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Vegemite on toast

Is Bega biting off more than it can chew with Vegemite deal?

COMMENT
Brian Robins
35 mins ago

Boyne Smelters Ltd is set to shed jobs and cut production due to "uncompetitive" power prices.

Power prices lead to cuts at Rio Tinto smelter

MINING AND RESOURCES
Rachel Clun
1 hr ago

Traders Christopher Fuchs, left, and Sal Suarino work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Jan. 17, ...

CSL keeps ASX in the black

MARKETS
Jessica Sier
47 mins ago

Premier Mike Baird announcing his resignation in Sydney.

Calls for spending to roll on after Baird's exit

THE ECONOMY
Clancy Yeates
36 mins ago

Shylesh Sriranjan.

Senior NAB planner expelled from FPA

BANKING AND FINANCE
Sarah Danckert
1 hr ago

Netflix's original series The Crown is a fan favourite.

Why Netflix is still growing at record pace

MEDIA & MARKETING
Lucas Shaw

Australian residential property prices have grown by 7.4 per cent per year and have not experienced a broad decline ...

'Considerable risk' in housing market

PROPERTY
Jessica Sier

Market Indices

Updated: January 19, 2017 - 4:42PM

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Updated: January 19, 2017 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7532

Percentage up/down

0.31% rise
Euro

Price

0.7079

Percentage up/down

0.23% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6132

Percentage up/down

0.15% rise

Updated: January 19, 2017 - 5:13PM

Donald Trump will be taking some major risks.

Trump's economy: Hope for the best, plan for the worst

COMMENT
Lawrence Summers

Donald Trump

Browbeating president brings boundless risks for companies

COMMENT

Chinese manufacturers make around 40 billion pens a year.

China finally invents a ballpoint pen of its own

COMMENT
Adam Minter

Janet Yellen is upbeat about the US economic recovery.

Markets Live: CSL rally keeps ASX up

Live
Jens Meyer
49 mins ago

Deutsche Bank's management board has decided to waive its own bonuses for 2016.

Deutsche Bank drastically cuts bonuses

"If anybody in this room thinks that we are in an interest-rate normalisation, we are frankly not," Scaramucci, the ...

Normal rate policy nowhere in sight

"Waiting too long to begin moving toward the neutral rate could risk a nasty surprise down the road - either too much ...

Yellen warns of 'nasty surprise' if rates aren't raised

8@eight: Searching for direction

Sponsored

Rio Tinto, Chinalco end copper venture

David Stringer

Samarco could be operational in two months

Katia Porzecanski, R.T. Watson and David Stringer

Goldman Sachs profit triples to $US2.4b

Dakin Campbell

Deutsche Bank's management board has decided to waive its own bonuses for 2016.

Deutsche Bank drastically cuts bonuses

Goldman Sachs was the biggest gainer in the Dow Jones since the November 8 election, surging 30 per cent through ...

Goldman Sachs profit triples to $US2.4b

Dakin Campbell

Alexander Tashevski-Beckwith (with his mother Marika) was planning to buy his first home in St Kilda.

His property was too small so bank walked away

Georgia Wilkins

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

Deutsche pays $9.5b for 'contributing directly' to GFC

Steven Arons

Stephen Sedgwick is so far unconvinced there is a case for a broad ban on banks paying their staff "product based payments".

The bank bonus schemes that put customers at risk

Clancy Yeates

Frances Johns worked an 8½ hour shift in the hope of getting a permanent job.

More than half of young Australians do unpaid work

Anna Patty

The victim and her attacker, the hotel's night caretaker, were sharing an employer-provided apartment in the Brisbane ...

Hotel chain to pay $300k after 'serious, shocking' sexual assault

Jorge Branco

Loy Yang A is one of Australia's biggest power stations.

AGL loses bid to force workers to do overtime at power plant

Richard Willingham

What lies ahead for Australian companies in 2017? There's some things we can predict - but brace yourself for the ...

Is 2017 the year the scales tip?

