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Investor property lending ‘hot’
12:00AMMichael RoddanInvestor lending is running hot and analysts say the frenzy will continue unless lending standards are tightened.
inside storyNo flight for Bellamy’s chair
12:00AMdamon kitneyThe afternoon Rex Airlines flight to Melbourne from Wynyard Airport took off on Monday with one VIP missing from the passenger list.
exclusiveAmazon lays ground for assault
12:00AMBRIDGET CARTER, BEN WILMOTUS online retail powerhouse Amazon is looking to appoint a real estate firm to find a chain of distribution centres.
Harvey Norman rides building boom
12:00AMGlenda KorporaalHarvey Norman is looking forward to delivering a strong full-year performance with expectations of continued growth.
NAB banks on ex-NSW premier
12:00AMMichael BennetMike Baird, NAB’s new chief of institutional banking, has vowed to sharpen the focus on returns.
Sheppard talks up Spotless
12:00AMJOHN DURIESpotless has 6000 contracts across Australia, of which the top 100 account for 75 per cent of earnings.
US agenda awful, says BHP boss
12:00AMMatt ChambersBHP Billiton chief executive Andrew Mackenzie has stepped up his concern over Donald Trump’s trade plans.
CommInsure review ‘too narrow’
12:00AMMichael RoddanA review of CBA’s life insurance arm CommInsure has been criticised as too narrow, but led to payouts of $320,000.
margin callExecutive exodus from QBE
Will Glasgow, Christine LacySacked QBE executive Colin Fagen is far from alone in leaving the insurer’s senior ranks over the past nine months
SurfStitch confident of recovery
Daniel PalmerSurfStitch yesterday expressed confidence in a “solid foundation” for recovery, despite another profit downgrade.
Don’t Google innovation: Carnegie
12:00AMMichael BennetFormer Google Australia chief Maile Carnegie says the tech firm isn’t all about playing on slides and foosball tables.
UK law change a headache for QBE
12:00AMMichael RoddanThe pains continue for QBE after Britain dramatically changed the rates used to calculate compensation for injuries.
Investors vent fury at Bellamy’s
12:00AMEli GreenblatBellamy’s rejuvenated board faces the monumental task of unifying shareholders and resuscitating the firm’s fortunes.
Kiwis pursue Officeworks
Bridget Carter, Scott MurdochThe contest for Wesfarmers’ $1.5 billion Officeworks is shaping up as a trans-Tasman battle.
ABC ‘not good enough’ on Trad
Stephen BrookABC admits it failed properly to report Muslim leader Keysar Trad’s comments on violence against women as a “last resort”.
Local TV content set for review
Mitchell BingemannMitch Fifield confirms he’s contemplating a review while raising alarm at Hi5’s ever-changing line-up.
Few complain as short-wave axed
Stephen BrookJust 14 people in the Northern Territory complained to the ABC about its decision to switch off its short-wave service.
ABC news battling for viewers
STEPHEN BROOKThe ABC is in a quandary over declining and ageing audiences for its TV news and current affairs programs.
Samsung heir indicted
EUN-YOUNG JEONG, TIMOTHY W. MARTINFour other company executives have been indicted on similar bribery charges.
Uber fires top engineer for conduct
GREG BENSINGERThe dismissal is said to involve allegations of sexual harassment at Google.
Amazon ups its search for space
Bridget Carter, Ben WilmotAmazon’s search for a real estate agent to acquire property is a further sign it’s serious about Australian expansion.
New home sales ease
ELIZABETH REDMANThe number of new home sales across the country eased in January but remain at healthy levels.
- Trump may spark voter backlash
- Crown to drop sport star links
- No flight for Bellamy’s chair
- Executive exodus from QBE
- Investor property lending ‘hot’
- Goldminer stocks suffer $2bn hit
- ABC ‘not good enough’ on Trad
- Uber fires top engineer for conduct
- Celeb tweet before Oscar chaos
- Prison for Hedge Fund Bro No.1
Sheppard talks up Spotless
JOHN DURIESpotless has 6000 contracts across Australia, of which the top 100 account for 75 per cent of earnings.
Build it big and prosper
Glenda KorporaalWhy new railway lines make Katie Page and Gerry Harvey happy.
Trump to speak to his base
Robert GottliebsenAs Trump prepares his speech to the joint Houses of Congress, he’ll be listening to the true believers not Wall Street.
Secret love a $500k sting
JOHN DURIEThe reality of QBE’s results are that they the best from the company in recent years.
QBE chief pays price for love
RICHARD GLUYASThe QBE board had no option but to discipline CEO John Neal for failing to disclose a relationship with a co-worker.
Time to step up, Mr Henry
Alan KohlerKen Henry needs to make sure his speech wasn’t just another whinge about the lack of political leadership.
SpaceX puts moon on tourist map
Andy PasztorBillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX has proposed taking tourists around the moon in as soon as two years.
Great minds drink alike
Glenda KorporaalThis network of self-proclaimed ‘like-minded bitches’, founded over a few glasses of wine, means business.
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