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Former Amcor chief Ken MacKenzie will chair the mining giant's board from September.

BHP names Ken MacKenzie as new chairman

BREAKING
1 hr ago

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Markets Live: ASX to defy gloom

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
36 mins ago

Got four Porsches and nowhere to store them?

Man caves spread across Sydney, Melbourne

PROPERTY
Simon Johanson
1 hr ago

Channel Ten announced it is entering voluntary administration on June 14, 2017.

Ten's administration won't scare away advertisers, yet

MEDIA & MARKETING
Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Retail has been struggling.

Retail facing toughest time in many years, operators warn

PROPERTY
Carolyn Cummins

The Takata airbag recall is set to top 100 million vehicles.

Troubled airbag maker tipped to file for bankruptcy

WORLD BUSINESS
18 mins ago

Elizabeth Proust, Chair of Nestl? Australia. Tuesday 14th July 2010 Boss photo Louie Douvis SPECIAL 130870 Elizabeth ...

Australia's gender shame: 13 ASX 200 boards with no women

THE ECONOMY
Nassim Khadem

Market Indices

Updated: June 16, 2017 - 10:40AM

Updated: June 16, 2017 - 10:20AM

Updated: June 16, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: June 16, 2017 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7595

Percentage up/down

0.20% rise
Euro

Price

0.6809

Percentage up/down

0.16% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5947

Percentage up/down

0.08% rise

Updated: June 16, 2017 - 10:40AM

Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba, launches the group's Australian headquarters.

We must embrace the world, especially China

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Illustration: John Shakespeare

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft notches his last big kill

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Studio content deals, like the one Ten has with Fox, creators of The Simpsons, are not to blame for Ten's current problems.

Don't blame The Simpsons for Ten's financial woes

Michael Idato

Thursday's fall follows the worst two-day drop for the sector in nearly a year. But tech remains up 17 per cent this ...

US techs extend latest selloff

1 hr ago

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: ASX set to open higher

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Chinese ownership of US government bonds, notes and bills increased by $US4.6 billion to $US1.09 trillion in April.

China lifts US Treasury holdings

Andrew Mayeda

Data from the Energy Information Administration showed that motor-fuel stockpiles expanded by 2.1 million barrels last ...

Oil trades near 7-month low

Jessica Summers

Bank of England vote shock

ASX hits skids as banks slam into reverse

Patrick Commins

Aussie on a high as rate cut talk fades

Jessica Sier

Markets Live: Banks slam ASX into reverse

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

CBA set up a scheme in 2014 in the wake of scandals in its financial advice arms.

CBA compensation bill rises to $29 million

Georgia Wilkins

The big banks have tightened home lending standards in recent years, and there could be more to come.

Aussie banks still more generous than their global peers

Clancy Yeates

ANZ is predicted to receive a 1.5 per cent boost to profits from Friday's rate hike.

Rivals to follow ANZ interest-only rate hike: analysts

Clancy Yeates

Banks are required to check customer ID as part of anti-money laundering requirements.

NAB faces new claims over false witnessing

Georgia Wilkins

Banks are charging customers with interest-only home loans interest rates up to 0.56 percentage points higher, RateCity ...

Interest-only home loan customers tipped to be hit harder

Clancy Yeates

There has been an average of $39,089 for each of the 2832 claims by 7-Eleven workers who were underpaid under the ...

7-Eleven compensation climbs over $110 million

Anna Patty

Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd.

Official: Most public service sickies legit

Noel Towell

Labor spokesman for employment, Brendan O'Connor. Labor said it would adopt as policy the introduction of ID numbers for ...

Tougher company director ID requirements under spotlight

Anna Patty

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Finkel puts energy security centre stage - but what about the cost?

Brian Robins

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Are the wheels really falling off Australia's economy?

ANALYSIS
Myriam Robin

Bunnings' price promise has helped it dominate hardware in Australia.

Bunnings finds it can afford to shun online

ANALYSIS
Madeleine Heffernan

The Takata airbag recall is set to top 100 million vehicles.

