Interest rates left unchanged

• Interest Rates
• 3 mins ago

The Reserve Bank maintains the cash rate at 1.5 per cent, but Peter Martin says change may be coming.

Calombaris' restaurants underpaid staff $2.6m

• 37 mins ago

Nearly 200 staff at George Calombaris' restaurants have been underpaid $2.6 million collectively, with the celebrity chef blaming "historically poor processes" for the bungle.

Netanyahu investigators hoping for chat with globe-trotting Packer: reports

• 46 mins ago

An Israeli investigation into gift giving to its PM has been extended as police have been unable to interview key figures, according to reports.

Vita shares tumble on back of leaked Telstra document

• EXCLUSIVE
• 1 hr ago

A leaked internal Telstra document has revealed the telco giant is considering taking back control of some of its store network, potentially clashing with its major retail partner Vita Group.

Hair, beauty salons audited for workplace breaches

About 1600 hair and beauty salons will be randomly audited over the next 12 months.

China will hand Trump the win he badly needs

Veteran emerging markets investor Mark Mobius says Asian business people are less vexed about Donald Trump than their Western counterparts.

Markets Live: Whitehaven red-hot as coal spikes

• Live

Shares fall following a dour night on Wall St, with banks leading the way down, but coal and gold miners are bucking the trend.

The real cost of your plastic wrapped vegetables

Aldi, Coles and Woolworths make liberal use of plastic packaging, much to the chagrin of environmentally conscious shoppers.

Buy, hold, sell: Yowie, Vocus, iSentia, Capitol Health, Catapult

Centennial's Matthew Kidman this week talks with Monash Investors' Simon Shields and Dean Fergie from Cyan Investments about "fallen angel" stocks.

The internet has fun with new name for AOL-Yahoo tie-up

Once the Yahoo deal closes, AOL and Yahoo will be known as Oath.

Kingsgate seeks compensation from Thailand over Chatree mine closure

Australian miner Kingsgate is seeking compensation from Thailand's military government over its controversial order to shutdown the company's gold mine in northern Thailand, forcing the sackings of more than 1000 Thai workers.

Sorry folks, this ain't no property bubble

• ANALYSIS

Believe me, no one is keener than me to see a property bubble burst.

Runaway house prices put ownership dreams on hold

Two people, three jobs and a dream getting harder and harder to reach.

Former Sydney hotel transformed into pop-up home for vulnerable youth

Developer TOGA and real estate investor Qualitas have transformed the former Addison Hotel in Kensington in Sydney's east into pop-up accommodation for vulnerable youth, after donating the vacant building for a minimum of 12 months while it awaits development approval.

Fox News hit with another sexual harassment suit

Rupert Murdoch's Fox News was hit with another sexual harassment claim Monday, as on-air contributor Julie Roginsky filed a lawsuit against the network's former chief executive Roger Ailes and its current co-president Bill Shine.

S&P; cuts South Africa to junk

​S&P; cut South Africa to junk status, saying the firing of its respected finance minister heralded a damaging policy shift.

Iron ore slides below $US80 mark

The spot price of iron ore has extended its retreat, amid unrelenting negative sentiment about inventories and demand.

8@eight: 'Risk-off' rules on RBA day

• Sponsored

The local sharemarket is due to open lower as global markets drifted overnight while the Reserve Bank interest rate decision drops this afternoon.

'Stormy weather in Shortville': Musk mocks investors as Tesla soars

Tesla's Elon Musk has poked fun at short sellers as his electric-car maker's stock surged to a record, vaulting its market value past century-old rival Ford.

China iron ore imports may have peaked

• Opinion

​China's appetite for iron ore is likely to have continued unabated in March, and that might prove as good as it gets.

Pressure grows to end tax breaks for investors

• EXCLUSIVE

Ex-CBA chairman says breaks for property investors such as negative gearing need to be addressed to cool down the housing market.

Sir Ron Brierley still walks the takeover path

Proving he can walk and chew gum at the same time, Sir Ron Brierley's current plaything Mercantile Investment has two takeover bids on the go as it continues to try to hoover up market minnows, writes Carolyn Cummins.

ABA boss Anna Bligh hoses down talk of housing bubble

The new head of the Australian Banker's Association (ABA) - former Queensland premier Anna Bligh - has hosed down talk of a housing price bubble in her first day on the job.

Google trains ad computers to be offended

Over the years, Google trained computer systems to keep copyrighted content and pornography off its YouTube service.

Firms queue up to build SA battery

Dozens of companies from 10 countries are vying with Elon Musk's Tesla Inc to install Australia's largest grid-scale battery to help keep the lights on in the country's most wind-dependent state.

Spotless talks up rival offers to Downer

Despite ramping up its war of words opposing as "opportunistic" an unwanted takeover offer from Downer EDI, contractor Spotless shares wallow at a discount to the offer

Time to stop negative gearing 'distortions', says business lobby

A major business lobby has taken aim at popular tax breaks for housing that are claimed by many of its members.

Immigration may pay price for booming housing

• COMMENT

It says plenty about the state of Australian politics that so much policy is viewed through the lens of Sydney and Melbourne housing affordability, writes Michael Pascoe.

ASX holds onto gains as banks offset miners

The ASX recovered early losses to end the session narrowly in the black, holding on to last week's gains.