Peter Ryan
Peter Ryan is the ABC's senior business correspondent. With more than 30 years of journalism experience, he contributes to a range of ABC News programs including the flagship radio current affairs programs AM and The World Today in addition to ABC News 24 and ABC News Online.
Amber Harrison threatened to 'destroy idiot boss' Worner
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Seven West Media presents a court with emails from former employee Amber Harrison where she declares "war" on her former lover, the company's chief executive Tim Worner.
Topics: media, courts-and-trials, management, australia, sydney-2000
Commonwealth Bank 'ripped off' 7,000 workers' super: union
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The Commonwealth Bank is accused of refusing to pay the full employer superannuation entitlement to more than 7,000 part-time workers.
Topics: superannuation, banking, australia
BlueScope warns of 'energy catastrophe' if new gas power not built
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BlueScope Steel's chief executive warns that Australia faces an "energy catastrophe" if new gas power stations are not built to maintain baseload power.
Topics: steel, iron-ore, company-news, australia, port-kembla-2505
CBA raises investor loan rates to cool hot housing demand
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The Commonwealth Bank's move to lift investor home loan rates is the latest step to slow the rampant housing market, but analysts warn if property prices slow too much they might fall over.
Topics: banking, housing-industry, consumer-finance, australia
Seven West CEO acknowledges affair while unveiling 91pc profit dive
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The embattled chief executive of Seven West Media, Tim Worner, remains defiant about the fallout from his affair with employee Amber Harrison, while delivering a 91 per cent fall in half-year profit.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, wa
Jeff Kennett engages ex-Seven West employee over leaked documents
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The leaking of documents on Twitter prompts Seven West Media's Jeff Kennett to engage in Twitter battle.
Topics: media, business-economics-and-finance, australia
Bankwest cuts negative gearing benefits from home loan assessments
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Bankwest confirms that property investors are no longer able to include the tax benefits of negative gearing when applying for a home loan from the institution.
Topics: consumer-finance, banking, housing-industry, australia
Banks tempt businesses to lure default super funds
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Australia's major banks are sharpening up incentives to business to win a greater slice of lucrative default superannuation schemes, according to research out today.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, banking, superannuation, australia
News Corp posts second quarter loss citing Australian newspaper impairments
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation posts a second quarter loss citing impairments in its Australian newspaper business as a key factor.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, media, markets, stockmarket, multinationals, united-states, australia
Reserve Bank warns Australia needs to remain competitive
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The governor of the Reserve Bank backs the Government's campaign to lower the corporate tax rate, warning Australia needs to remain internationally competitive.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, economic-trends, banking, money-and-monetary-policy, multinationals, regulation, australia
Billions wasted on infrastructure projects
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A global report finds billions of dollars are wasted on infrastructure projects because of bad planning, bureaucracy and the failure to retain good staff.
Topics: building-and-construction, economic-trends, industrial-relations, management, australia, united-states
Australia 'needs to fight back' against trade protectionism
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As Donald Trump's protectionist policies continue to ratchet up global nerves, the Australian Government is being urged to seek trade deals that don't rely on the US.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, trade, markets, australia, united-states
Analysts, markets welcome Donald Trump bank regulation rollback
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Donald Trump's executive order to investigate rolling back additional post-financial crisis banking regulation has markets and analysts eyeing the prospect of bigger bank profits.
Topics: banking, regulation, donald-trump, government-and-politics, united-states
Business wants family homes included in pension asset test
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The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry recommends the family home or a principal place of residence be included in the assets test for the aged pension, amid calls for the Federal Government to implement spending cuts for long-term budget sustainability.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, superannuation, aged-care, australia
Cisco joins other US companies 'concerned' with Trump travel ban
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Global technology giant Cisco joins other US companies in expressing serious concerns about Donald Trump's immigration ban, adding to criticism from the likes of Google, Apple, and Microsoft.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, economic-trends, government-and-politics, donald-trump, australia, united-states
Future Fund's Costello warns of elevated investment risks
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Australia's Future Fund warns of "elevated risks" from "geopolitical factors", including Donald Trump's presidency, as it reports a return of almost 8 per cent over the past year.
Topics: markets, superannuation, federal-government, australia
Unpaid customer bills costing small businesses up to $76b
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Unpaid customer bills are costing the economy $76 billion and crippling small businesses, according to a new report.
Topics: small-business, australia
Pizza Hut delivery drivers underpaid, Fair Work audit finds
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A Fair Work Ombudsman audit of 34 Pizza Hut franchisees finds the majority are failing to comply with workplace laws, with many drivers not being paid the correct minimum hourly rate.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, small-business, rights, australia
Australian workers on brink of retirement being short-changed on super
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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.
Topics: superannuation, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, australia
Trans-Pacific Partnership cannot be salvaged, time to move on, says Heather Ridout
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Reserve Bank board member Heather Ridout says the Trans-Pacific Partnership cannot be salvaged and the Government needs to move on to other regional trade deals.
Topics: trade, economic-trends, australia
BHP Billiton and Vale failing Samarco dam disaster victims: UN adviser
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The devastating human cost of the Samarco dam disaster in Brazil will not be quickly resolved, despite the prospect of BHP Billiton and Vale settling a multi-billion dollar civil claim, according to a special United Nations adviser.
Topics: company-news, mining-industry, regulation, multinationals, fraud-and-corporate-crime, brazil, australia
Donald Trump's power to move markets sends US dollar tumbling
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Donald Trump once again demonstrates how a few words can move markets after warning the US dollar is "too strong" and "killing" American companies.
Topics: currency, markets, economic-trends, united-states, united-kingdom
IMF lifts US growth forecasts on Trump but warns of increasing global risks
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The International Monetary Fund is predicting that Donald Trump's plans for big spending increases and tax cuts in the United States are likely to spur a wave of economic growth, but also warns it carries significant risks.
Topics: economic-trends, international-financial-institutions, money-and-monetary-policy, united-states, china, australia
Mortgage interest rates rising despite steady RBA
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Interest rates on investor loans are already rising, as are a range of fixed-term rates, and banks are now eyeing whether to put up variable rates across all home loans.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, banking, housing-industry, economic-trends, australia
Business lobby now 'completely outgunned' by left-wing groups
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Australia's once influential business lobby is now "completely outgunned" by trade unions and left-of-centre think tanks who are more willing to fight for their policies, the Menzies Research Centre says.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, australia
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