Business Day

Campaign buttons for Emmanuel Macron, French presidential candidate who is now expected to be the country's next leader.

Markets Live: Investors cheer France

Live
Patrick Commins and Myriam Robin

Spotless Group chief executive Martin Sheppard. The company has gone to the Takeovers Panel.

Spotless rejects Downer as rival bids disappear

BUSINESS
Mathew Dunckley
1 hr ago

The OceanaGold gold and copper mine on Luzon island employs 1800 workers, most of them Filipinos.

OceanaGold fights against Philippine mine suspension

MINING AND RESOURCES
Lindsay Murdoch

The launch of the Raise a Glass initiative at the Kent Hotel in 2009. Peter Cosgrove, centre, with Stephen Finney from ...

Anzac Day among 'most dangerous days' for marketers

RETAIL
Madeleine Heffernan

The mass adoption of battery storage systems poses risks for those who don't install them.

How battery storage can take on the power companies

BUSINESS
Brian Robins

Almost every one of the most overfunded private schools is in a safe Liberal seat, and the few that aren't are in safe ...

The upside-down school funding debate is hurting students

COMMENT & ANALYSIS
Eryk Bagshaw

Amazon Go promises to revolutionise grocery shopping.

Amazon to affect shopping centres

PROPERTY
Carolyn Cummins

Market Indices

Updated: April 24, 2017 - 1:24PM

Updated: April 24, 2017 - 1:09PM

Updated: April 22, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: April 22, 2017 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7558

Percentage up/down

0.20% rise
Euro

Price

0.6972

Percentage up/down

-0.87% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5906

Percentage up/down

0.29% rise

Updated: April 24, 2017 - 1:20PM

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

The new enemy of renters: Mums and dads

COMMENT
Eryk Bagshaw

Banks have been told to warn borrowers of the risks of interest-only loans.

Sweating on every word – how ASIC massaged the banking message

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Former Coles chief executive Ian McLeod.

No hidden talents in Australia - we need 457 visas

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: A collective sigh of relief over French election results

Sponsored
Gary Burton

The currency was 2 per cent higher at $US1.0929 as trading this week began shortly after 8pm in London (5am AEST).

Euro surges near 2 per cent

Stefania Spezzati

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft.

High-frequency trading OK by ASIC

Jessica Sier

Investors have overreacted to the slow movements emanating from the US administration.

Trump's tax plan rekindles reflation trade

Jessica Sier

Wall St dips, up on week

'Massive' tax cut unveil next week

Oil below $US50 in New York

Mark Shenk

French stocks slip before vote

"Complex" rules put public servants in danger of getting burned:
Canberra financial advisor Dan Blackman.

Public servants face big super slug

Noel Towell
1 hr ago

The Commonwealth Bank has hiked fixed rates for investor and interest-only loans.

CBA raises interest rates on investor and interest-only loans

Georgia Wilkins

CLSA has a buy rating on Macquarie Group.

Australia's Macquarie Group acquires UK's Green Investment Bank

Latika Bourke

Money

Our super is sacrosanct, so leave it alone

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Michael Carapiet allegedly backdated his tax forms at the request of his tax agent, Artin Etmekdjian, a councillor on ...

High-flying ex-Macquarie banker embroiled in tax fraud probe

UPDATED
Lisa Visentin

Allowing offshore nannies to come to Australia would also help ease childcare shortages.

Call to bring in nannies from Pacific Islands

Nassim Khadem

'If you're good at course correcting, being wrong may be less costly than you think, whereas being slow is going to be ...

'Being wrong less costly than you think': What makes a good CEO

Jena McGregor

Kiara Robinson was enrolled in a training program with Outback Steakhouse.

Restaurant chain accused of using trainee program to underpay staff

EXCLUSIVE
Anna Patty

Malcolm Turnbull

Are the 457 visa reforms an illusion act?

IN DEPTH
Anna Patty

Rupert Murdoch (centre) with his sons Lachlan (left) and James (right).