Dr Bastian Seidel, head of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

Oversupply of doctors to hit this year amid calls to halt imports

Anna Patty

Professions traditionally more dominated by women such as nurses are avoided by many men.

Why men don't want the jobs done by women

Claire Cain Miller

Vegemite on toast

Is Bega biting off more than it can chew with Vegemite deal?

COMMENT
Brian Robins
35 mins ago

Is health insurance for young people just money down the drain?

Do young Australians really need health insurance?

Esther Han

Chairman Rob Woolley is now in the sights of dissident investors.

'This doesn't add up' - Bellamy's fight heats up

Brian Robins

Richard Goyder, managing director of Wesfarmers, has been warning investors Woolworths could beat Coles' second-quarter ...

Wesfarmers chief warns Woolworths could win sales race

Catie Low

Todd Buzza is accused of repeatedly underpaying his staff.

Burger boss faces jail threat over underpayment

Reece Hooker

Uniqlo's sales are growing strongly thanks to new store openings but its profits are under pressure.

Is Uniqlo's Australian honeymoon turning sour?

Catie Low

Fair Work has dismissed H&M's application for a enterprise agreement.

H&M; forced to scrap 'unfair' pay deal

Catie Low

Showpo has 270,000 individual customers and around 306,000 names and details were on the stolen list, but it is ...

Showpo sues fellow e-retailer over data 'theft'

Jessica Sier

The unemployment rate rose slightly to 5.8 per cent in December.

Job creation hit three-year low in 2016

Myriam Robin
12 mins ago

Premier Mike Baird announcing his resignation in Sydney.

Business calls for spending to roll on after Mike Baird's exit

Clancy Yeates
37 mins ago

qantas

NBN sets sights on 'significant turning point'

Lucy Battersby

CEOs are worried about finding staff with science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills.

The big worry for CEOs around the world

Patrick Hatch

Boyne Smelters Ltd is set to shed jobs and cut production due to "uncompetitive" power prices.

Power prices lead to job cuts at Rio Tinto smelter

Rachel Clun
1 hr ago

"The joint venture exploration company has ceased operation and entered the liquidation phase," Chinalco said in an ...

Rio Tinto, Chinalco end copper venture

David Stringer

The November 2015 accident has been dubbed Brazil's worst environmental disaster.

Samarco could be operational in two months

Katia Porzecanski, R.T. Watson and David Stringer

FJMT has been awarded the design for the new Ritz-Carlton hotel at The Star Casino, Sydney.

Hotel sector prepares for busy period

Carolyn Cummins

Making its mark: New offices at WeWork's 5 Martin Place, Sydney, site.

How landlords are falling short on keeping office workers happy

Carolyn Cummins

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

Unaoil's Saman, Cyrus and Ata Ahsani.

It could have been much worse for Rolls-Royce

COMMENT
Alan Tovey

US President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump 'could send US into next Great Crash'

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

'We are trying to help get the poorest of the poor a seat at the table': Matt Damon, Co-Founder of Water.org, speaks at ...

'We can work with anybody': Damon eyes Trump talk

Kim Hjelmgaard

What cars do CEOs really drive? It's not what you might think.

What cars do CEOs really drive? It's not what you might think

Cars
35 mins ago

You might be keen to see some gains, but are you doing more harm than good?

Hidden health hazards lurking in your workout supplements

Fitness
Dr Simon Hendel

Many homeowners choose to sell in spring to show off their property at the nicest time of year.

The ideal time of year to buy or sell property

Bianca Hartge-Hazelman

The new Low Income Superannuation Tax offset will give a modest boost to some nest eggs.

What happens if both spouses have $1.6m in super and one dies?

ASK NOEL
Noel Whittaker

Dr Edward Bassingthwaighte administers a cannabis-based treatment to Pearl the whippet.

How this Australian-listed cannabis company is treating dogs

Liam Mannix

Shoplifters wouldn't have had a hard time in last year's Christmas rush.

How Christmas retail was a shoplifters delight

Tony Featherstone

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