Sun setting on housing boom
The great Australian housing boom might be grinding to a stand-still as home values across Australia's five largest capital cities have appreciated only 0.3 per cent between 20 March and 20 April.
The great Australian housing boom might be grinding to a stand-still as home values across Australia's five largest capital cities have appreciated only 0.3 per cent between 20 March and 20 April.
Coke's problem is that it makes the bulk of its profits from "something that is bad for your health". But it can still make money. Just look at the tobacco industry.
The Coalition is being urged to ban SMSFs from borrowing or risk a stampede of debt between now and the next election.
The bitter question that multinational companies across Australia will be asking after Friday's historic Court of Appeal tax ruling comes down to this: why did Chevron have to be so greedy?
Mike Cannon-Brookes has warned the government's nationalistic message would hurt its "ideas boom" reputation and competitiveness.
Coca-Cola Amatil's Australia sales have gone flat, leading to a shock profit downgrade.
Australia's $300 million plan to impose GST on imported online purchases from July 1 appears at risk of collapse with eBay, Alibaba, Etsy and Amazon considering blocking Australian customers.
SMSFs own 0.18 per cent of the property market and banning borrowing will do nothing to bring down property prices, say critics of Labor's latest plan to lift affordability.
CBA is raising lending rates for property buyers by up to 50 basis points, the third rate rise in just over a month.
Top chefs share their social media rules: Post at least once a day, include plenty of food porn, and be a real person behind the brand.
Australia's benchmark index followed off-shore leads solidly higher on Friday, but it wasn't enough to reverse losses in the earlier part of the week.
Zen Energy chairman Ross Garnaut says the only practical solution to the gas crisis is to have all three LNG projects in Qld cut back their exports.
Tony Abbott is not the messiah, he's just a very naughty boy.
It was blamed on terrorists but German police have arrested a man they say was shorting the shares of Borussia Dortmund FC.
Hong Kong's Cheung Kong secures FIRB approval for its $7.4 billion takeover of DUET Group hours before the shareholder vote.
Shares end a tough week on a high note as miners roar back to life, while Coca-Cola Amatil slumps on a shock profit warning.
US Vice-President Mike Pence will seek to reassure Australian business that the US economy is not being closed to outsiders.
Australia and Japan's push to revive a security grouping with India and the United States will be strongly opposed by China.
Unsettling moves in the market from bonds to iron ore are more about letting off steam than the start of something nasty.
AFR readers' Letters to the Editor, Friday April 21.
Morgan Stanley's local institutional equities business saw profit almost halve last year, while the bank's wealth unit markedly narrowed its losses.
US VP Mike Pence will not only need to explain his nation's plans in Asia, but sell sceptical Aussies on his boss.
Feeling lousy, Joe Aston heads north of Sydney for a rare break from daily deadlines.
A parliamentary committee probing the big four banks has singled out ANZ for praise, saying that it was "more constructive" than some of its more stubborn competitors.
The conveyor will carry coking coal from its Peak Downs mine in Queensland to its Caval Ridge mine, lifting output and creating 400 jobs.
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