Business Day

The Dow broke through the 21,000 point barrier for the first time ever.

US stocks surge as Trump speech boosts March rate rise bets

MARKETS
1 hr ago

The vast majority of people in ASX leadership roles are non-culturally diverse men.

The ASX200 has a serious cultural, gender diversity problem

ANALYSIS
Nassim Khadem

Online, ANZ states that the card "must be cut diagonally in half (including any embedded microchip on the card) and ...

Why the banks make it so hard for you to cancel your credit card

CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Lucy Cormack

High property prices in Sydney are not deterring the world's ultra-rich.

Ultra-rich set their sights on Sydney, Melbourne property

PROPERTY
Carolyn Cummins

Farmers

Chickpeas to the rescue, as farmers drive national accounts

THE ECONOMY
Patrick Hatch

Westpac says it will defend a civil court case brought against it by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

Corporate regulator eyes Westpac over its lending practices

BANKING AND FINANCE
Beau Donelly

7-Eleven

'Appalled': New laws crack down on exploitation in big retail chains

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Nick Toscano

Market Indices

Updated: March 1, 2017 - 4:39PM

Updated: March 1, 2017 - 7:09PM

Updated: March 2, 2017 - 7:54AM

Updated: March 2, 2017 - 4:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7682

Percentage up/down

0.30% rise
Euro

Price

0.7282

Percentage up/down

0.58% rise
British Pound

Price

0.6250

Percentage up/down

1.02% rise

Updated: March 2, 2017 - 7:39AM

The original Barangaroo concept was for a 168-metre hotel. At last count, it had grown to 271 metres.

Barangaroo not such a 'VIP-restricted gaming facility'

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Illustration John Shakespeare

Ted Pretty has early data malfunction at security group

Colin Kruger, CBD

The vast majority of people in ASX leadership roles are non-culturally diverse men.

The ASX200 has a serious cultural, gender diversity problem

ANALYSIS
Nassim Khadem

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: Trump speech ignites markets

Sponsored
Gary Burton
1 min ago

"I'm excited about this change and expect to remain a professional investor at Bridgewater until I die," Dalio said in ...

Dalio reshuffles Bridgewater's top deck

Saijel Kishan and Katherine Burton
51 mins ago

"We raise our 2017 year-end target to 2450 to reflect increasing likelihood we are entering a typical end-of-bull-market ...

S&P; 500 poised to 'overshoot' fair value

Julie Verhage and Sid Verma
1 hr ago

With global economic activity improving, copper demand is likely to expand towards 3.7 per cent this year from 3 per ...

Copper rises on China data

Coking coal miners cautious optimists

Opinion
Clyde Russell

China orders aluminium, steel cuts

Risk rises as Trump disappoints on detail

Myriam Robin

Markets Live: Muted response to Trump speech

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Heart of stone: CommInsure's heart attack definition was a decade old.

CommInsure probe has failed to get to the heart of the problem

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

CBA said its claims staff received no financial incentives for declining or delaying claims.

CommInsure investigation didn't involve interviewing customers

Esther Han

Mike Baird says focusing on customers' needs is key in a tough market.

Baird seeks respect for NAB on return to banking

Patrick Hatch

Mr Baird previously worked for NAB during a banking career prior to entering politics.

Former NSW premier Mike Baird joins NAB

Patrick Hatch and Harriet Alexander

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Forget the banks, they're amateurs compared with health insurers

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

University of Sydney student Caroline Hamilton Smith at the school of aeronautical engineering.

How prepared are university students for the jobs of the future?

Anna Patty

Woolworths workers have been on a wage deal that expired in 2015.

Big retailers to push through new deals after penalty rate decision

Nick Toscano

The penalty rates cuts disproportionately target women in work.

How the penalty rates decision hurts women

ANALYSIS
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Avoiding a 'carbon bubble' is front of mind for a growing number of investors.

Investors pushing business to avoid a carbon-bubble bust

IN DEPTH
Clancy Yeates

'To avoid a hard landing we really have to provide support for the economy.'

Meeting that stops our nation, and our miners

ANALYSIS
Brian Robins

Madgi Batato, global vice president of Nestle.

