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'It's not a fear of failure. It's not a fear of being unable to do it': Mike Cannon-Brookes .

The fear that drives billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes

BUSINESS
Damien Murphy
1 hr ago

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ASX has strongest week in two months

MARKETS
Jessica Sier
1 hr ago

Ken MacKenzie represents the new face of BHP: heavy on performance and strong shareholder returns.

Cleanskin MacKenzie represents new face of BHP

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Macquarie Group CEO Nicholas Moore says the bank tax will harm its ability to compete in retail banking.

Treasury assumes 'some pass-through' of bank tax

UPDATED
Clancy Yeates
38 mins ago

Solar energy

Solar power will kill coal faster than you think

ENERGY
1 hr ago

ASIC Deputy Chair Peter Kell says the regulator's powers to take action against the financial institutions and ...

Adviser bans on the rise but ASIC says it needs more powers

BANKING AND FINANCE
Georgia Wilkins

Electricity prices are increasing across Australia.

Origin to lift electricity prices by 16 per cent

CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Esther Han

Market Indices

Updated: June 16, 2017 - 4:43PM

Updated: June 16, 2017 - 5:46PM

Updated: June 16, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: June 16, 2017 - 5:46PM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7600

Percentage up/down

0.25% rise
Euro

Price

0.6806

Percentage up/down

0.07% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5952

Percentage up/down

0.13% rise

Updated: June 16, 2017 - 6:00PM

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

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Markets Live: Strong week for the ASX

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

Australia's major healthcare stocks have been the standout performers this year, trending steadily higher to grow 22.2 ...

Health stocks hit the sweet spot

Myriam Robin
1 hr ago

When Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann first described the concept of the Australian Dream in 1999, emerging economies ...

Chasing the 'Australian Dream'? It may not be where you think

Ben Bartenstein

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

8@eight: ASX set to open higher

Sponsored
Chris Weston

China lifts US Treasury holdings

Andrew Mayeda

Oil trades near 7-month low

Jessica Summers

Bank of England vote shock

Institutions that don't take deposits, that fund themselves on the wholesale market such as Pepper Money and Liberty ...

APRA crackdown is good news for some lenders

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

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

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

"I just couldn't bear it": Helen Kerry.

'Drenched in 100-degree liquid': Thermomix taken to court

Lucy Cormack

Electricity prices are increasing across Australia.

Families sacrifice meals and GP visits to pay for electricity

Esther Han

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

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

Lucy Cormack

a2 Milk said it had been working with formula manufacturer Synlait Milk to up production for the remainder of the ...

a2 Milk shares surge as it lifts sales guidance again

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

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.

Activist investors welcome MacKenzie as new BHP chair

Darren Gray
1 hr ago

Good for the planet: Green energy such as solar power is getting cheaper.

Why solar power will kill coal faster than you think

Jess Shankleman and Hayley Warren
1 hr ago

Ken MacKenzie represents the new face of BHP: heavy on performance and strong shareholder returns.

Cleanskin king represents new face of BHP

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

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

Jeff Bezos is now less than $US6 billion shy of taking the title of the world's richest person from Bill Gates. What to ...

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has so much money he doesn't know what to do with it

Robert Frank

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

Troubled airbag maker tipped to file for bankruptcy

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

The Alex is just one of seven new boutique hotels to open in Perth.

How Perth quietly became Australia's coolest city

Lifestyle
Elizabeth Clarke
1 hr ago

Toby Jones and Mikey Nolan of Double Rainbouu say many of their deals are signed after hours.

The high school dropout who became our hottest export

Men's Style

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

Women need to see themselves in leadership to stay at a company, the study found.

One way tech startups founded by women are different

1 hr ago

A new study has revealed the types of jobs that lead to early death.

How your job is killing you

James Adonis
1 hr ago

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