8@eight: Wall St up as geopolitical tensions hover
Local shares are due to open slightly higher after Wall Street resumed trade with a turnaround session, finishing in positive territory to snap a three-day losing streak.
Local shares are due to open slightly higher after Wall Street resumed trade with a turnaround session, finishing in positive territory to snap a three-day losing streak.
State and federal governments are promising action to make property more affordable for first-home buyers. But what would be the best policies?
What's the latest frontier to be conquered by low-cost exchange-traded funds? Emerging-market debt.
Crude oil prices slipped 1 per cent overnight in subdued trading, on news of rising US shale production and profit-taking
Online retailers Showpo and Black Swallow have settled a dispute after a graphic designer was accused of stealing company contact lists.
Behind Woolworths' revamped Rewards scheme is a data machines that's collecting and analysing buying patterns to deliver unique, digital catalogues to shoppers.
Canberra should step into the gas market to head off a looming supply crunch
An overcooked housing market and rising interest rates are poised to plunge thousands of Australian families into mortgage stress.
Tax Office admits some of its public servants "uncomfortable" with the supply of their employment data.
ACT economy now among the fastest growing in Australia.
CBD is still blinking away the glare after reading the explosive writ filed over Easter by Israeli magnate Beny Steinmetz against hedge fund supremo George Soros.
Australia's poorest people are taking on negatively geared property investments, despite their inability to manage the risks.
Ambiguity could lead to real problems for franchisees and franchisors in assessing responsibility.
Two weekends ago disgraced former rich lister Craig Gore appeared to be on top of the world.
There are fears America's surge in shale output this year will counter OPEC-led efforts to cut a global supply surplus.
Bain Capital agreed to invest about $US816 million ($A1.07) in Hugel Inc. to gain control of the South Korea-based maker of beauty products, including the botox anti-wrinkle treatment.
Home internet services should be treated as fringe benefits to take account of the fact that more Australians are working from home, telecommunications giant Telstra says.
Gold hit a five-month high on Monday as investors took refuge in safe-haven assets in the wake of rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea.
China's economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter as higher government infrastructure spending and a gravity-defying property boom helped boost industrial output by the most in over two years.
Qantas has told a parliamentary committee that overseas carriers should not be allowed to operate on domestic routes in Australia.
The Australian sharemarket will be populated increasingly by pirates if one local investor gets his way
Investors expect fear over geopolitical developments to dampen enthusiasm for equities this week.
Two actions appeared unrelated, but one group quietly took credit for both.
Celebrity chef Adrian Richardson has failed to pay staff their correct entitlements.
Retailers' ambitions for financial services have dimmed as competition in grocery grows.
Essential Services Commission says energy market is rigged and the government should intervene.
Hacking group the Shadow Brokers says the NSA has infiltrated the backbone of the Middle East's banking infrastructure.
Former police officer Adam Watts applied for 250 jobs after his insurer told him he could get a job as a librarian.
I have a lot of strong views, and I hope it isn't hard to detect an internal consistency in them, but they're not driven by loyalty to any party.
Gaming giant Ladbrokes Coral has painted a rosy view of the prospects for its Australian business brushing off concerns about the prospect of new taxes.
Little bunches of flowers sold online are offering an alternative to traditional florists.
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