Business Day

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'So sad': Pumpkin Patch to close within weeks

RETAIL
Madeleine Heffernan
15 mins ago

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Markets Live: Trump inauguration jitters

Live
Jens Meyer
43 mins ago

With his insular approach, Trump is extinguishing the American "light on the hill".

With Trump in charge, America's light goes out

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Dick Smith

Dick Smith cheers Vegemite sale, but won't stop making OzEmite

BUSINESS
Patrick Hatch

Carsales CEO and co-founder Greg Roebuck will retire in March, 2017.

'I have got a few itches I want to scratch' says departing Carsales CEO

MEDIA & MARKETING
Lucy Battersby

The security reputation of Australian online retailers has been tarnished by a spate of data breaches.

Aussies trust Apple, Google with credit card details more than retailers

TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Adam Turner

The higher-than-expected spending in December didn't take place in the retail sector which saw sales dip 0.2 per cent, ...

Happy holidays: Consumer spending above trend in December

THE ECONOMY
Myriam Robin

Market Indices

Updated: January 20, 2017 - 10:10AM

Updated: January 19, 2017 - 6:09PM

Updated: January 20, 2017 - 8:15AM

Updated: January 20, 2017 - 3:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7560

Percentage up/down

0.01% rise
Euro

Price

0.7095

Percentage up/down

0.04% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6131

Percentage up/down

0.03% rise

Updated: January 20, 2017 - 9:41AM

With his insular approach, Trump is extinguishing the American "light on the hill".

With Trump in charge, America's light goes out

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Vegemite on toast

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

COMMENT
Brian Robins

Donald Trump will be taking some major risks.

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

COMMENT
Lawrence Summers

Dollar gains were underpinned by a rise in Treasury yields that followed US data showing stronger-than-expected economic ...

US dollar erases weekly drop

Dennis Pettit
1 hr ago

The ASX rally looks set to extend to a fifth day.

8@eight: Calm before the storm

Sponsored
Gary Burton

"Right now uncertainty is at the peak and actually uncertainty is the enemy of long-term investment," the billionaire said.

Soros sees swoon on Trump uncertainty

Aluminium rose 12 per cent in 2016 as the market tightened, but analysts expect prices to come under pressure from ...

Aluminium rally seen overextended

Draghi to critics: 'just be patient'

Piotr Skolimowski

Iron ore restocking wanes

Bellamy's comes out swinging against dissident shareholders

Brian Robins

CSL keeps ASX in the black

Jessica Sier

Shylesh Sriranjan.

Cheating senior NAB planner expelled from FPA

Sarah Danckert
1 hr ago

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

'If you don't know what your employees are doing, then you're vulnerable'.

Bad behaviour database aims to stop rogue traders

Gavin Finch and Edward Robinson

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

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

Jan Cameron is fighting to unseat the board of Bellamy's.

Bellamy's comes out swinging against dissident shareholders

Brian Robins

Vegemite has been snapped up as part of a $460m deal.

Vegemite back in Australian hands after $460m deal

Brian Robins

Pumpkin Patch store in chatswood the company floated in New Zealand today Picture Brendan Esposito SMH,Business,090604 ...

'So sad': Pumpkin Patch to close within weeks

Madeleine Heffernan
15 mins ago

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

Mike Baird

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

Clancy Yeates

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

Victoria the nation's job star as NSW slumps

Myriam Robin

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

Job creation hit three-year low in 2016

Myriam Robin

The higher-than-expected spending in December didn't take place in the retail sector which saw sales dip 0.2 per cent, ...

Consumer spending above trend in December

Myriam Robin

Power lines leading to the smelter at Portland.

Portland smelter's future secured after power supply deal struck

Richard Willingham
57 mins ago

Hazelwood coal mine and power station.

Hazelwood owners facing unprecedented $743 million rehab bill

EXCLUSIVE
Josh Gordon
1 hr ago

Aluminium rose 12 per cent in 2016 as the market tightened, but analysts expect prices to come under pressure from ...

Aluminium rally seen overextended

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

"It's incomprehensible why I wasn't informed early and unambiguously," ex-VW chief Martin Winterkorn during his ...

I knew nothing: ex-VW chief tight-lipped on scandal

1 hr ago

With his insular approach, Trump is extinguishing the American "light on the hill".

With Trump in charge, America's light goes out

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates speaks during a plenary session at the 47th annual meeting of ...

We aren't ready for new kind of terrorism, warns Bill Gates

Alyson Shontell

The McLaren F1 inspired watch worth more than a million dollars.

Wish list: Eight amazing new watches breaking the boundaries

Watches
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In view: a cyclist passes a parked car.

One simple thing drivers can do to stop cycling accidents

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The only way seems up for interest rates.

The most effective debt reduction strategy for you

ANALYSIS
Darryl Dixon

Bianca Hartge-Hazelman

The ideal time of year to buy or sell property

Bianca Hartge-Hazelman

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