips up to three RBA cuts

Vesna Poljak

Copyright laws affect many facets of our lives.

Our copyright laws are holding us back, and there's a way out

Peter Martin

Scott Morrison could be the first Treasurer in three decades to preside over a ratings downgrade.

Consumer confidence down, Morrison cautions against alarm

Peter Martin

Rarely sighted by most: Australian $100 banknotes.

Future of the $100 note up for grabs as government targets cash

Peter Martin

Caltex is profiting from higher sales of up-market fuel products.

Caltex profits from rising sales of premium fuels

Brian Robins
58 mins ago

China has punished nearly 700 more regional officials for inadequately protecting the environment in the latest round of ...

Iron ore falls from multi-year highs

Nathan Tinkler may face an unwelcome public examination of the state of his finances if the bankruptcy continues.

Nathan Tinkler’s plan to escape bankruptcy

Ian Kirkwood

Ardent Leisure raises $126m from sale of d'Albora Marinas

Carolyn Cummins

Going up: FJMT has been awarded the design for the new Ritz-Carlton hotel at The Star.

Putting on the Ritz-Carlton: The Star heralds return of luxury hotel

Carolyn Cummins

Cromwell Property is undertaking a major revamp of its Northpoint property in North Sydney.

North Shore office sector taking on its rivals

Carolyn Cummins

China Southern Airliners this week operated a near-full inaugural flight from Guangzhou to Adelaide - the latest ...

China's flood of cheap airfares deals blow to global carriers

Angus Whitley and Kyunghee Park

An unidentified woman takes a selfie with Wang Sicong, the son of China's wealthiest man, Wang Jianlin.

Chinese billionaire's only son not interested in running $122b empire

Warren Buffett: his advice could prove to be another winner for Blackstone.

Warren Buffett may be kicking himself

COMMENT
Thomas Heath

Tequila is one of the fastest growing premium spirits on the market.

'Tis the season to be (very) jolly: Why tequila is the Christmas spirit

Fine Drinks
52 mins ago

Many bring up to 15 watches to the group's get-togethers.

Inside the secret invite-only club for serious watch fanatics

Watches

Shopping centres play Christmas carols because it's proven that it makes customers spend more money.

Six psychological tricks retailers use to make you overspend

Few borrowers fixed their loans when fixed rates were at their cheapest.

Why so few of us fix interest rates at the right time

Clancy Yeates

"We completely reverse engineered the business rather than just overlaying a digital strategy" – Adam Laurie of Digital360.

Data pros bought a waste water plant to prove their point

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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