Meet the King of the KitKats

Mark Hawthorne

Online, ANZ states that the card "must be cut diagonally in half (including any embedded microchip on the card) and ...

Why the banks make it so hard for you to cancel your credit card

Lucy Cormack

Ian Wilson had a seven-month battle with his insurance provider.

'They hide behind the legal jargon': Why Ian's insurance claim was refused

Lucy Cormack

CBA said its claims staff received no financial incentives for declining or delaying claims.

CommInsure investigation didn't involve interviewing customers

Esther Han

Woolworths

'Budget-conscious mums', Woolies revival forcing Coles prices lower

Catie Low

David Jones, which had been performing well over the past couple of years, has hit a speed bump.

Department stores face uncertain future as sales shrink

Elizabeth Knight

Apprehension: Caltex's crackdown has spooked franchisees, who fear they may lose their stores.

'We're struggling,' say enraged Caltex franchisees

Mario Christodoulou

Harvey Norman chair Gerry Harvey says demand for airconditioners had been "running hot".

Blistering conditions turn around Harvey Norman's sales trend

Catie Low

Bellamy's major shareholder Jan Cameron and new directors Rodd Peters and Chan Wei-Chan

Bellamy's directors out but Cameron misses out on seat

Madeleine Heffernan

Treasurer Scott Morrison says it is not clear what position he will take over the extra revenue.

Budget battle as Treasurer won't commit to saving mining windfall

Peter Martin

Farmers

Chickpeas to the rescue, as farmers drive national accounts

Patrick Hatch

ACT chief minister Andrew Barr: Buoyed by strong growth in the economy.

ACT economy bounces back in December quarter

Kirsten Lawson

Australian Institute of Company Directors boss Elizabeth Proust says company tax cuts should not be delivered in ...

Push for company tax cuts as CEOs get big pay is 'hollow'

Nassim Khadem

With global economic activity improving, copper demand is likely to expand towards 3.7 per cent this year from 3 per ...

Copper rises on China data

Australian free-on-board coking coal prices rose to $US158.70 a tonne in the week to February 24, up 5.8 per cent on the ...

Coking coal miners cautious optimists

Opinion
Clyde Russell

China's northeast has battled some of the worst pollution in years in recent months as emissions from heavy industry, ...

China orders aluminium, steel cuts

Watersun Homes was working on about 300 homes in Metro melbourne and regional Victoria.

Watersun Homes goes into administration

Simon Johanson, Emma D'Agostino

Frank Galbally, part of the family's legal dynasty

Historic Galbally & O'Bryan legal offices up for grabs

Nicole Lindsay

Earnings from extensive property holdings spiked 91 per cent, largely from revaluations.

Property underpins Harvey Norman profits

Simon Johanson

If the US signalled it will not comply with WTO decisions, other countries could impose tariffs against US imports in ...

Trump set to thumb nose at WTO

Damian Paletta and Ana Swanson
1 hr ago

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama intend to write separate books but want to sell the publishing ...

Obamas' book deal worth as much $US60m

Will Willitts

Uber may soon begin a pilot program in Pittsburgh in which trusted customers will be able to use their phones to summon ...

Perfect storm: Uber's renegade ways catching up with it

ANALYSIS
Leonid Bershidsky

Lane or path? A cycleway in Sydney's CBD.

Is this a bike lane? Investigating the cycleway saga

On Your Bike
28 mins ago

One option: Instead of buying a Mercedes SL 140 Cabriolet, rent one and drive it along the Mediterranean coast.

Mindblowing experiences to blow your money on

Luxury

The Commonwealth Bank was one of the only stocks in the Mums and Dads Index to deliver an outstanding result.

Results season a damp squib for small investors

John Collett

Credit cards have higher annual fees than in the past.

5 credit card clawbacks that hit money model citizens

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

'Surprised we're still working together': Tom Sanceau and Bonnie Shearston remain business partners despite their ...

Why you shouldn't go into business with your sweetheart

Katherine Feeney

Furloughs are coming to a business near you.

New job status: the almost full-time worker

Tony Featherstone

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