Five ways gyms trick you into signing up

• 35 mins ago

Want to get fit? Some gym staff use a few tricks to get you into a membership.

US dollar slides after Trump talks it down

• 44 mins ago

The President-elect's comments that the US dollar is too high sent the greenback lower against every major currency - including the Australian dollar.

Geoff Wilson calls for Hunter Hall Global Value buy-back

• 44 mins ago

Geoff Wilson, the largest shareholder in Hunter Hall Global Value, wants the investment company to offer shareholders the opportunity to sell out at full value.

Guvera music streaming service escapes insolvency

• 53 mins ago

Troubled Australian music streaming service Guvera has escaped an attempt to have its business sent to the liquidators.

Bellamy's Black Prince revealed

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Jan Cameron, co-founder of Kathmandu retail chain, has been unmasked as the power behind the largest shareholder in troubled infant milk formula group Bellamy's Australia,

Rolls-Royce settles bribery probe

Shares in Rolls-Royce climb six per cent after the British aero-engine maker settled a long-running bribery probe.

Rolls-Royce pays $1b to settle bribery charges

Rolls-Royce Plc agreed to pay authorities more than $800 million to resolve charges of bribing officials in six countries in schemes that lasted more than a decade, the U.S. Justice Department and UK Serious Fraud Office said in statements on Tuesday.

Jan Cameron fires up against Bellamy's board

Major Bellamy's investor and Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron supports an investor based revolt against the company's board. Vision courtesy ABC News 24.

'It's killing us': Trump interview gives $A a boost

The Australian dollar has hit a fresh two-month high against the US greenback, which fell after comments from US President-elect Donald Trump.

Markets Live: ASX loses 2017 gains

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Banks are at the forefront of another day of selling, shaving the last of this year's gains off the index, while political uncertainty sparks turbulence in currencies.

His property was too small so bank walked away

A first home buyer has lost a $41,000 deposit on a St Kilda apartment after the National Australia Bank walked away from the loan at the last minute due to the property's size.

Baird's next privatisation move to increase police costs

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Historians and journalists across NSW have joined the fight to stop the Baird government from privatising the country's largest and oldest database of land ownership records.

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

​Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $US7.2b ($9.5b) to the US Justice Department for having 'contributed directly' to the global financial crisis.

Deutsche Bank reaches settlement

Deutsche Bank AG reaches a final settlement with the US Justice Department over its handling of mortgage-backed securities before 2008.

NBN sets sights on 'significant turning point'

NBN Co believes its network build will be halfway complete by the end of this financial year, as its roll out moves into metropolitan areas.

Globalisation not to blame: China

Chinese President Xi Jinping offers a vigorous defense of globalisation and free trade in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Xi takes dig at Trump in Davos speech

​Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a vigorous defence of free trade at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday in a speech that underscored Beijing's desire to play a greater global role as the United States turns inward.

8@eight: Currencies in the spotlight

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All the big moves in financial markets have taken place in the FX and this has been where the strong client flow has been seen too.

The bank bonus schemes that put customers at risk

The most aggressive incentive schemes still being used by some banks to boost sales by staff are putting customers at risk of being sold inappropriate products, an industry-funded review has suggested.

Pound surges, UK stocks slump on back of May speech

​Sterling saw its biggest daily gains since at least 1998 on Tuesday as Prime Minister Theresa May promised a parliamentary vote on Britain's deal to leave the EU and sought to draw a line under discussion of a "hard" or "soft" Brexit.

S&P; 500 highly linked to $US

Any sign that the greenback is entering a tailspin would be bad news for US stocks, according to Goldman Sachs.

$US drops on Trump comments

The US dollar fell to a four-week low after Donald Trump said the currency's strength is "killing us".

Spot iron eases from 27-month high

Chinese iron ore futures pulled back from a three-year high as steel prices retreated in volatile trading.

Automated traders take over bitcoin as easy money beckons

Zhou Shuoji, a 35-year-old high-speed trader in Beijing, bitcoin is too good to resist.

Mystery surrounding Bellamy largest investor deepens

Troubled infant milk formula foundation shareholder Jan Cameron has no beneficial interest in Bellamy's Australia but her charity, the Elsie Cameron Foundation does.

Business confidence hasn't been this high for seven years

Queensland business confidence has jumped to its highest level in seven years, with business owners feeling positive about the year ahead.

More than half of young Australians do unpaid work

More than half of Australia's young adults have done unpaid work as part of an internship or a job trial raising questions about the need for greater regulation of unpaid work.

Hazelwood owner going green after shutting down plant

French energy company Engie is looking to develop new solar plants in Australia as it prepares to shut down Victoria's Hazelwood coal-fired power plant.

Browbeating president brings boundless risks for companies

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