'RESOLVE IT HERE': Westpac customers targeted in email scam
Westpac customers have been targeted by criminals in a malicious email campaign this week that attempts to collect their personal and banking information.
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Markets Live: Slip sliding away
Shares are set to open lower, led down by resource sectors after oil prices slid and iron ore crumbled further overnight.
'Like riding a missile': FAANG stocks build euphoria, and jitters
Facebook. Amazon. Apple. Netflix. Google. Not only do they dominate our daily lives, but as their stocks continue to soar, these technology giants may be dictating our financial futures as well.
One step forward, two back: How to rort 457 visas
No names, no pack drill, but here's how to rort the 457 temporary worker visa system and whatever the government renames it.
Investors should be 'crossing their fingers' as risk rises
US markets are at their highest risk levels since before the 2008 financial crisis because investors are paying a high price for the chances they're taking, says high-profile fund manager Bill Gross.
Cutting through the haze of emission schemes
With a dizzying array of positions, how's anyone supposed to invest?
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Comey testimony boosts Wall Street
US stocks edged up after written testimony from former FBI director James Comey did not include any big surprise about an investigation into Russian meddling with last year's US presidential election.
8@eight: Soggy start in store for ASX
Wall Street finished slightly higher overnight as James Comey's testimony fails to rattle markets, while futures are pointing to a negative open for the local sharemarket.
Qantas shares flying, but Joyce hit exit button early
The downside from the rapid growth in Qantas' share price is that the boss Alan Joyce missed a lot of this upside when he sold 2.15 million shares in August last year.
Ausgrid fined $100,000 after endangering lives
Ausgrid has been fined for temporarily cutting power without warning to homes with customers using life-support machines.
GPS cleaning company treated vulnerable employees as 'slaves': court
A Sydney-based cleaning company has been fined $447,300 after treating vulnerable workers as "slaves".
Former Airservices staff in Federal Court compo bid
Affected employees could be set to pocket as much as $130,000 each from the class action.
Concerns grow about house prices slide as economic growth sinks
OECD names house prices as the biggest domestic threat to Australia's economic growth.
Goodman on track to deliver $1 billion of land sales
Global industrial property landlord, the Goodman Group, is benefiting from the changing lifestyles of consumers
St George makes $9.3 million claim against Glenn Rosewall
St George Bank is taking legal action seeking $9.3 million from former BBY executive chairman Glenn Rosewall.
The dreams and nightmares in the supermarket price war
The spectre of a supermarket price discounting war is a customer's dream and a shareholder's nightmare.
Investors should swipe at companies, not Trump
Well, it's not as though we couldn't see this one coming. Donald Trump was promising to pull the US out of the Paris Accord on climate change long before he took office.
'Somewhat surprising' survey on Australian attitudes to renewables
Australians overwhelmingly want governments to favour renewable energy - even if it costs more, Lowy Institute poll finds.
'Disaster averted': Aussie hits one-month high on GDP data
The Australian dollar hit a one-month high on Wednesday as economists breathed a sigh of relief following the release of weak but as-expected first-quarter GDP growth figures.
Advertising industry 'stuck in bubble', says television lobby group
People working for advertising agencies are out of touch, childless, share-housing, farmers' market-loving, workaholic gym junkies who overestimate the impact of social media.
Public service sickies: It's personal, bosses told
Some questions are fair enough, says public service union, but bosses should not cross the line.
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How much can you save at Aldi?
Choice has conducted a price comparison of the average shopping basket across the major supermarkets.
'Crazy': Coles says grocery prices need to be cheaper
Supermarket giant says food and grocery prices are 'crazy' compared to the rest of the world.
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ASX winners and losers - a snapshot
The stand out listings traded on the ASX captured at key moments through the day, as indicated by the time stamp in the video.
Hep A frozen berries from same farm and plant as the 2015 recalled fruit
Concerning links emerge between contaminated berries recall of 2015, and this latest one.
Qataris banned on Qantas flights to Dubai
Qatari nationals won't be allowed to board Qantas flights to Dubai because the United Arab Emirates has banned them from passing through its airports.
Wesfarmers slide keeps ASX in red
Shares were buoyed by slightly better-than-expected economic growth, but a slide in Wesfarmers still kept the market down.
Markets Live: Shares rebound as GDP hits mark
Shares recover their early losses to trade flat and the Australian dollar heads higher on GDP numbers that didn't disappoint, but Wesfarmers remains a major drag.
Low ball bid for troubled Vocus as KKR acts
Hard on the heels of an earnings downgrade which prompted heavy selling of its shares, the telecom company behind the Dodo and iPrimus brands has received a takeover approach from the private equity firm.
Murray Goulburn slumps to record low on revamp
Milk processor Murray Goulburn has slumped to new lows on worries over its planned revamp.
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Nine different reasons for record-low wages growth
Why wages growth will stay lower for longer than most forecasters expect.
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