The tale of two parliamentary housing inquiries

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• 15 mins ago

What an amazing difference 19 months can make for parliamentary inquiries into housing affordability and ownership.

Winners and losers of US dollar surge

• 16 mins ago

The US dollar climbs towards a 14-year peak as global markets adjust to the idea of higher US interest rates, triggering worries over who stands to lose from a higher greenback.

How Australia Post became delivery engine of the internet

• 19 mins ago

In March 2016, Ahmed Fahour of Australia Post spoke about the dramatic impact that connectivity can have on traditional businesses.

Australia Post refusing to publish MD Fahour's salary

• 19 mins ago

Australia Post refuses to reveal how many millions of dollars its managing director earned last year, despite a freedom of information request from Fairfax Media. 

What's a AAA credit rating and why does it matter?

• 1 hr ago

What is this rating, where does it come from and does it matter? Your AAA-rating questions answered.

Markets Live: AAA in crosshairs

• Live
• 1 hr ago

ASX shrugs off last week's weakness to record a strong start, ahead of the mid-year budget update and a ratings agency downgrade.

Real estate website to offer homeloans

• 1 hr ago

REA Group's website will start offering its own home loans - and taking commissions - thanks to a deal with National Australia Bank.

Aussie dollar loses last of 2016 gains

The Aussie has dropped to a six-month low on geopolitical tensions and after US Federal Reserve officials called for a faster pace of rate hikes next year.

Legal stoush after Seven West Media boss Tim Worner's messy affair

A messy affair between a high profile media boss and a 35-year-old personal assistant has become public after the breakdown of legal negotiations.

Big day for ScoMo

• Federal Politics

The Treasurer will reveal how the economy's books look with suggestions debt has blown out, threatening Australia's AAA credit rating. Courtesy ABC News 24.

8@eight: ASX firms as Wall Street cools

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The local stock market is set to rise at the open, however, it's unclear if a lacklustre performance on Wall Street will filter through to Aussie financials.

Sirtex boss steps aside after pocketing $2.1m from share sale

Gilman Wong has been forced to step aside as chief executive of cancer treatment outfit Sirtex Medical following shareholder demands for an investigation into the sale of shares two months ago.

Japan Inc's free lunch on overtime

Japan's economic reforms are stalling against unpaid overtime and outdated work practices

Costly computer system bungle results in TAFE revenue being underestimated by $138 million

TAFE NSW spent more than $10 million to discover it had understated its revenue from skills training by $138 million, the auditor general has reported.

Bunnings manager allegedly bullied after refusing to terminate team members

When Bunnings department manager Bruce Johnson refused to sack members of his team he believed were doing a good job, he was warned his own job was at risk and that a manager known as "the terminator" would replace him.

Daimler CEO doesn't expect Trump to disadvantage European car makers

Daimler does not expect Donald Trump to favour US carmakers over their European counterparts, the carmaker's chief executive told a German paper, shrugging off concerns over the president-elect's protectionist rhetoric during his campaign.

Disney's 'Rogue One' surges into weekend with $143m haul

Ticket sales of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" through Friday put it on track to top the box office and post one of the biggest opening weekends of the year, validating Walt Disney Co.'s strategy of spinning new stories and characters off of the sci-fi classic.

World's largest iron ore project hailed as sign of Brazil recovery

Vale SA is betting on the world's biggest iron ore project as a way to become more competitive with its largest rivals. For Brazil, the $US14 billion S11D mine is a rare bright spot amid the country's longest recession on record.

Most Australians still prefer to shop in a store instead of online: survey

Most Australians still prefer shopping in stores instead of online, according to a new survey.

ASX set to slip ahead of budget update

Futures indicate the S&P;/ASX 200 Index will slip 4 points or 0.1 per cent when trading opens on Monday.

More retail collapses tipped

Brace yourself for more retail collapses in the first three months of 2017.

Seven reasons to smile about Australia's future

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It has been, to put it mildly, an exceptional year.

Canberra retailers expect Christmas boost

The pressure is on Canberra retailers to make one-third of their year's profits over the Christmas season.

Mining makes pollies confused about demand and supply

Our politicians on both sides have terrible trouble working out how supply works.

Phone retailer cops fine for staff underpayment

A mobile phone retail chain has been hit with more than $20,000 in penalties for the exploitation and underpayment of its migrant staff.

Diamond dealer to stars hits the rocks over $10m in debts

When The Bachelor's Sam Wood proposed to Snezana Markoski with a $50,000 diamond engagement ring last year, neither of them could have known the massive rock still actually belonged to someone else.

In the shadow of Amazon, European challenger looks to China

'In the future, what will matter is not where the purchase happens, but how you can influence it.'

Goldman Sachs to settle US rate-rigging lawsuit for $US56.5m

Lawsuit accused it and other banks of rigging an interest rate benchmark used in the $US553 trillion derivatives market.

China must curb speculation amid bubble, says top official

China must do more to deflate a property bubble that expanded this year by "strictly" controlling speculation while also stepping up the fight to rein in excessive corporate borrowing, a top economic official said.