Thuy Ong is a reporter based in the ABC's Sydney newsroom. She has previously worked as a correspondent for Reuters in Sydney covering markets and general news, and has also reported for Al Jazeera English. Follow Thuy on Twitter: @ThuyOng
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The International Monetary Fund says Australia still faces "significant risks and uncertainties" and warns about the country's housing market and a slowdown in Australia's main trading partners, including China.
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, trade, australia
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AGL Energy reports a profit after tax of $325 million for the six months to December 31, a turnaround of $774 million from the prior period.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Mortgage insurer Genworth suffers a steep sell-off as increased bad debts on WA and Queensland home loans combine with a decline in riskier new home lending to hit profits.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, company-news, stockmarket, money-and-monetary-policy, australia, wa, qld
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| UpdatedCabcharge announces write-offs totalling $28.6 million in a statement released to the ASX.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, consumer-finance, economic-trends, transport, regulation, australia
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Retail sales for December miss expectations, falling 0.1 per cent seasonally adjusted, with dips in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT.
Topics: economic-trends, retail, australia
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| UpdatedAnalysts are pessimistic about Australia's retail sector heading into corporate earnings season, with a weaker Christmas period and the closure of some major Australian retailers dampening earnings expectations.
Topics: retail, stockmarket, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedPopular Australian fashion retailers Marcs and David Lawrence appoint voluntary administrators, while Alannah Hill will close its David Jones concession stores.
Topics: retail, company-news, fashion, business-economics-and-finance, lifestyle-and-leisure, australia
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| UpdatedInvestors pile into Facebook shares, helping lift the stock 2.2 per cent, as the world's largest social media network's revenue jumps 51 per cent, on an advertising boost.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, stockmarket, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, united-states
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Australia's largest rail freight operator Aurizon says it will take a $321 million hit to its accounts when it reports its half-yearly earnings, while Iluka takes a non-cash impairment of $141 million.
Topics: company-news, rail-transport, mining-industry, stockmarket, australia
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| UpdatedThere is a new breed of entrepreneurs - millennials who, having grown up glued to their mobile phones and social media, are now harnessing that reach to build viable businesses.
Topics: small-business, social-media, youth, human-interest, offbeat, lifestyle, australia, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedGlobal miner Rio Tinto wants to sell its giant Australian coal operation to China's Yancoal for $3.2 billion — but the sale still needs to be approved by the Federal Government and company shareholders.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, mining-industry, markets, multinationals, australia, china, newcastle-2300, warkworth-2330, singleton-2330
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| UpdatedSamsung Electronics says internal short circuiting in Galaxy Note 7 batteries caused the phones to heat up and catch on fire, after months of investigation and internal and independent reviews.
Topics: electronics, consumer-electronics, company-news, telecommunications, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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| UpdatedVillage Roadshow says attendance by Queenslanders at its theme parks has dropped by more than 12 per cent compared to the prior year since the Dreamworld tragedy in October.
Topics: company-news, disasters-and-accidents, stockmarket, australia, helensvale-4212, qld
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| UpdatedWhen 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 life decisions, such as building a house, easier?
Topics: science-and-technology, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, computers-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedWall Street ends lower as investors remain cautious ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, and energy and utilities shares lose ground.
Topics: stockmarket, markets, currency, futures, government-and-politics, australia, united-states
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Mortgage and credit card interest rates rise in late-2016, despite a steady Reserve Bank cash rate and falling term deposit rates.
Topics: banking, consumer-finance, housing-industry, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedBHP Billiton says it had a "productive" meeting with President-elect Donald Trump today in New York City.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, mining-industry, markets, government-and-politics, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedWall Street finished in mixed territory overnight, though the Nasdaq hit another record close as investors remained cautious ahead of the fourth quarter earnings reporting season.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, markets, currency, futures, stockmarket, united-states, australia
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Australian tech darling Atlassian announces it will acquire collaboration service Trello, in a deal worth $US425 million ($579 million).
Topics: takeovers, company-news, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedWall Street fall, dragged down by finance and energy stocks with the S&P 500 slipping from a record, while the Dow Jones finishes around 100 points short of a 20,000-point milestone.
Topics: stockmarket, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, markets, currency, futures, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedBuilding approvals jump 7 per cent in November, driven by a rise in apartments and units, but construction activity contracts.
Topics: housing-industry, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's resource and energy export earnings are expected to increase by 30 per cent in 2016-17 to a record $204 billion, although iron ore prices are expected to dramatically decline to $US46.70 a tonne by 2018.
Topics: trade, business-economics-and-finance, mining-industry, economic-trends, australia, china, wa
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| UpdatedMelbourne-based game producer Lisy Kane makes it onto Forbes' 30 Under 30 gaming list, the only Australian to do so this year.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, computers-and-technology, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, people, offbeat, australia, melbourne-3000, vic, qld
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is suing two sellers offering fake Swarovski watches on its online marketplace Taobao.
Topics: retail, consumer-protection, fraud-and-corporate-crime, company-news, china, united-states
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| UpdatedThe health and social assistance sector remains the nation's biggest employer, followed by retail and construction.
Topics: work, economic-trends, unemployment, australia, wa