Murdoch's defiance turns to pragmatism

ANALYSIS
Michael Grynbaum

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

The new enemy of renters: Mums and dads

COMMENT
Eryk Bagshaw

Peanuts are one of the most common food allergens.

'An accident waiting to happen': Australians with food allergies in the dark

Lucy Cormack

Health insurers have hiked their premiums by a cumulative 54 per cent over the past eight years.

The health insurance industry's plan to lure more young people into the system

Esther Han

Peter Garrett at Wave Aid.

Why it's so hard to buy tickets to see your favourite band

Lucy Cormack

The launch of the Raise a Glass initiative at the Kent Hotel in 2009. Peter Cosgrove, centre, with Stephen Finney from ...

Anzac Day among 'most dangerous days' for marketers

Madeleine Heffernan

Woolworths and Lowe's poured billions into launching hardware chain Masters.

Bitter Masters battle coming to an end

Madeleine Heffernan

Madeleine Hunter from Hunter Products created the Shibajuku Girls dolls.

Amazon makes child's play of toy sales

Catie Low

Oakdale, developed by Goodman and Brickworks. According to industrial property agents, Amazon has signed a lease deal ...

Welcome to Amazon's Australian ground zero

Carolyn Cummins

Rob Scott

Wesfarmers' secret Amazon response team

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Commsec chief economist Craig James says economic growth is likely to continue in the ACT.

ACT economy passes Victoria to become second strongest in Australia

Michael Gorey

Headline inflation is heading into the Reserve Bank's target band.

Inflation likely to hit RBA target band

Prashant Mehra

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

The new enemy of renters: Mums and dads

COMMENT
Eryk Bagshaw

Joo Man Park, eBay managing director and vice-president for Australia and New Zealand, at the federal inquiry.

Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Alibaba say retailers won't comply with GST change

Nassim Khadem

The takeover deal for Alinta, a natural gas and electricity retailer owned by a group of private equity companies ...

FIRB approves Chow Tai Fook's takeover of Alinta

David Stringer and Edward Johnson

Goldman Sachs said there's no fundamental evidence to justify this week's selloff in oil prices.

Oil below $US50 in New York

Mark Shenk

The architect of sweeping reforms to the LME's warehousing system, Chamberlain must decide whether to change the LME's ...

Chamberlain chosen to lead LME

The new infrastructure development along Parramatta Road will see some petrol stations sold.

Sydney’s changing road network impacts on service station market

Carolyn Cummins

Sydney will get a new luxury hotel when the Sofitel Darling Harbour opens later this year.

Demand a stellar win for hotels sector

Carolyn Cummins

A private investor has paid $16 million for 168 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest.

New infrastructure boosts the 'burbs

Carolyn Cummins

International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discuss the US ...

Mnuchin sweetens America first as chance for better world growth

Jeff Black, Andrew Mayeda, Enda Curran and Eric Martin

Volkswagen's emissions crisis rocked the entire car industry.

US judge issues VW with three-year 'organisation probation'

Nick Carey

<em>Charging Bull</em> and <em>Fearless Girl</em> face off against each other in New York.

Fearless Girl has made Charging Bull a symbol of male chauvinism: sculptor

Renae Merle

It takes work to keep the spark alive in a relationship.

If you're doing this in the bedroom, your relationship is doomed

Life on Mars

Charlie Pickering was seeing stripes on the red capet of the Logie Awards.

Why on earth did Charlie Pickering wear this suit to the Logies?

Men's Style

Receiving a windfall can leave us confused about how to make best use of the money.

How to put a financial windfall to good use

John Collett

Spaceship founders Paul Bennetts, Andrew Sellen, Dave Kuhn and Kaushik Sen.

Super funds own $45b in bank shares, $13b in tech stocks

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Sarah Wilson's latest book deals with anxiety.

The anxious entrepreneur: Struggling with anxiety helped build a business

Cara Waters

Shearing contractor Greg McAtamney, who owns Progress Shearing, with one of his shearing teams at York.

Country businesses using city start-ups to grow

Christine D'Mello

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