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  1. Mike Baird picks NAB from 'deluge' of job offers

    Former New South Wales premier Mike Baird is moving back to banking, as the National Australia Bank's chief customer officer for corporate and institutional banking.

  2. Bellamy's chairman, director resign as shareholder vote looms

    Two directors of embattled company Bellamy's, chairman Rob Woolley and Launa Inman, resign on the morning of a push by shareholder Jan Cameron to oust most of the board.

  3. 'Get Australia a better deal', Australian Workers Union tells PM

    The Australian Workers Union is urging Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to "act decisively and rationally in the national interest" to ensure a portion of Australia's natural gas is quarantined for domestic use.

  4. 17 new suburbs planned to tackle Melbourne housing affordability

    The Victorian Government announces plans to rezone 100,000 housing blocks and create 17 new suburbs in Melbourne's key growth zones in an effort to tackle housing affordability.

  5. Company profits surge as wages fall

    Official data show wages going backwards while company profits surge, with mining and construction leading the trend.

  6. Takata pleads guilty in faulty air bag scandal, agrees to pay $1.3 billion

    Japanese auto parts maker Takata pleads guilty to fraud and agrees to pay a $1.3 billion penalty for concealing a deadly defect in millions of its air bags.

  7. Trump to increase defence spending by $70 billion

    US President Donald Trump proposes a $US54 billion ($70 billion) increase in military spending to be funded by cuts elsewhere in government, including in foreign aid, the White House says.

  8. Wall Street: US stocks continue slow grind up

    Investors keep their powder dry overnight, ahead of an eagerly anticipated speech by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday night.

Features

  1. Back to the future

    Nokia's decision to revise a mobile phone classic should appeal to a movement of people who prefer to play with the older technologies.

  2. Growing discontent

    Malcolm Turnbull is facing not just the expected sniping from the sidelines but growing discontent from the political middle as tax reform and renewable energy policy go nowhere.

  3. The week ahead

    This week will determine whether Australia fell into a technical recession late last year. Business reporter Michael Janda looks at the week ahead.

  4. Fast fashion kill

    With discount clothes and fast fashion, Australian shoppers have never had it so good. But it's sending local retailers to the wall, with the collapse of half a dozen brands this summer, and predictions of more to come.

  5. Amazon in Australia

    With many predicting Amazon will soon set up warehousing and distribution in Australia, what does that mean for consumers?

  6. Reporting season calendar

    Find out when Australia's major companies are releasing their earnings results this month, and how the companies that have reported performed.

ASX Quotes

Table showing ASX index quotes for today (as of Tue Feb 28 2017 13:49:30 GMT+1100 (AEDT))
Index Opening Closing Change
5773.80 5786.40 0.2%
5724.20 5739.80 0.3%
2093.70 2088.60 -0.2%
8824.00 8985.60 1.8%
6638.10 6684.30 0.7%
21577.70 21659.80 0.4%
810.70 807.40 -0.4%
9941.70 9909.80 -0.3%
5103.30 5102.10
9257.10 9213.80 -0.5%
1697.10 1699.30 0.1%
8113.70 8119.10 0.1%
2362.00 2347.10 -0.6%

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