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  1. Real estate agent opens up about widespread underquoting 'lies'

    More Victorian real estate agents are caught by a taskforce targeting the widespread practice of underquoting property values to entice prospective buyers.

  2. Interest rate rises boost bank profit margins at customers' expense

    Having held on to their margins as interest rates fell last year, Australian banks could hit pay-dirt if the cycle rolls over and rates start to rise again.

  3. Dow Jones breaks through 20,000 for first time

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks through 20,000 points for the first time, thanks to some business-friendly policy decisions by US President Donald Trump and strong corporate earnings results.

  4. Sydney live music institution 'The Sando' to shut for good

    One of Sydney's favourite live music venues — The Sando in Newtown — claims the city's "regulatory climate" has made their business unsustainable.

  5. Few optimists on Australian housing outlook

    Millions of Australians have profited from the mantra that house prices only ever go up. But is that shibboleth about to be demolished? Business reporter Michael Janda investigates.

  6. China tells Trump to stay out of South China Sea dispute

    China uses a US television network interview to send its strongest message yet to Donald Trump that it will not back down on its claims in the South China Sea.

  7. Local produce being used for Port Lincoln craft beer

    Two Port Lincoln beer brewers aim to be as local as possible as they jump on board the popular craft beer train.

  8. Australian workers on brink of retirement being short-changed on super

    Some Australian workers on the brink of retirement are being short-changed on their employer superannuation entitlements and might be forced onto the age pension, according to research out today.

Features

  1. Stuck in the middle

    TPP negotiations are pushing Australia towards being the meat in the sandwich of a potential future US-China confrontation.

  2. Financial fitness plan

    There are some relatively simple things you can do to help start saving for the things you really want in life.

  3. Markets Trumped

    You can be sure that when vast amounts of money move in a particular direction ... somewhere, somehow, a powerful person, or group of powerful people, have made an important decision about something.

  4. China's questionable data

    To the absolute surprise of no one, Chinese economic growth came in at an annualised growth rate of 6.7 per cent in 2016.

  5. Farm stays popular

    Digital start-up Youcamp makes a play to change the way people think about camping by offering travellers the chance to stay on farms.

  6. Virtual reality in real life

    When you think of virtual reality, you think of fancy headsets used for gaming and entertainment, but what if the technology could be applied to make building a house easier?

ASX Quotes

Table showing ASX index quotes for today (as of Wed Jan 25 2017 16:11:00 GMT+1100 (AEDT))
Index Opening Closing Change
5706.30 5726.00 0.3%
5650.10 5671.50 0.4%
2079.10 2074.30 -0.2%
9253.90 9256.50
6400.20 6437.10 0.6%
20991.90 20960.30 -0.2%
814.20 819.20 0.6%
10292.00 10497.50 2%
5000.70 5008.50 0.2%
8860.00 8806.90 -0.6%
1793.80 1778.70 -0.8%
7966.70 7914.20 -0.7%
2362.70 2369.70 0.3%

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