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Bill O'Reilly has said he is "sad" that he's not on TV anymore.

'I am sad I am not on television anymore': O'Reilly breaks his silence

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After 20 years as the king of cable news, O'Reilly's return to broadcasting came not on camera, but in the form of a 19-minute recorded podcast.

Gutnick's wife paid $285k to work 'a few hours a day'

Details of a remarkable pay arrangement came to light during a Federal Court examination by Joseph Gutnick's bankruptcy trustees.

The Trump administration is looking "very carefully" at Australia's model for financing roads, bridges and other public ...

Australia is Trump's infrastructure role model

With plans for a $US1 trillion infrastructure program, President Donald Trump is looking halfway around the world for inspiration.

Would a cut to licence fees save commercial networks?

Would you pay to watch free-to-air TV?

ANALYSIS

Television broadcast licence fees are top of mind in the media industry this week as the federal budget approaches.

The DAX index curve is displayed inside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; the index rose 3.4 per cent on Monday. Deutsche ...

Bears pay price for political paranoia

Scepticism is again proving unhealthy for European stock bears who see a monster behind every door.

"When we've done on-site due diligence on some rated firms, it was hard to get comprehensive and reliable information ...

China's hidden debt stirs angst

Scrutiny is mounting after a corn oil producer guaranteed debt of a neighbouring aluminium product manufacturer.

Jack Ma, Alibaba's founder and executive chair, sees pain ahead as the internet upends jobs.

Decades of 'more pain than happiness', warns Jack Ma

Alibaba chairman Jack Ma says society should prepare for decades of pain as the internet disrupts the economy.

Kushikatsu Tanaka now has 146 branches across Japan and one in Hawaii. It plans to open 40 more this year.

How a lost street food recipe made Hiroe a millionaire

When Hiroe Tanaka's father died, he left behind something that would change her life: a recipe for fried meat on a stick. It was an act of love. His daughter adored the Japanese street food known as kushikatsu, and he'd spent endless hours working out how to make it just right.

"The tax plan will pay for itself with economic growth," said US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin points to a member of ...

Trump keen to slash corporate tax rate

President Donald Trump will call for lowering the corporate rate to 15 per cent, a promise he made during his campaign.

Wall Street posted strong gains in a 'classic relief rally'.

Wall Street jumps on French election results

US stocks rallied on Monday, tracking a relief rally that swept through Asian and European markets, after centrist candidate and market favourite Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the French presidential election.

The Anglo American unit sold 14.1 million carats, in the first quarter, and mined 7.4 million carats, it said in a ...

De Beers diamond selling spree

De Beers went on a selling spree in the first quarter after India torpedoed demand abolishing large-denomination banknotes.

Stefan Ingves, governor of Sweden's central bank, will on Thursday say policymakers will keep the key interest rate ...

Riksbank seen ending bond buys

The Swedish central bank could soon declare victory in its fight to revive inflation.

"If inventories (at Chinese ports) were unwound and dumped onto the market, there's a greater momentum for the downward ...

Iron ore's extended retreat

Iron ore is destined to retreat back below $US50 a tonne next year as supplies go on rising, says Westpac's Justin Smirk.

French 10-year bond yields slid over 10 basis points to more than three-month lows of 0.74 per cent.

French yields near multi-month lows

French yields fell to multi-month lows and the premium investors demand to hold French over German debt shrank sharply.

Europe's main gauge of equity market anxiety, the Euro STOXX 50 Volatility index fell 8.8 points, wiping out the rapid ...

CAC 40 surges 4.1pc, DAX 3.4pc

European shares rallied, banks soared, and French blue-chips briefly hit a nine-year high after France's presidential election sparked a rush to risky assets.

A machine places milled minerals into a pile near the concentration plant at the Ferrobamba pit, one of the three pits ...

Copper rises with cyclical assets

Copper rose as the French presidential election results. However, the red metal remains vulnerable to a correction.

Comparing the two Tatts proposals is a tough call.

The biggest bet in town: who wins the war for Tatts

COMMENT

The $11 billion battle to create Australia's mega gaming and wagering group is now starting to get interesting.

The majority of online shoppers in the workplace spend up to one hour a week surfing their favourite stores.

The one thing Australians waste two hours at work on every week

Working Australians are spending almost two hours a week shopping online, while on the company clock.

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

Spotless declares 'door not closed' on Downer

The board of Spotless Group has recommended investors knock back the shock $1.2 billion bid from services company Downer EDI labelling it "opportunistic, hostile, highly conditional" and unlikely to proceed.

Australia's property boom has already peaked, says UBS

Australian house prices and construction activity may have peaked, with investment bank 'calling the top' of the runaway market.

Westpac said its fixed rate moves were made in response to changes in regulation.

Westpac raises fixed rates on interest-only home loans

Westpac is lifting interest rates on fixed-rate, interest-only home loans, as lenders respond to the regulator's attempt to dampen risks in the housing market.