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Shows streamed from Ten, Seven, Nine, ABC, SBS, Stan or Netflix are not covered by any of the broadcasting regulations ...

The lawless world of streaming, internet radio and social media

MEDIA & MARKETING
Lucy Battersby

Ironing is one of the great productivity sappers plaguing civilisation

Ironing out the productivity wrinkles

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Julia, Janelle, Shane and Kirsten, staff at Paul Sadler Swimland Essendon, have banded together after discovering they ...

Swimland joins the cavalcade of companies underpaying staff

COMMENT & ANALYSIS
Adele Ferguson

Reformation: 'Wolf Hall' features Henry VIII's right hand man Thomas Cromwell.

Two centuries of economic development courtesy of the Industrial Revolution

COMMENT & ANALYSIS
Ross Gittins

Peter Hall struck a quick deal with Washington H. Soul Pattinson.

Peter Hall sells shares in his firm at a third of their market value

BUSINESS
Brian Robins

Shine Corporate boss Courtney Petersen has resigned.

Embattled law firm Shine loses CEO after only 5 months

BUSINESS
Sarah Danckert

Myer was hit with a second class action on Friday morning.

Myer hit with another class action after first case was dismissed

RETAIL
Sarah Danckert

Market Indices

Updated: December 30, 2016 - 2:47PM

Updated: December 30, 2016 - 7:09PM

Updated: December 31, 2016 - 9:15AM

Updated: December 31, 2016 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7217

Percentage up/down

0.01% rise
Euro

Price

0.6865

Percentage up/down

0.00% steady
British Pound

Price

0.5848

Percentage up/down

-0.03% fall

Updated: December 31, 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

The Dow rallied 13pc this year, led by gains of at least 30pc in Caterpillar, UnitedHealth Group and Goldman Sachs. ...

S&P; 500 slips into end of year

IAs China's known risks accumulate, the probability of some unexpected event having an outsized impact also increases, ...

China-watcher's guide to risk

Opinion
Christopher Balding

"We are building a position in gold primarily because we think the (US) stock market is going to hit some turbulence," ...

Gold rises near 8.5pc on year

"2016 was a dramatic oil year," said Bjarne Schieldrop, at SEB Markets. "2016 started very bearishly and ended very ...

Brent oil advances 52pc on year

David Wethe and Rakteem Katakey

China's money market pain to worsen

Bloomberg News

Iron ore snaps years-long losing streak

ASX slips in final session as gold miners shine

Patrick Commins

ASX in 2016: shocks, turnarounds, and golden miners

Patrick Commins

Peter Hall struck a quick deal with Washington H. Soul Pattinson.

Hunter Hall fields takeover offers after founder quits

Brian Robins

Macquarie has volunteered to pay a $6 million fine. The final size of the fines will be set by the courts.

'Deeply troubling': Scotland hits out at Macquarie Bank

Latika Bourke

Law firm Slater & Gordon has been ordered by the corporate watchdog to hand over documents for its investigation into ...

Slater & Gordon forced to raise cash

Sarah Danckert

Australians have embraced electronic payments, but the infrastructure that sits behind some of these systems lags that ...

How sending cash will become more like using Uber

Clancy Yeates

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

BusinessDay's summer quiz - part one: Banking and Finance

Thomas Hounslow

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

"They've definitely taken us out to a much broader market": Costa Anastasiadis.

The day of the week we all reach for the food delivery app

Kim Arlington

Clean eating is in: The veggie bowl.

From wraps to bowls - sorting the real food trends from the gimmicks

KIM SEVERSON

Telco customers don't really understand their contracts, research confirms.

The brands and products that got your goat in 2016

Esther Han

Myer was hit with a second class action on Friday morning.

Myer hit with another class action

Sarah Danckert

The sky's the limit for Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post.

Amazon files patent for flying warehouse

Brian Fung

Smiggle is one of Just Group's key retail brands.

Solomon Lew's Just Group loses appeal to stop former CFO joining Cotton On

Sarah Danckert

Handbags galore at David Jones in Sydney.

Retailers bank on Boxing Day boost

Melissa Singer

Still vibrant ... shoppers and cafe patrons along Malvern Road in Hawksburn Village.

Empty nest? Change in the air for Hawksburn Village

Melissa Singer

Ironing is one of the great productivity sappers plaguing civilisation

Ironing out the productivity wrinkles

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Reformation: 'Wolf Hall' features Henry VIII's right hand man Thomas Cromwell.

Two centuries of economic development courtesy of the Industrial Revolution

Ross Gittins

NETWORKING.MELB.980909.AFR. PICTURE BY DANIEL O'BRIEN
NETWORKING, MEETING IN THE CORPORATE BOARDROOM, NEGOTIATION, ...

2016 a wake up call on executive pay

Georgia Wilkins

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

Why we keep buying presents no one needs

Megan McArdle

"We are building a position in gold primarily because we think the (US) stock market is going to hit some turbulence," ...

Gold rises near 8.5pc on year

"2016 was a dramatic oil year," said Bjarne Schieldrop, at SEB Markets. "2016 started very bearishly and ended very ...

Brent oil advances 52pc on year

David Wethe and Rakteem Katakey

Ore for delivery to China's Qingdao port shed $US1.56 or 1.9 per cent to $US78.87 a tonne, according to Metal Bulletin.

Iron ore snaps years-long losing streak

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

Markets are still behaving as if they will get the "good Trump" rather than the "bad Trump", despite mounting evidence ...

Trump's trade policies become more shocking by the day

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

James Packer's latest Macau casino, Studio City, faces a tough entry to the market after receiving a smaller than ...

As James Packer's Crown exits Macau, tourists spark revival

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Chinese traders charged for hacking US lawyers

Leslie Picker

Some things are just not a good look after a certain age.

10 things a man over 50 should never do

Culture

Some buyers may be hibernating through the winter season, which offers a big opportunity for those keen to get ahead of ...

How much sleep do you really need?

Self Improvement

ETFs give you exposure to a market, without high fees.

Five biggest mistakes people make saving for retirement

Gary Stone

Australia is in the top five countries for life expectancy worldwide and Australians aged 64 now can expect to spend ...

Is the trend of running out of money in retirement increasing?

Michael Dundon

Sexy doesn't always equal profitable.

What's the most profitable industry?

Louis White

Amanda Clark is a dietitian whose idea was stolen by a corporate.

One of the most infuriating aspects of innovation

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