Troubled airbag maker tipped to file for bankruptcy

18 mins ago

Tomato prices have surged after Cyclone Debbie.

High tomato prices should 'halve' by July

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

July 1 is D-Day for consumers and their electricity bills.

'Bad news for families': Second energy retailer announces price hike

Lucy Cormack

Shares in the infant formula company Bellamy's surged by almost 13 per cent on Thursday.

Milk company Bellamy's in 13 per cent share boilover

Darren Gray

Aldi Australia CEO Tom Daunt wants to be more transparent about the retailer's tax position.

Disclosure on way as Aldi signs up to tax code

Nassim Khadem, Madeleine Heffernan

Luke Baylis of SumoSalad

Salad days no more: SumoSalad battles Westfield

Madeleine Heffernan

Deloitte Access Economics has tipped nominal retail spending will come in at 3 per cent in the 2017 financial year.

'Low point': retail spending tipped to pick up

Madeleine Heffernan

Britain's Kate Duchess of Cambridge arrives for the premiere of the film "A Street Cat Named Bob", event in aid of her ...

Store wars: David Jones scores another win

Melissa Singer

The participation rate edged up, to 64.9 per cent, from 64.8 per cent in April.

Unemployment rate beats expectations 'by a country mile'

UPDATED
Eryk Bagshaw

AICD chairman Elizabeth Proust said the drop in appointment rates of women on boards was of "significant concern".

Australia's gender shame: 13 ASX 200 boards with no women

Nassim Khadem

Aldi Australia CEO Tom Daunt wants to be more transparent about the retailer's tax position.

Disclosure on way as Aldi signs up to tax code

Nassim Khadem, Madeleine Heffernan

All the deterioration in June's consumer sentiment came from female respondents, while males and those aged 18 to 24 ...

Consumer pessimism takes hold as women grow weary

Former Amcor chief Ken MacKenzie will chair the mining giant's board from September.

BHP names Ken MacKenzie as new chairman

BREAKING
1 hr ago

Data from the Energy Information Administration showed that motor-fuel stockpiles expanded by 2.1 million barrels last ...

Oil trades near 7-month low

Jessica Summers

Fancy a zinc zucchini?

Fancy zinc zucchini? Miners turn to exotic metals uses

Susanne Barton, Mark Burton and Laura Millan Lombrana

Dr Gary Weiss' Ariadne is looking for four seats on the Ardent board.

Ariadne call for EGM to disrupt Ardent board

Carolyn Cummins

Greenwood Hotel's leasehold has been sold as part of the strategic sell-down of BPG's portfolio.

Hotelier Simon Tilley snaps up Greenwood pub lease

Carolyn Cummins

Watpac has been awarded a $63 million contract to build the new NSW Forensic Pathology and Coroner's Court facility for ...

Watpac to develop $63m NSW Coroner's Court

Carolyn Cummins

The Takata airbag recall is set to top 100 million vehicles.

Troubled airbag maker tipped to file for bankruptcy

18 mins ago

TPG co-founder David Bonderman resigned from the Uber board this week after making a sexist remark at a meeting about sexism.

Bonderman resigns from Uber board after sexist remark

Mike Isaac

Outgoing Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.

'Emotional' Mayer resigns as $6b Yahoo sale closes

Ethan Baron

What should pay for that short back and sides?

Short change: How much should you really pay at a barber?

Louboutin launched his latest sneaker at Pitti Uomo,

Baller move: Louboutin releases game-changing new sneaker

Men's Shoes

A weak pound and stronger Australian dollar make a holiday to Britain cheaper.

Pound's weakness puts travellers to Britain in the box seat

John Collett

If you love to knit, you could have a side hustle selling cute beanies.

Five side hustles, for love or money

Catherine Robson

Students do not need years in a university lecture hall being force-fed so much information.

Employers must break the mindset that young people have a degree

Tony Featherstone

Prue Houston training a client.

Why this woman traded in the 'mumpreneur' dream

Alexandra Cain

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