Business Day

BHP is trying to keep on trucking.

BHP is now on officially on notice over its performance

ANALYSIS
James Chessell

Radek Sali, former boss of Swisse Vitamins who now runs his own investment company.

How Sali the Swisse master came back from the brink

RETAIL
Mark Hawthorne

It looks like Treasurer Scott Morrison will once again be able to dodge the bullet of a ratings downgrade.

Lower budget deficit to protect AAA rating

FEDERAL BUDGET
Jens Meyer

Fairfax chairman Nick Falloon met with TPG on Friday.

TPG's $2.2b play for Fairfax draws political fire

MEDIA & MARKETING

Andreas Utermann, chief executive officer and global chief investment officer at Allianz Global Investors AG, poses for ...

'More worried than I've ever been' - Global chief frets on populism

BANKING AND FINANCE

On Monday the focus will be on Westpac's half-year results to see whether it follows the path set by Macquarie on Friday ...

ASX set to find new energy for stalling rally

MARKETS
Timothy Moore

The iron ore market remains oversupplied.

Iron ore finds some respite after brutal week

MARKETS
Jens Meyer

Market Indices

Updated: May 5, 2017 - 4:36PM

Updated: May 5, 2017 - 6:08PM

Updated: May 6, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: May 6, 2017 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7418

Percentage up/down

-0.11% fall
Euro

Price

0.6734

Percentage up/down

-0.09% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5717

Percentage up/down

0.18% rise

Updated: May 8, 2017 - 5:59AM

Mark Zuckerberg at his desk at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California. No one at the company has a private office.

Zuckerberg realises dangers of social-media revolution

Farhad Manjoo

Janet Yellen, chairwoman of the US Federal Reserve, which is in "another galaxy", to borrow an expression in vogue this week.

Get ready for a Sino-American slap in the face

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

Incoming boss at Primary Health Care has exit plan

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Saudi Arabia's OPEC governor Adeeb Al-Aama said OPEC and non-OPEC nations were close to agreeing to extend production cuts.

Oil rebounds on Saudi assurances

Andurand Capital did not switch its long positions into shorts as it remained "fundamentally bullish on oil", a source said.

Oil bull Andurand closes bet on rally

With over 90 per cent of its cash sitting overseas, a one-time 10 per cent repatriation tax would give Apple $US220 ...

Netflix, Tesla potential targets for Apple

Leisure and hospitality registered a 55,000 increase, education and health services was up 41,000 and financial ...

US jobless rate falls to pre-crisis low

Michelle Jamrisko

Iron ore's accelerating rout

Jasmine Ng

Crude oil bounce stabilises markets

Markets Live: Commodities crash ASX party

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Iron ore sinks amid oversupply

Macquarie Group has unveiled its half-year profit.

Macquarie Group posts $2.2 billion full-year profit

Mathew Dunckley

Nab has unveiled a lift in profit.

NAB to push hard on costs

Mathew Dunckley

Nab has unveiled a lift in profit.

NAB lifts profit to $3.29 billion despite bad debt rise

Mathew Dunckley

Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen: the Fed kept rates steady overnight.

US Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady

Lindsay Dunsmuir and Jason Lange

ACSI chief Louise Davidson says male-only boards have had enough time to "get their house in order".

Super funds move to vote against all-male company boards

Georgia Wilkins

Ingrid Jenkins, HR director Microsoft Australia.

Microsoft's new parent policy sets new standard

Anna Patty

Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James.

Bad bosses using shoddy books to beat law

Anna Patty

Tim Fung, CEO and co-founder of Airtasker.

Airtasker, unions make agreement to improve pay rates, conditions

EXCLUSIVE
Anna Patty

Illustration: Simon Bosch

How high is too high for Australia's cannabis stocks?

Patrick Hatch

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

Cats that ate the food have reportedly become ill, though no link has been established.

Cat food tins recalled after widespread illness fears

Staff reporters

Flexible braided hoses accounted for more than one in five water damage claims lodged by Australian households in 2016, ...

The $10 household fitting that could be a 'ticking time bomb'

Staff reporters

Nick Xenophon in ugg boots.

'I want to fight this right to the end': The do-or-die battle over the word 'Ugg'

Lucy Cormack

Radek Sali, former boss of Swisse Vitamins who now runs his own investment company.

How Sali the Swisse master came back from the brink

Mark Hawthorne

David Jones moves to poach Myer staff.

DJs and Myer battling it out for top staff

Mark Hawthorne

Woolworths has struggled to maintain momentum.

Investors checking out of Woolworths recovery story

Mathew Dunckley

Woolworths said total group sales were up 4.4 per cent to $13.8 billion in the 13 weeks to April 2.

Woolworths blitzes Coles but Big W woes deepen

Madeleine Heffernan

Some are bearish about the prospects for discount department stores.

Big W: basket case, boil, or slow burn?

ANALYSIS
Madeleine Heffernan

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has warned of rising house prices.

RBA's broken record means no rate moves

Janet Yellen, chairwoman of the US Federal Reserve, which is in "another galaxy", to borrow an expression in vogue this week.

Get ready for a Sino-American slap in the face

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has warned of rising house prices.

The banks aren't the risk, consumers are warns RBA

Mathew Dunckley

The housing market is becoming overcooked.

Rising population won't prevent housing slump

Mathew Dunckley

Elon Musk is in the running for the SA project.

Australian push may open more doors for batteries on power grids

BHP is trying to keep on trucking.

BHP is now on notice over its performance

ANALYSIS
James Chessell

Treasurer Scott Morrison: "Open data does have real potential to benefit banking customers and not just banking customers."

'We are very bearish' - iron ore slump robs Scott Morrison

Jasmine Ng

Salta Properties managing director Sam Tarascio at the Docklands site which will become a hotel and apartment block.

First 'multi-family' apartment tower to go ahead

Simon Johanson

Going up: The new Ritz-Carlton hotel at The Star.

Major hotel operators sets sights on Australia

Carolyn Cummins

Dexus has struck a deal securing IOOF at 30 The Bond, Sydney.

Dexus welcomes Amazon

Carolyn Cummins

Warren Buffett: "The huge money is in selling people the idea that you can do something magical for them."

Warren Buffett says unemployed have become 'roadkill'

Katherine Chiglinsky, Noah Buhayar and Jordyn Holman

LaFerrari Aperta, Salone di Parigi 2016.

Ferrari surges to Apple-like margins with $2.8m car

Tommaso Ebhardt

Former seaweed farmer Albert Ngguse.

Indonesia launches $2.6 billion lawsuit over WA oil spill

Jewel Topsfield

For the founder of MWC, launching a watch company was as simple as quitting one job and starting a new one.

The little Aussie watch company taking on the luxury giants

Watches

Airbnb is targeting business travellers.

Hotel chains should be nervous about Airbnb's new function

Business Travel

Danica Hampton is Head of Investment Specialists at Citi Wealth

It's bonds to the rescue as the needle points up for interest rates

COMMENT
Danica Hampton

Adelaide-based wealth adviser Louise Pfeiffer, 39, has chosen a career and business that will maximise her ability to ...

Meet the 'effective altruists' who earn to give

Lindy Alexander

Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business of Australia, says further tax cuts are needed.

Tax, payments and banks - the small business budget wishlist

Cara Waters

Should we accept that 43 universities, in a population of 24 million, is the right number?

Does Australia have too many universities?

COMMENT: Tony Featherstone

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