Business Day

Positive sentiment to boost ASX ahead of reporting season.

Surging Dow to boost ASX ahead of reporting season

MARKETS
Jessica Sier
53 mins ago

Erik Pence, the new owner of Quickflix in Australia, at the Mojo facility in Los Angeles.

Quickflix: back from the dead

MEDIA & MARKETING
Lucy Battersby
32 mins ago

Under fire: Fair Work Building and Construction chief Nigel Hadgkiss.

'Complicit': Govt body accused of running propaganda campaign

EXCLUSIVE
Anna Patty
40 mins ago

The 20,000 mark has been eagerly awaited on Wall Street.

Why the Dow at 20,000 isn't just another number

COMMENT
Landon Thomas Jr

A model of a Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" is seen at a Boeing news conference in Paris, France, Thursday, April 27, 2006. ...

Airlines to fly more routes from more destinations

AVIATION
Patrick Hatch

The US dollar has soared since Donald Trump's election.

Trump better get used to the high $US

CURRENCIES
Myriam Robin
1 hr ago

Steel awaiting distribution at a U.S. Steel Corp. plant in Indiana. Source: US Steel Corp/Via Bloomberg News

Trump's TPP move is not a slam dunk for US

ANALYSIS
Brian Robins

Market Indices

Updated: January 25, 2017 - 4:39PM

Updated: January 26, 2017 - 5:25PM

Updated: January 26, 2017 - 9:15AM

Updated: January 26, 2017 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7573

Percentage up/down

0.03% rise
Euro

Price

0.7044

Percentage up/down

-0.01% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5988

Percentage up/down

-0.15% fall

Updated: January 26, 2017 - 5:10PM

The New Zealand dollar rose to a 10-week high of US73.04¢.

NZ dollar gets inflation boost

The British currency's share of global reserves has fallen for the last two quarters to 4.5 per cent, according to the ...

Sterling risks becoming irrelevant

Liz Capo McCormick

Financial and technology shares surged as investors piled into stocks that benefit from economic growth.

Dow rallies to historic high

Skyscrapers stand in the financial district as commercial and residential property is seen on the city skyline in the ...

Germany calls bankers to Frankfurt

Boeing lifts cash, earnings forecasts

Julie Johnsson

BHP strike fears fuel copper

Iron ore rally seen overextended

Ranjeetha Pakiam

Dow crosses 20,000 for first time on reinvigorated Trump rally

Jamie McGeever and Herbert Lash

Skyscrapers stand in the financial district as commercial and residential property is seen on the city skyline in the ...

Germany calls bankers to Frankfurt

Treasurer Scott Morrison in London.

Brexit: Scott Morrison urges businesses to adopt 'strategic patience'

Latika Bourke

Geoff Wilson's plan for an equal offer buy-out has been rebuffed by Hunter Hall Global Value.

Hunter Hall fund rebuffs Wilson's call for buy-out

Brian Robins

AFIC managing director Ross Barker is not anticipating dividend cuts from the banks.

Bank shareholders will still win this year

Clancy Yeates

Shares in live cattle exporter Wellard are down 90 per cent since listing.

Investors 'be wary' over recent listings

Simone Ziaziaris

Thanks to the online job board, employers face several hundred applicants instead of several dozen.

The one question to start every job interview with

Aine Cain

There are opportunities for those willing to apply expert, proven job-finding techniques.

Finding work after redundancy

Warren Frehse

The plight of the Leadbeater's possum has been a political issue in Victoria.

Fears for Gippsland jobs as timber supply dries up

Richard Willingham

A capital moment

A capital moment: Companies to refrain from flashing cash

ANALYSIS
Vesna P

Two Wrights made a wrong.

Two Wrights make a wrong: A case of mistaken identity

Sarah Danckert

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

Cash is king: Australians turning away from credit

ANALYSIS
Clancy Yeates

A 62-year-old seafood restaurant owner will face a range of charges including trafficking in fish, after the seizure of ...

More than $57,000 worth of illegal abalone and shark fin seized

Lucy Cormack

Motorists were queuing to buy petrol at the Metro service station in Fyshwick this morning. The price of unleaded fuel ...

'It's been like this now for a number of years': Canberra's petrol price problem

Michael Gorey

Barry Goldman, of Leda Real Estate and Portfolio Property Solutions. Goldman was sentenced to two years' imprisonment ...

'Robbing Peter to pay Paul': Sydney agent convicted over $600,000 fraud

Lucy Cormack

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Global retailers soar as Aussies brace for Amazon

Madeleine Heffernan

Theo Koundouris, general manager of Supabarn Supermarkets

Supabarn scales down as Metcash faces a growing competition

Madeleine Heffernan

Woolworths is launching a charm offensive on suppliers following a controversial court ruling.

Woolworths to go on 'charm offensive'

Madeleine Heffernan

Oroton launched its limited-edition, $8000 Alpine Croc bag in July.

Oroton slumps as earnings dip 10 per cent

Optimistic: Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci.

Coles 'nervous' after Woolworths 'wins' Christmas battle

Madeleine Heffernan

RBA governor Philip Lowe is expected to hold rates for now.

Rates on hold as inflation bottoms

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

Money

'Well and truly alive': Weak inflation raises RBA rate cut prospects

Myriam Robin

Australians who were underpaid their super had balances $19,709 or 47 per cent lower than those who had received it.

How your nest egg drops by thousands due to unpaid super

Nassim Khadem

The Trump presidency is prompting some Australian business with US operations to look at how they may be affected by ...

'Back to the drawing board' on trade after Trump dumps TPP

Clancy Yeates

Workers at the mine, which produced 452,000 tonnes of copper in the six months to end-December, will vote on the ...

BHP strike fears fuel copper

Ore with 62 per cent content in Qingdao edged 20 US cents lower to $US82.49 a tonne on Wednesday, according to Metal ...

Iron ore rally seen overextended

Ranjeetha Pakiam

A worker in a mine in China operated by Yanzhou Coal. Yancoal, owned by Yanzhou, is buying Rio coal mines in NSW.

Dividend hike, buyback in sight on Rio Tinto asset sales

Brian Robins

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

US President Donald Trump is seen as a powerful ally by the energy industry.

Oil industry hopes for more as Trump reverses Obama policies

Meenal Vamburkar

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman told <em>The New Yorker</em> that "New Zealand" had become a code word for apocalypse ...

Doomsday coming? Rich Americans plan to escape to NZ

President Barack Obama had shut the sites down.

Obama's next job could rake in millions

Thomas Heath

The GABS results are in!

And the winner is... The hottest 100 Aussie craft beers named

Fine Drinks
37 mins ago

A vigorous weekend workout is better for you than once thought.

Getting all your exercise in one go is no longer a bad thing

Fitness

The US President is talking a big economic game.

TPP not main game in Trump's trick bag

Jessica Irvine

Interest rates are low in Britain.

How can we help our disabled son?

George Cochrane

Zoi Vafias found getting capital to grow her fashion business difficult.

How women are succeeding in export

Rhys Allan of Digital Done Printing in Ballarat said the NBN rollout is too slow.

Why Rhys couldn't turn his business into a full-time job