Billionaires walk away from backing Ten loan
Lachlan Murdoch, Bruce Gordon and James Packer will not back a new $250 million loan for Network Ten following negotiations with the struggling free-to-air broadcaster.
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A bidder pledged $US2.68 million to a San Francisco charity in exchange for a lunch date with billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
Joyce, Nasser and Gandel top Queen's awards
Immigrant success stories Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, BHP chairman Jac Nasser and property billionaire John Gandel have topped this year's awards.
Abbott urged to choose science over conflict
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Qatar investors pile up losses
Investors in Qatari stocks, bonds and currency forwards were unexpectedly saddled with losses this week as the country was thrust into the epicentre of an unprecedented spat with its neighbours.
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The handbag that's taken Australia by storm
With no background in fashion design, Desley Maidment and Brigitte MacGowan came up with a handbag that has taken Australia by storm.
May under pressure to step down
The pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May to step aside following a humiliating election grew after her two top aides resigned and The Times pronounced her "fatally wounded".
Theresa May scrapes together government
Embattled UK Prime Minister Theresa May scraped together a government by reaching a deal with a Northern Irish party, amid a report Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is preparing to vie for her job.
Tech meltdown raises bubble fears
Tumbling tech stocks sent a shudder through US markets as investors pulled out of the high-growth firms.
Glencore lobs $2.5bn bid for Rio Tinto coal
Glencore has lobbed a $US2.55 billion bid for Rio Tinto's Hunter Valley thermal coal assets.
Ardent boss takes early exit
Ardent Leisure boss Deborah Thomas is exiting the troubled theme park operator earlier than anticipated.
Winery architecture tops SA awards
Architectural awards reflect investment in the bright spot of struggling SA economy.
Merkel ready for Brexit talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she assumed Britain would stick to its plan for leaving the European Union.
Trump open to testifying, says Comey lied
A defiant President Donald Trump has accused former FBI director James Comey of committing perjury in his blockbuster Senate testimony.
Adam Smith's lesson for Alan Finkel
Australia's libraries are already stacked with studies on demand response and network investment incentives.
Industry hails Finkel as 'game changer'
Energy producers and users have seized on the Finkel Review as a "potential gamechanger" for the industry.
ANZ slugs interest-only borrowers again
ANZ has announced a new round of rate rises for interest-only and a small cut for principal and interest borrowers.
Finkel plots masterly path to clean energy future
Business has spoken. Large companies are desperate to end the impasse over energy policy that has given Australia the costliest and dirtiest energy in the Western world, and see Alan Finkel's energy stability plan become a reality.
The political backfire of the decade
Theresa May has plunged Westminster into a period of chronic instability at a time when the UK faces the most critical constitutional challenge in its post-war history.
Finkel opens door to $900b energy investment
Household power bills will drop, there will be fewer blackouts, emissions will fall and the use of coal-fired power will decline slightly, under a Clean Energy Target.
Qantas stock flying high
Sometime in the next few months shares in Qantas are likely to eclipse the record high share price struck a decade ago when the company was the subject of a highly leveraged takeover offer.
PM gets a path out of climate policy danger
For the Prime Minister, the Finkel report offers the base for a slow climb back with voters on climate policy – if his party lets him.
Finkel leaves more work to do
There is a danger that the completion of a comprehensive and searching review of Australia's future energy security led by chief scientist Alan Finkel will prompt politicians to declare victory too early.
Comey's revenge on Trump
James Comey's historic calling out of a sitting President signals the political neophyte Trump is vulnerable to being outmanoeuvred.
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