Why Australia isn't so easy for Trump to bully

• ANALYSIS

When President Donald Trump berated Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull two months ago over 1,250 refugees the US agreed to accept from Australia, the phone conversation was perceived ominously: A decades-old alliance that was already strained by Australia's economic reliance on China was now being put under greater stress.

US stocks end stellar quarter quietly

Stocks in the US and around the world ended a strong first quarter with a whimper amid political and economic uncertainty.

Oil lower, analysts pare forecasts

Oil prices fell after another rise in the US rig count signalled yet a higher hurdle in efforts to pare the global glut.

Attack of the shorts: an aggressive tool to influence companies

While shorting had long been a reality of how sophisticated investors play the market in Australia, it has of late turned brasher, louder, and far more aggressive.

From Innisfail to Alaska: Aussies DJs win over America

When Rupert Murdoch became an American citizen in September 1985 he was seen as a man willing to sacrifice anything, even his nationality, to pursue business. 

Enough ore for 13,000 Eiffel Towers

Some of China's ports are demolishing old buildings to create more storage space, trading sources said.

Major Credit Suisse tax evasion probe involves Australian account holders

​Credit Suisse Group, some of its employees and hundreds of account holders are the subjects of a major tax evasion and money laundering probe that spans five countries.

Credit Suisse tax probe nabs 346 Australians

Credit Suisse faces a sweeping tax evasion and money laundering investigation spanning five countries including Australia.

South African assets hit by Gordhan firing

South African bank stocks tumbled and bonds plunged after the firing of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Boeing's Dreamliner 787-10 takes to the skies for its first test flight

Boeing's newest and largest Dreamliner, the 787-10, took off on its first flight on Friday, kicking off a flight test program for the high-tech jet.

Death threats and smear campaigns, the lot of a whistleblower

• COMMENT

The culture of 'don’t dob in a mate' strikes at the heart of our poor treatment of whistleblowers.

Another millionaire cashes in on apartment boom

Robert Le Tet – a low-profile member of Melbourne's establishment for more than three decades – is the latest businessman seeking to replace his company's inner-city headquarters with an apartment building.

Big banks trumped by bigger Apple

• COMMENT

Australia's largest banks versus Apple; there's no contest.

Andrew Jaspan resigns as editor of The Conversation

A staff insurrection, board dispute and fallout with global partners has finally ended with the resignation of Andrew Jaspan as editor of The Conversation in Australia.

Sydney School of Entrepreneurship a millionaire factory in the making

What has Stockholm ever done for us? When the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship gets its first students in the second half of this year, there will be a new answer to the question (aside from IKEA).

Extremist funding fears prompt government to pull YouTube ad spend

The global Google boycott keeps on rolling with the Australian government the latest big spender to suspend advertising on Google's YouTube platform.

Home builders have mixed response to APRA changes

Home builders have given a mixed reception to the move by APRA to tighten the lending practices on interest-only and investor loans.

Adani head says Qld mega mine ready to go

A visit from the head of Indian mining giant Adani was met with a protest outside the business lunch.

ASX enjoys best week of 2017

Banks helped power the Australian sharemarket to a weekly gain of 1.9 per cent, its biggest this year.

Minimum wage rise could benefit all in the rat race

• COMMENT

If I was on the minimum wage, however, I wouldn't start spending the increase yet.

Energy 'crisis' predictable, says former Origin Energy boss

The so-called energy "crisis" was predictable and stemmed from the push for renewable energy and limits on accessing domestic gas reserves, BCA president Grant King said.

New rules to cool down real estate

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Banks have been slapped with new limits on interest-only and investor lending as the banking regulator responds to heightened risks of rising housing prices and household indebtedness. 

Markets Live: ASX's best week of 2017

A last-minute slump isn't enough to prevent the ASX from notching up its best weekly gains in four months, with banks driving most of the gains.

The 22 year-old at the centre of the self-driving car craze

In the sixth grade, Austin Russell turned a Nintendo gaming handset into a mobile phone. At 15, he built a holographic keyboard. By 17, he'd filed for a patent. Now at 22, he's running a startup at the heart of Silicon Valley's latest technology mania.

Immigration to be cut

You could be forgiven for thinking economic policy has just two arms – monetary and fiscal. Interest rates and what the government raises and spends. But there is a third arm that is rarely discussed. Michael Pascoe comments.

Banks will have to go it alone in Apple Pay fight

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Australia's big banks will have to go it alone in their wrangle with tech giant Apple over the introduction of iPhone payments in this country.

Builder's customers banned from sharing reviews after legal threat

ProductReview.com.au says it has been forced to remove reviews of builder Wisdom Homes after being threatened with legal action.

Why 10 mobile calls, 2 landline calls and 3 gigs cost Annie $142.50

She only uses three websites and seldom uses her phone, but Annie McQuisten has spent around $17,000 on telecommunications in the past decade.

Government pulls all advertising from YouTube

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The federal government has joined the global boycott of advertising on Google, announcing it would "suspend all non-corporate campaign advertising from the YouTube platform".