Insurers reveal doctors are sharing full medical histories
You may not know it, but your doctor may transfer your full medical history to your life insurance provider, possibly in breach of doctor-patient confidentiality rules.
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Sweet news: Chocolate is about to get cheaper
It's a good news day for chocolate lovers: Prices for chocolate are set to fall as the world cocoa market shifts from a deficit to the largest surplus in six years.
Cannabis bets take Aussie hedge fund to No.1
Bets on US marijuana companies helped an Australian manager soar 145 per cent last year to become the world's best-performing hedge fund.
The high price to hear again: 'It's extortionate behaviour'
Les thought buying hearing aids would be a simple exercise. But he soon found out otherwise.
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A Danish online retailer has been accused of sending consumers payment notices for products they never ordered.
Head lice killer linked to abnormal behaviour in children
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Why the banks make it so hard for you to cancel your credit card
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Most consumers considered the price and level of cover as the only "detail" necessary to make an informed decision.
CommInsure investigation didn't involve interviewing customers
Commonwealth Bank says that its staff aren't avoiding or wilfully denying life insurance claims.
'You can't use corn syrup and call it honey': The war over 'fake milk'
We've been calling these products 'milk' for decades. Will we have to stop?
These are the Sydney suburbs getting the NBN by June
You can finally check when you will get the NBN and what sort of technology you will be receiving.
Problem with your credit report? New fears it'll be harder to resolve
If you have a complaint about Veda, you can no longer take it the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Camilla kaftan lover charged after posing as security guard
A woman posing as a security guard has been charged with shoplifting from a Camilla warehouse sale.
Murray Goulburn discloses losses, ASIC and ACCC investigations
The downturn in the dairy industry has taken its toll on the country's largest milk processor, Murray Goulburn Co-Operative.
Certified painter 'did not even know what lead paint was'
Australia's peak body for the painting industry has expressed concerns for tradespeople who have been issued qualifications to handle toxic materials without the requisite training.
'It's not anything goes': Broadband providers, insurance in ACCC's sights
Broadband speed and performance claims, misbehaving health insurance providers and consumer guarantees are in the watchdog's sights.
They're coming after your frequent flyer points
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What you can do to help push down petrol prices
Here's what the ACCC says you can do to help reduce petrol prices at a time when costs are going through the roof.
How 38,000 Australians ended up on a restaurant booking blacklist
Restaurants affiliated with the online booking site Dimmi have blacklisted 38,000 diners for failing to show up at a reservation in the past year.
How Matt turned a coffee meeting in Sydney into a Silicon Valley winner
Five years after graduating from medicine in Sydney, Matt Schiller is operating in Silicon Valley.
How funding from big pharma affects trial results
Drug trial studies that are sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry are more likely to favour a sponsor's product.
The 'luxury' Bondi Airbnb that really was too good to be true
It looked like the perfect Airbnb that was too good to be true. It was.
Medibank health insurance rebuild to take three years
The slide of the share of the private health insurance market held by Medibank Private is showing few signs of slowing, as the group battles high complaints volumes and rising costs.
Would you sell these to your families?
The corporate watchdog says the insurance industry is doing itself no favours by selling junk products that hurt the most vulnerable.
Bellamy's shareholders warned off supporting Cameron board spill
Bellamy's shareholders told not to back the push to grab board control of the troubled company
'I don't trade on innuendo': CEO dismisses Trump effect
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Medibank deducting wrong amounts from policyholders' accounts
Here's another problem for Medibank customers.
A2 profit surges on China demand for infant formula
Unlike some key local competitors, A2 Milk has boasted of "strong growth in demand" for its infant milk formula in China as it posted a surge in earnings.
The junk food industry's broken promises to families
The industry' voluntary codes were meant to reduce unhealthy food ads targeting children, but there's strong evidence they're not working.
Scientists raise alarms as caged egg debate heats up
Consumers are demanding more free range eggs, but the industry is doing everything it can to keep using battery cages by shaping the new batch of animal welfare laws.