Business Day

ACTU president Ged Kearney.

Abolition of 457 visas is 'spin over substance', say unions

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Anna Patty

Legoland's British owner Merlin Entertainments plans to open up to four more Legoland centres in premium shopping ...

Four more Legoland centres planned for Australia

RETAIL
Catie Low

There is a "secular headwind looming for Australian retailers in the form of foreign competition", according to Morgan ...

Retailers' best trading conditions 'behind them'

RETAIL
Madeleine Heffernan

The government will scrap 457 visas.

No 'red tape nightmare' plea on 457 visa changes

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Sarah Danckert

Weakness in commodity markets prompted investors to punish the major resource players.

Iron ore, geopolitics send ASX tumbling

MARKETS
Jessica Sier

Husband and wife Chris and Mel Tantchev co-founded Bookabuy offering personalised book subscriptions.?

How small businesses can compete with a retail Goliath

SMALLBIZ TECH
Chris Tantchev

There has been a change in sentiment among investors in China's iron ore futures market.

Iron ore plunge could hit budget

COMMODITIES
Jessica Sier

Market Indices

Updated: April 18, 2017 - 4:37PM

Updated: April 18, 2017 - 6:09PM

Updated: April 18, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: April 18, 2017 - 11:22PM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7543

Percentage up/down

-0.58% fall
Euro

Price

0.7054

Percentage up/down

-1.04% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5922

Percentage up/down

-1.92% fall

Updated: April 18, 2017 - 11:30PM

7-Eleven was caught underpaying workers.

7-Eleven sparked reforms will bring franchising chaos

COMMENT
Bruce McFarlane

Billionaire financier George Soros faces a blistering lawsuit.

Beny Steinmetz lawsuit scorches George Soros

Carolyn Cummins

Airbnb

How the world's biggest hotels are taking on Airbnb

ANALYSIS
Katie Benner

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Markets Live: Selling wave hits ASX

Patrick Commins

Analysts expect the US earnings season to be the strongest in some years.

High hopes for US earnings season

Myriam Robin

The rupee will slide to 66.50 per US dollar by the end of June, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. ...

Rupee hits seasonality wall

Kartik Goyal

Netflix falls short on users

Lucas Shaw

8@eight: Wall St up as geopolitical tensions hover

Sponsored
Chris Weston

BlackRock tips emerging-market debt

Natasha Doff

Oil slips in thin trading

Geopolitical fear to keep ASX in check

Jessica Sier

Craig Gore was arrested and charged on Easter Saturday with fraud offences.

Disgraced rich lister arrested in midst of new development

Sarah Danckert

"I doubt that there is really an opportunity here.": Industry experts don't expect the big supermarkets to get involved ...

Coles, Woolworths staying away from super

Madeleine Heffernan

Swift is used by about 11,000 banks to transfer money from one country to another.

NSA infiltrated Mideast banking, say hackers

Nicole Perlroth

NAB's Andrew Hagger.

NAB executive 'deeply accountable' to customers

Georgia Wilkins

Tidjane Thiam, chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Group.

Credit Suisse leaders offer to cut bonuses 40 per cent

David Scheer

An image from the Coles "I'm free" ad.

Companies called on to put staff safety before marketing

Anna Patty

John Coates: "I don't shake hands with c---s."

Coates drops C-bomb in fight to control Olympic movement

Mark Hawthorne

Fair Work Ombusdman Natalie James.

'The script will not change' - warning on our workplaces

Anna Patty

Craig Gore was arrested and charged on Easter Saturday with fraud offences.

Disgraced rich lister arrested in midst of new development

Sarah Danckert

John Thomas pioneered non-ticket revenue and says he will use it to improve Virgin Australia's profitability.

The man who invented airline bag charges says there's more to come

Patrick Hatch

Elliott Management Corporation CEO Paul Singer is never one to back down from a stoush.

How BHP became enmeshed in fears of electromagnetic pulses

Brian Robins

A meal delivery rider on Crown Street in Surry Hills makes a dash through red lights.

Deliveroo and Foodora riders flouting road rules to deliver meals

Andrew Taylor

Nike has introduced a dedicated plus-size range up to a 3X.

Sports brands are finally offering activewear for women of all sizes

ANALYSIS
Melissa Singer

An image from the Coles "I'm free" ad.

Coles rolls back ad after staff sexually harassed

Timna Jacks

There is a "secular headwind looming for Australian retailers in the form of foreign competition", according to Morgan ...

Retailers' best trading conditions 'behind them'

Madeleine Heffernan

Legoland

Shopping malls harness family fun to fight off digital invaders

Catie Low

Legoland's British owner Merlin Entertainments plans to open up to four more Legoland centres in premium shopping ...

Four more Legoland centres planned for Australia

Catie Low

More than 20,000 shoppers complained to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission about consumer guarantees in ...

The $300b industry without an ombudsman

Madeleine Heffernan

eBay said Australians would shop on "opaque parts of the internet".

eBay threatens to block Australian shoppers

Patrick Hatch

Illustration: Simon Bosch

A universal age pension is a win for younger generations too

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Reserve Bank governer Philip Lowe.

RBA flags 'drastic action' to curb 'dangerously dumb' house prices

Eryk Bagshaw

The number of Australians with a rental property has increased to just over 2.05 million, up from 1.98 million in 2012-13.

How negative gearing made the poor worse off

ANALYSIS
Nassim Khadem

Daniel Stone doesn't think he will ever be able to buy in the Sydney property maket.

The green, amber and red of housing affordability

Matt Wade

A worker positions a drill bit high up on the derrick of a drill rig.

Oil slips in thin trading

Australian gas being shipped abroad

Need for 'national interest test' to head off gas shortage

Brian Robins

There are fears America's surge in shale output this year will counter OPEC-led efforts to cut a global supply surplus.

Crude slips under $US53 as US drilling surge stokes output fears

Heesu Lee and Perry Williams

Impression of the project concept plan of the 6.9ha industrial precinct, Park Sydney.

Greenland to launch $1.6b Sydney Park Sydney

Carolyn Cummins

People line up for limited edition runners. Opening of Foot Locker, Bourke st Mall Melbourne. Runners, Speakers , ...

Sportswear puts pressure on traditional shoe retailers

Simon Johanson

Studio 8 student accommodation in Ryde, Sydney.

Student digs in hot demand by investors

Carolyn Cummins

Elliott said the letter "read as a threat to intimidate or extort a senior officer of Elliott Management".

'Threat to intimidate': CEO quits after sending letter

China accounts for a large chunk of global debt.

Surging China tries to tame credit

Kevin Yao and Yawen Chen

Airbnb

How the world's biggest hotels are taking on Airbnb

ANALYSIS
Katie Benner

One of several bars at the Ned, opening soon in London.

Why the Ned is the blockbuster business hotel of the future

Business Travel

The Whitehaven 6000 Flybridge. At a cruising speed of about 10 knots, the twin 18.1-litre Caterpillar turbodiesels are ...

This Aussie luxury yacht has a game-changing new feature

Luxury

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The lower the yield, the higher the cost of fees

Michael Pascoe

Hyenas rarely do the initial damage but once they swoop in, they can quickly become the problem.

Keep the shorting 'hyenas' in your peripheral vision

Marcus Padley

Husband and wife Chris and Mel Tantchev co-founded Bookabuy offering personalised book subscriptions.?

How small businesses can compete with a retail Goliath

Chris Tantchev

Pyjama Day at Hardtofind: Giorgii Tsironis, Erica Stewart (founder), Erin Brennan, Will Davidson, Georgia Prince, Sarah ...

What employees really want

Alexandra Cain

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