Move over smartphone: Next frontier is the windshield

Automakers, tech companies and glass manufacturers are teaming up to turn the iPhone display into a car windshield that can show ads, directions and vehicle information to the person behind the wheel.

Make your own party mix a taste of future

One hour north of Melbourne there's a factory that makes magic. This is the where every jelly bean, red frog, raspberry snake and party mix bag is made for Australia and New Zealand

Trump app alerts investors when he tweets

A finance app has unveiled a special feature that alerts investors when president-elect Donald Trump has tweeted about a public company.

Apple CEO Tim Cook reaped $198 million in 2016

Cook received close to a million shares last year just for staying in the job.

Boosted by Apple, Wall Street parties like it's 19,999

The Dow came within one point of 20,000 for the first time ever on Friday and the Nasdaq and S&P; 500 reached record highs, extending their two-month Trump rally.

Dow climbs within 1 point of 20,000

Fresh signs of strength in the US labour market reignited the US dollar rally and sent US stocks to all-time highs.

It's a win-ha! Investors love new food play

The Bellamy's baby-powder-to-Chinese-shopper fairytale may have come to an end, but investors have embraced another food play into China.

Interest rate cuts not win-win for all

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The Reserve Bank is aware it is hurting retirees with lower interest rates. But it's all part of the plan.

US economy adds 156,000 jobs

The US labour market turned in a solid performance at the end of 2016, putting job gains above 2 million for a sixth year.

Americans see enduring wage gains

After six straight years of annual job gains topping 2 million, America's labour market is as tight as ever.

Wall Street parties like it's 19,999

The Dow came within one point of 20,000 for the first time ever on Friday, extending a two-month rally.

El-Erian wary of $US ascent

Mohamed El-Erian said investors should be worrying about how fast and how much the US dollar is strengthening.

HSBC sees six upside risks

Market analysts have been unusually emphatic about forecasting downside risks, leading HSBC to point to risks to the upside.

Morgan Stanley to cut some bonuses

Wall Street's biggest stock-trading firm by revenue is cutting its global bonus pool for the equities unit by as much as 4pc.

China coking coal rises, iron ore drops

Chinese coking coal prices were higher on Friday, notching up their first weekly rise in more than a month. Iron ore tumbled.

Is 2017 the year the scales tip?

What lies ahead for our major sectors, and related regulatory landscape, in 2017?

Jan Cameron rules out taking Bellamy's chair

With troubled baby formula group Bellamy's to issue its long-awaited trading update next week, dissident shareholders seeking to take board control will also meet next week to map out their push to topple the board.

Packer tipped for tie-up with pokie-heavy clubs

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Don't be surprised if we continue to see changes in the gaming market in 2017 - with the next one looking like a tie up between James Packer's Crown Resorts and ClubsNSW.

Domino's workers now earn 25 per cent more on Sundays

Beginning today, Domino's Pizza workers will receive an extra 25 per cent loading when they work on Sundays, to be paid for a by a new surcharge on orders across its Australia network.

Brisbane Airport slips, but remains among the world's most punctual

Despite still having just the single major operational runway, Brisbane Airport has been ranked the fifth-best performing airport of its size in the world in an international survey of on-time performance.

How Elon Musk's brother is disrupting farming

Kimbal Musk - Elon's brother - just opened a shipping container farm compound in New York City.

Jamie Oliver shuts six UK restaurants in Brexit squeeze

Following the pounds' drop, increased costs for sourcing products such as Italian olive oil have made the branches "quite unsustainable," a spokeswoman said.

How to make the famous Allen's Snakes

During a tour of the Allen's lolly factory an hour north of Melbourne, Factory Manager Vince Giovanniello explained how they make their signature 'Snakes Alive'.

ASX hits new highs in strong start to 2017

Shares ended the first week of 2017 as they finished last year: with strong gains, led by Telstra's rise to a four-month high.

China backs yuan, curbs outflows

Offshore yuan surges and traders wonder just how much foreign reserves Chinese authorities will use to prop up the currency.

PM's office in push for Alcoa deal

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's office has weighed into the high stakes negotiations between aluminium giant Alcoa and power supplier AGL as political anxiety grows around the future of Alcoa's crippled smelter in Victoria.

'Double whammy' lifts economy beyond recession

Australia recorded its first trade surplus in almost three years as Chinese demand pushed up prices for its two biggest exports, iron ore and coal.

Markets Live: Surprise trade surplus

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Shares extend strong start to the year, while Australia's trade balance posts a surplus for the first time since early 2014.

Trump's Russian bromance: Doing a 'Nixon goes to China'

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Trump's cosying up to Vladimir Putin is straight out of the Nixon/Kissinger realpolitik playbook, seeking to befried Russia to better contain China, the country he sees as the biggest threat to the US as the world's biggest economy.