Business Day

Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer (right) with chief financial officer Peter King.

No conflict problem here, Westpac rejects push to split banks

FEDERAL BUDGET
Mathew Dunckley

TPG has approached Fairfax Media with an offer to purchase its metropolitan mastheads and property business Domain.

'Thanks but no thanks': Fairfax tipped to reject 'cheeky' TPG

MEDIA & MARKETING
James Chessell

Australia Post believes it can offer Amazon a range of delivery options once it opens in Australia.

Lower dollar does little to stop surge in online sales

RETAIL
Mark Hawthorne

Trapped in a pincer movement: Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce.

Australians can't rely on Qantas as Dreamliner set to be a nightmare

AVIATION
James Pawluk

Westpac announced its new investment policy last week.

Westpac sees growth as NSW shines in growing economy

BANKING AND FINANCE
Mathew Dunckley

A haul truck is loaded with iron ore at a Rio Tinto mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Iron ore revival snuffed out as 'weakest commodity' drops again

MINING AND RESOURCES
Jasmine Ng

Westpac's latest lending standards appear to rule out a loan to coal aspirant Adani.

Westpac chief bats away Adani 'wimps' tag

MINING AND RESOURCES
Mathew Dunckley

Market Indices

Updated: May 8, 2017 - 11:46AM

Updated: May 8, 2017 - 6:08PM

Updated: May 9, 2017 - 5:51AM

Updated: May 9, 2017 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7390

Percentage up/down

-0.42% fall
Euro

Price

0.6762

Percentage up/down

0.40% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5712

Percentage up/down

0.14% rise

Updated: May 9, 2017 - 6:00AM

Trapped in a pincer movement: Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce.

Australians can't rely on Qantas as Dreamliner set to be a nightmare

James Pawluk

Facebook has come a long way since Chris Adams' days when it was located two floors above a pizza shop.

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

If recent history is a guide, WTI may need to dip just below $US40 a barrel to form another bottom, but a bottom could ...

Hedge funds bail ahead of oil swoon

Jessica Summers
11 mins ago

"A Macron win is largely priced into the euro," said Shaun Osborne, chief FX strategist at Scotiabank. "Heavy trading in ...

Euro eases, though prospects brighter

18 mins ago

LME aluminium ended the day 1.3 per cent down at $US1879 a tonne, off an earlier two-month low of $US1874.

Copper hits four-month low

1 hr ago

Spot ore with 62 per cent content in Qingdao lost 2.6 per cent to $US60.15 a tonne, the lowest level since October 24, ...

Iron ore revival snuffed out

Jasmine Ng

Markets Live: Vive la bounce!

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Investors gear up for European growth

Staff Reporters

Media stocks surge ahead of budget

Jessica Sier

Market relief after Macron's victory in France

Jemima Kelly

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

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

Lower dollar does little to stop surge in online sales

Mark Hawthorne

Domino's Pizza has breached the Franchise Code of Conduct.

Domino's cops landmark fine for 'screw up'

Mathew Dunckley

The defection comes just days before Myer's autumn-winter collection launch.

'All too much for Myer' - Brutal note crashes Myer

Mathew Dunckley

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

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

If recent history is a guide, WTI may need to dip just below $US40 a barrel to form another bottom, but a bottom could ...

Hedge funds bail ahead of oil swoon

Jessica Summers
11 mins ago

LME aluminium ended the day 1.3 per cent down at $US1879 a tonne, off an earlier two-month low of $US1874.

Copper hits four-month low

1 hr ago

Spot ore with 62 per cent content in Qingdao lost 2.6 per cent to $US60.15 a tonne, the lowest level since October 24, ...

Iron ore revival snuffed out

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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