Business Day

David Lawrence and Marcs are the latest retail chains to fall victim to rising costs and falling sales.

Retail rot spreads to big-name fashion chains

RETAIL
Catie Low
1 hr ago

Gold prices recently fell and bond yields rose, meaning bondholders took a hammering.

Safe havens feeling less safe

MARKETS
Jessica Sier
1 hr ago

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index and the broader All Ordinaries Index each slid 0.1 per cent to 5645 and 5696 points ...

ASX slips, Australian dollar soars on trade data

MARKETS
Jessica Sier

Investors have been generally supportive of the Tabcorp merger with Tatts.

Why the Tabcorp takeover of Tatts should get the green light

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

The two brands would continue to trade while his team reviews their operations ahead of a planned sale of the businesses.

1130 jobs in danger at Marcs, David Lawrence

RETAIL
Catie Low

Mining companies are resisting laws that would give the ATO more power to go after profit shifting.

Export boom remarkable in 'weak trade growth' era

THE ECONOMY
Myriam Robin

NAB overcharged 220,000 corporate superannuation accounts a combined $34.7 million, ASIC said.

Banks forced to repay customers $41m after errors

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates

Market Indices

Updated: February 2, 2017 - 4:35PM

Updated: February 2, 2017 - 6:59PM

Updated: February 2, 2017 - 9:15AM

Updated: February 2, 2017 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7646

Percentage up/down

0.82% rise
Euro

Price

0.7086

Percentage up/down

0.60% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6037

Percentage up/down

0.73% rise

Updated: February 2, 2017 - 6:44PM

Investors have been generally supportive of the Tabcorp merger with Tatts.

Why the Tabcorp takeover of Tatts should get the green light

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Is Tory 'godfather' Hintze warming to the Liberal Party?

Colin Kruger, CBD

AFR SPECIAL REPORT Piggy bank with money pouring out of it. generic savings, superannuation, fees, banking. Thursday 10 ...

Future Fund managers must walk political tightrope

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Site of the Dipidio mine north of Manila

'Why is mining more important than people's lives?'

Brian Robins
48 mins ago

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Markets Live: $A soars on huge trade surplus

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

The legislation, which will give Prime Minister Theresa May the right to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, ...

May moves closer to Brexit trigger

Steven Swinford

Years ago, I began to navigate the gap between the smell of bacon and the lives of piglets.

Bacon shortage? Hogwash, it's fake news

Joe Coscarelli

Apple market value surges

8@eight: Waiting for inspiration

Sponsored
Chris Weston

US dollar eases on Fed inflation view

Oil rallies late to settle higher

High tide begins to impact on damaged beachfront homes along Pittwater Road at Collaroy on the northern beaches of Sydney.

Suncorp, a company where the price isn't right

COMMENT
Julien Vincent

The insurance industry expects to push through price rises of 4 per cent for home and motor cover this year, a new ...

Home and car insurance prices tipped to rise in 2017

Clancy Yeates

Weaker in December: approvals of detached houses fell to the lowest level in three years in the last month of the year.

Investor lending jump may concern regulators: economists

Clancy Yeates

British challenger bank CYBG, which split off from NAB last year, says it is facing uncertainty due to Brexit.

NAB UK spin-off CYBG 'cautious' on Brexit

Georgia Wilkins

Future Fund chairman Peter Costello says it is time to reconsider what is an appropriate target for the fund.

Future Fund's return target should be 'revisited': Costello

Clancy Yeates

bureaucratic overload.

13 signs you are about to get fired

Aine Cain

Brad Marsh took on Bakers Delight at the Fair Work Commission, claiming his 15-year-old daughter and her workmates were ...

Bakers Delight caves to pressure and scraps 'unfair' agreement

Nick Toscano

Sally McManus

A woman is likely to head ACTU for the first time

Anna Patty

Bean counters are worried about losing business as more Aussies self-lodge tax returns.

Bye bye bean counters, hello business consultant

Nassim Khadem

Coles, Woolworths

Struggling supermarkets rely on beer, babies and smokes

IN DEPTH
Mark Hawthorne

The stunning reversal in soft drink sales follows four consecutive years of growth in the sector.

