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Illustration John Shakespeare

It was the year of living dangerously: 2016 CBD Wrap

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Two American Jews enjoy a party in Jerusalem at the end of a weeklong romantic voyage to Israel Wednesday, May 10, 2006. ...

For online dating sites it's a bumpy road to love

MEDIA & MARKETING
Alina Tugend

Ooshies

How a superhero toy could save Australian retail

RETAIL
Catie Low

Gifts put us into a relationship with someone. They're like a maintenance fee for your relationship.

Why we keep buying presents no one needs

THE ECONOMY
Megan McArdle

Channel Seven

Forget Christmas cheer for Seven board members

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

US stocks ended their last full week of trading this year on a high note.

Aussie extends its slide; Wall St gains on last trading day before Christmas

MARKETS
Jeremy Herron

Big Four

Front running, insider trading, collusion: Scandals keep rolling

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Market Indices

Updated: December 23, 2016 - 3:22PM

Updated: December 23, 2016 - 7:10PM

Updated: December 24, 2016 - 9:15AM

Updated: December 24, 2016 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7185

Percentage up/down

-0.47% fall
Euro

Price

0.6868

Percentage up/down

-0.07% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5846

Percentage up/down

-0.55% fall

Updated: December 24, 2016 - 9:00AM

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre.

Knowledge, not resources, driving economic growth

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Big Four

Front running, insider trading, collusion: Scandals keep rolling

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Channel Seven

Forget Christmas cheer for Seven board members

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Bullion increased on Friday as the US dollar reversed gains and some chart-following traders saw supportive momentum ...

Gold extends run of weekly losses

Susanne Barton and Eddie van der Walt

Xi also warned China should avoid the so-called Thucydides Trap, referring to the theory that says a rising power will ...

Xi open to slower growth rate

Bloomberg News

At November's sales pace it would take 5.1 months to clear the supply of houses on the market. A six-month supply is ...

US economic outlook brightening

The price of iron ore for delivery to China's Qingdao port rose $US1.99, or 2.6 per cent, to $US78.14 a tonne on Friday, ...

Iron ore spot rises, China steel futures dip

Copper dips on Chinese demand doubts

ASX snaps four-day winning streak

Jessica Sier

Markets Live: Santa's last chance

Patrick Commins

Aussie dollar dips below US72¢

Patrick Commins

It could have been even worse for Deutsche Bank, with the US Justice Department initially demanding almost twice as much.

Deutsche to pay $10 billion for its role in GFC

Jan-Henrik Foerster

The troubled Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Italy approves $29b bank bail-out

The world's oldest bank, worth just €440 million after losing 90 per cent of its market value this year, has been laid ...

Paschi bid to boost capital fails

A screenshot from NAB internet banking, which crashed on Thursday morning.

NAB's internet and phone banking crash before Christmas

Kim Arlington

Despite the occasional talk, the politicians aren't prepared to do what's necessary to fix the problem.

'Tis the season to complain about superannuation

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner and former executive assistant Amber Harrison.

How to handle office relationships in case they go wrong

Anna Patty

Cooling towers at the brown coal-fired Loy Yang power plant in Victoria's Latrobe Valley.

Power workers told to 'give ground' for plant's survival

EXCLUSIVE
Nick Toscano

"Successful people plan ahead when a holiday break is approaching, because they recognise that it's a rare opportunity ...

15 things successful people do over holiday breaks

Áine Cain

Ooshies

Retail revolution: How a superhero toy could save Australian retail

Catie Low

Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner "began texting and emailing for sex".

The boss, the scorned mistress and the affair that stopped a nation

Kate McClymont

By March 2015, Uber drivers were handling 70,000 rides every day in New York City alone.

Sharing economy revolution overshadowed by Uber

ANALYSIS
Joshua Brustein

Prawns are the biggest sellers at the Sydney Fish Market.

Record crowds flock to Sydney Fish Market on Christmas Eve

Peta Gilbert

Caltex is tipped to buy up more assets in New Zealand after buying Gull.

Caltex tipped to lift Kiwi market share

Brian Robins

Ikea recalled 29 million chests and dressers in response to the deadly accidents in June.

Ikea to pay $US50 million over deadly furniture accidents

Jonah Engel Bromwich

Ooshies

Retail revolution: How a superhero toy could save Australian retail

Catie Low

Department store owner Myer has been slapped with a pre-Christmas court action by the billionaire property magnate John ...

Chadstone mogul John Gandel sues Myer ahead of Christmas

Sarah Danckert

Shaver Shop chief executive Cameron Fox.

Shaver Shop the lastest IPO dud with Christmas Eve profit warning

Brian Robins

Shoppers are spending less than usual over Christmas, and retailers are suffering because of it.

Bah humbug: Retailers hurting at Christmas

Zac Crellin

Former Billabong chief executive Matthew Perrin arrives at court with his new partner, Belinda Otten, left, and his daughter.

Former Billabong boss guilty of fraud

Couple with Christmas presents and bags in shopping mall christmas shopping generic

Why we keep buying presents no one needs

Megan McArdle

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre.

Knowledge, not resources, driving economic growth

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Scott Morrison

The overlooked MYEFO bit that matters most

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

OTHER 001 tax glc010523.001.001 COLOUR USE ONLY first use pi mag photograph by gabriele charotte generic tax cut cuts ...

Small business tax debts to be revealed to credit agencies

Nassim Khadem

Fitter David Crehan stands near a long wall shearer at the Dendrobium mine at Mount Kembla.

Coal miner gets expansion nod despite secret, incomplete studies

Peter Hannam
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Bullion increased on Friday as the US dollar reversed gains and some chart-following traders saw supportive momentum ...

Gold extends run of weekly losses

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The price of iron ore for delivery to China's Qingdao port rose $US1.99, or 2.6 per cent, to $US78.14 a tonne on Friday, ...

Iron ore spot rises, China steel futures dip

The Bristol Arms hotel, 81 Sussex Street, Sydney, has been sold for $19.5 million.

Singo, Dixon's pub fund sells three iconic Sydney pubs for $47m

Carolyn Cummins

The Federal Court found Gold Coast financier Peter Drake did not breach the Corporations Act.

ASIC loses case against LM Investment founder Peter Drake

Sarah Danckert

The Tiffany & Co store at Castlereagh Street and Martin Place has to move following the sale of the property.

Tiffany & Co seeks new luxe city digs

Carolyn Cummins

Two American Jews enjoy a party in Jerusalem at the end of a weeklong romantic voyage to Israel Wednesday, May 10, 2006. ...

For online dating sites it's a bumpy road to love

Alina Tugend

It could have been even worse for Deutsche Bank, with the US Justice Department initially demanding almost twice as much.

Deutsche to pay $10 billion for its role in GFC

Jan-Henrik Foerster

The troubled Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Italy approves $29b bank bail-out

Wines for drinking outdoors with old mates and an Esky.

Cheers to that! 50 of the best Australian wines under $50

Fine Drinks

<b>Range Rover Vogue</b><br>

Nine of the best luxury SUVs that really can go off-road

Cars

Don't take the jolly out of your holiday season by overcommitting on your Christmas spending.

Warning about new 'buy now, pay later' system in festive frenzy

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Illustration: Simon Letch

What happens to my health care card when I lose my pension?

Noel Whittaker

Exit interviews are standard: but do they need to be rethought?

How to make exit interviews work

James Adonis

Small business owners make the mistake of coming back to work too soon.

You don't want to think about 2017 yet but you should

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