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Tesla has ascended into the realm of so-called story stocks - companies that have bewitched investors because their ...

Tesla has something hotter to sell than cars: Its story

Tesla has ascended into a rarefied realm of so-called story stocks - companies that have so bewitched investors that their share prices are impervious to any traditional valuation measures because their stories are simply too good not to be true.

London's homes have more than doubled in price since 2009.

Is there a fix for housing affordability?

Despite taking a hammer blow from the financial crisis London is one of the most effervescent – and infuriating – housing markets in the world. Sound familiar?

This and other challenges to Telstra's balance sheet have analysts at UBS recommending it cut the very thing that keeps ...

Telstra dividend under threat

Telstra's been a perennial favourite but squeezed margins have analysts questioning whether its high dividends are sustainable.

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Aussie employment take on new meaning

The highlight of the week is arguably the March employment report. Given the Reserve Banks recent concerns about the labour market, this data point takes on new meaning. (This video was produced in commercial partnership between Fairfax Media and IG Markets).

Problems in the labour market have become stark over the past year as full-time jobs fell, part-time roles picked up ...

Did we miss a recession we had to have?

Australia's success in evading the global recession is coming back to haunt it, with a delayed fallout manifesting itself now in the steady climb in underemployment.

While Dimon (photo) lamented that JPMorgan is constrained in lending because of capital demands, Kashkari noted that the ...

Kashkari takes Dimon to task

Minneapolis Fed boss Neel Kashkari criticised JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon for unrealistic views on key US banking regulations.

"On balance, removing the downward bias on interest rates in the present formulation of the Governing Council's forward ...

ECB retains rate cut option

European Central Bank officials agreed last month that it would be premature to rule out possible further rate cuts.

Bruce Billson, the former small business minister who is now chairman of the franchise lobby group, Franchise Council of ...

Plot to kill off tough new wage fraud laws

Shocking cases of wage fraud in the big brands of 7-Eleven, Domino's, Caltex and United Petroleum, ricochet across the country, prompting all sides of politics to promise new legislation to rein in systemic wage fraud.

Standard & Poor's economics guru David Blitzer.

Is Snap even a 'public' company?

Australian investors hoping to invest in Snap Inc might be disappointed, with S&P; Dow Jones unsure on whether to add it to the S&P; 500 at all.

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