Getting paid to eat chocolate? It's not always sweet

• 49 mins ago

Some people like to take a break from work with a quick bite of chocolate. But what if a quick bite of chocolate was your work?

NSW's biggest power user Tomago pleads for AGL not to curb supply

Tomago Aluminium, Australia's largest smelter and the state's largest electricity user, has been ordered to dramatically reduce power consumption for a second day as a record heatwave strains NSW's power sector.

'The whole shelf has disappeared': Tourists swoop on pharmacies

Independent pharmacies across Sydney claim they are struggling to stock their shelves with sought-after Blackmores products.

Valentine's Day roses 'with holes in the petals'

The flowers may be beautiful, affordable and perfect for your valentine, but consumer watchdogs are warning people to do their research and steer clear of dodgy websites.

Nine, Prime, ABC or WIN? TV ratings reveal whose news rules Canberra

The winners of week one of the 6pm news ratings battle between WIN and Nine in Canberra have been revealed. 

Want to disappear from the internet? Here's how you can try

For those of us who spend a lot of time on the internet, there will be the occasional urge to simply disappear - delete your accounts, roll back your Google results and become invisible. Is it possible to completely disappear?

Renewable energy the only source of new capacity despite blowback

• ANALYSIS

Pointing our solar panels in the wrong direction is only one quirk in our strained energy system.

Wall Street's top regulator quits, opening door to Trump to rejig Fed

Daniel Tarullo's departure means Donald Trump will soon get to fill three of the Fed's seven board positions and put his stamp on the world's most powerful central bank.

Wall Street jumps to record on 'phenomenal' tax hopes

US stocks jumped to another record, a key index of global sharemarkets hit a 20-month high and crude rallied as investors continued to bask in the afterglow of President Donald Trump's promise of "phenomenal" tax reform.

Iron futures in China top $US100 mark

Iron ore keeps getting told the end is nigh: so far in 2017, the response has been the end's just another high.

Oil jumps on OPEC output cuts

Oil rose on a report that OPEC has achieved a record 90 per cent initial compliance with a production cut accord.

Copper hits highest since May 2015

Copper prices surged after BHP Billiton declared force majeure due to a strike at the world's biggest copper mine in Chile.

Citigroup sees potential 10pc rise

Citigroup strategists are looking to history to show the global equity rally could be far from over.

Britain's FTSE gets mining boost

​Britain's commodity-heavy FTSE 100 index climbed to a three-week high on Friday as miners rallied on rising metals prices.

Biggest stock market bull goes long

Binky Chadha, the most optimistic stock market analyst on Wall Street, says the rally is only beginning.

BHP said to declare force majeure

BHP Billiton declared force majeure on shipments from the world's biggest copper mine, sending prices above $US6000 a tonne.

Your views on free trade say more about your personality than you think

There is a new political fault line emerging in Australia, and it cuts across the traditional progressive and conservative divide.

Former Shell CFO among three energy executives appointed to Rio Tinto board

Rio Tinto has appointed three former senior managers from the energy industry to its board as non-executive directors, including Shell's departing CFO Simon Henry.

'If you're not a favourite, you're going to lose'

Consumer advocate Michael Fraser on the Domino's pizza franchisees.

'I felt betrayed'

Former Domino's worker Rob Goodwin on his experience working at the pizza chain.

Domino's needs to face up to itself

• COMMENT

On Facebook, Don Meij, the boss of pizza giant Domino's refers to himself as chief enthusiasm officer.

Now it's back to business as usual, bring on the wage rises

• COMMENT

This year should see the end of the economy's protracted 'transition' back to business as usual. You beaut.

NSW Energy Minister pleads for help to avoid heatwave power blackout

Authorities are pleading for public help to avoid blackouts and limit fire risks as a record-breaking heatwave sets in across eastern Australia.

Canberra air freight set for take-off

Canberra Airport is primed to take-off as a major international freight hub if authorities accept economic modelling which shows significant benefits from shifting regional air freight from Sydney.

The question the market finally dared to ask Rupert Murdoch

• ANALYSIS

What is the Murdoch family doing about investor frustration resulting from the fact that News Corp shares have fallen 20 per cent?

Hospitals on alert, sport off, as 39 degree Saturday looms

Sydney has sweltered through another record-breaking day in summer of peak heat, with hospitals remaining on alert, power cuts hitting businesses and sports competitions scrambling to cancel weekend events.

Reserve Bank, Treasury, IMF at odds over growth, in accord over company tax

The Reserve Bank's assessment came as the International Monetary Fund called on the bank to keep interest rates "accommodative" and to be prepared to ease further, if warranted.

Time's up for Australian banks to build buffers, says APRA

Australia's banks are being told to amass even more capital by the International Monetary Fund, which says lenders should have larger buffers for absorbing losses from a housing market shock.

'Health risk': health insurer divests from fossil fuels

HCF has become the first Australian health insurer to commit to divesting from fossil fuels, saying it cannot keep funding activities that could threaten its members' health.