Supermarket soft drink sales slump amid health fears

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Hawthorne

Urth Energy, a specialty solar energy retailer, has collapsed.

'Boutique' energy retailer calls in administrator

Brian Robins
1 hr ago

Bicycle-riding food couriers have revolutionised the delivery industry.

The students bypassing the tuckshop for delivery apps

Lucy Cormack

Many of the boxes that were stored by Extra Mile Movers were returned to Maria with extensive water damage.

'Everything was ruined:' Removalist blamed for $30,000 damage

Lucy Cormack

David Lawrence and Marcs are the latest retail chains to fall victim to rising costs and falling sales.

Retail rot spreads to big-name fashion chains

Catie Low
1 hr ago

The two brands would continue to trade while his team reviews their operations ahead of a planned sale of the businesses.

1130 jobs in danger at Marcs, David Lawrence

Catie Low

Workers rip out shop fittings at Greensborough Plaza Nando's

Nando's stares down revolt as franchisees fold over refit pressures

Liam Mannix

"The Target business has regularly disappointed investors but throwing more money at it may not be the answer," Kimber ...

Wesfarmers urged to sell Target, boost Bunnings

Madeleine Heffernan

The way of the future? Self-service checkouts.

Why I don't like self-service checkouts: retail CEO

Madeleine Heffernan

Mining companies are resisting laws that would give the ATO more power to go after profit shifting.

Export boom remarkable in 'weak trade growth' era

Myriam Robin

Bean counters are worried about losing business as more Aussies self-lodge tax returns.

Bye bye bean counters, hello business consultant

Nassim Khadem

The view from Paris is a lot more hawkish than what experts think on the ground.

Wanted: More women at the RBA

Michael Heath

AFR SPECIAL REPORT Piggy bank with money pouring out of it. generic savings, superannuation, fees, banking. Thursday 10 ...

Future Fund managers must walk political tightrope

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Site of the Dipidio mine north of Manila

'Why is mining more important than people's lives?'

Brian Robins
48 mins ago

Downer EDI workers work on building new rail carriages.

Downer shares soar on higher full-year forecast

Brian Robins
57 mins ago

Urth Energy, a specialty solar energy retailer, has collapsed.

'Boutique' energy retailer calls in administrator

Brian Robins
1 hr ago

Melbourne CBD, right, and Southbank, left, which has one of the lowest vacancy rates in the country.

National office vacancy inches ahead with new developments

Carolyn Cummins

JP Morgan has warned of settlement difficulties for local buyers of high-rise apartments being built in Melbourne and ...

Australian commercial property values at all-time highs

Nicole Lindsay

The WeWork lease is across five floors, comprising the outdoor terraces.

Office leasing markets in a busy start to year

Carolyn Cummins

Edgar "Injap" Sia was studying architecture when he dropped out at 19 to start a business venture with classmates. Now ...

Barbecue chicken seller turns property tycoon with 2500% stock surge

Ian Sayson and Clarissa Batino

Years ago, I began to navigate the gap between the smell of bacon and the lives of piglets.

Bacon shortage? Hogwash, it's fake news

Joe Coscarelli

Chinese-born Canadian citizen Xiao Jianhua was reportedly abducted by Chinese police from the Hong Kong Four Seasons ...

Missing billionaire 'awkward' for Hong Kong

Social media is a minefield - don't cause an explosion.

Hashtag don't: 10 social media sins every adult should avoid

Technology
1 hr ago

When drinking is part of your socialising, it can be harder to stop.

The simple reason you should do FebFast (and it's not your health)

Personal Development

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How to boost the age pension by $792 a fortnight

ASK NOEL
Noel Whittaker

The superannuation rules are changing in July.

Rush to beat this year's super deadline

Daryl Dixon

Hari Shotham says each machine turns over $1000 a week.

No staff, no tills, just profit for man who saw a slot in the market

The competition to be home for the best start-ups is tipped to heat up in the next five to 10 years.

Should start-ups be paid to move location?

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