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  1. What went wrong for Crown in China?

    The former head of the NSW casino regulator, Chris Sidoti, warns that Crown's Australian casino licences should be reviewed if any of its staff under arrest in China are convicted of an offence.

  2. Communist billionaires accused of holding China back

    An elite group of Communist billionaires with a combined worth of nearly $700 billion are being accused of holding China back as they profit from bloated state enterprises.

  3. Lack of airport regulation costs consumers up to $1.6b in fees: ACCC

    Airlines and their passengers have paid up to $1.6 billion too much for airport access over the past decade due to a textbook example of how not to privatise monopoly assets, the competition regulator says.

  4. Victoria's stamp duty cut will raise prices: Morrison

    Victoria's move to abolish stamp duty for first home buyers purchasing a property valued below $600,000 will not work unless more homes are built, Treasurer Scott Morrison says

  5. Retail sales tick higher, ANZ job ads dip

    Retail sales rebound in January, rising 0.4 per cent according to the Bureau of Statistics, while job ads data from ANZ show a dip of 0.7 per cent in February after a solid rise the month prior.

  6. The week in finance: RBA set to hold again as Fed ready to hike

    The Reserve Bank steps back into the spotlight this week but it will be far from dramatic, with no movement likely and a performance limited to a dry monologue extolling the virtues of monetary neutrality.

  7. China cuts growth target amid push for debt reduction

    China cuts its growth target for this year as the world's second-largest economy pushes through painful reforms to address a rapid build-up in debt, and constructs a "firewall" against financial risks.

  8. Sydney's soaring house prices fuelling surge in rental demand

    It's not just potential homebuyers feeling the heat of Sydney's soaring prices, a real estate group warns, releasing data showing there has also been a surge in rental demand.

Features

  1. Tax breaks don't work

    We've been here before ... the Victorian Government is cutting stamp duty for first time buyers to give them a leg up, but this has been tried there and elsewhere and it just doesn't work.

  2. Rising inequality

    Australian principles are under attack, starkly illustrated by the recent recommendation by the industrial arbiter to cut the wages of Australia's lowest-paid workers.

  3. Property wealth transfer

    There is a widening of inequality between younger Australians whose parents own a home and those who do not, a new report shows.

  4. Finance week ahead

    Business reporter Michael Janda previews the week ahead in business and finance for RN Breakfast.

  5. Affordable housing

    Set up in 2014 by community organisation Launch Housing, HomeGround is a real estate agency that aims to create more affordable housing by tapping into the large private rental market.

  6. Drought innovators

    In outback Queensland, where drought has dominated in the past five years, the small seeds of big business ideas have started to grow.

ASX Quotes

Table showing ASX index quotes for today (as of Mon Mar 06 2017 16:11:00 GMT+1100 (AEDT))
Index Opening Closing Change
5775.40 5788.50 0.2%
5729.60 5746.50 0.3%
2085.00 2067.50 -0.8%
8786.80 8774.80 -0.1%
6695.90 6717.30 0.3%
21799.10 21651.70 -0.7%
815.50 817.10 0.2%
9915.40 10027.00 1.1%
5076.30 5072.40 -0.1%
9181.20 9224.20 0.5%
1622.10 1638.60 1%
8260.70 8252.80 -0.1%
2337.80 2328.20 -0.4%

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