Cold storage company blocked from locking workers out of bargaining

Australia's largest privately owned cold storage company has been stopped from transferring workers to a new labour-hire company to avoid negotiating a new enterprise agreement.

Gold tipped to hit $US2000 an ounce, time to be afraid?

Gold bulls may have reason for their optimism on the outlook for the precious metal, the ANZ Bank reckons.

If it walks like a bank, it is probably Macquarie

Macquarie argues it is too small to be hit with the bank levy – ignoring the fact that no bank has profited more from government support that the bank dubbed the vampire kangaroo by the UK press.

Is it time to get athletes and parents paying HECS?

Is there a way to turn "bad debt" into better debt?

HIV test company taps backers for more funds

Atomo taps backers for more funds as it seeks to build global growth

Why you're seeing retail and car ads everywhere

Australia's biggest retailers have increased advertising by 10 per cent and are tipped to splash even more cash in the second half as online marketplace Amazon ramps up its expansion.

'I know how long it takes' - Gerry Harvey's Amazon warning

Billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey says market has overestimated how quickly Amazon will get land in Australia and start delivering quickly.

Meet the boss: 2XU chief Paul Higgins

Although he started his career deeply immersed in sport, when this CEO decided to change tack he wasn't sure which direction to go.

Gone phishing: How scammers caught $260,000

How phishing scammers can paint "as complete a picture of you as possible."

Warehouse property sale tipped to reap $34 million

Rising demand for warehouse and distribution space- boosted by the pending arrival of online giant Amazon - has see a rise in industrial land values which has prompted asset sales.

Amazon entry fears to hurt investor sentiment

Fears of Amazon fall-out to hurt investor sentiment in market trading this week

Bitcoin price stabilises after crypto markets crumble

A frenzied few weeks of rapid Bitcoin speculation, which saw the price rocket to $US3000 a coin, looks to be easing as it sinks to 10-day low.

This is why Australia is heading towards a crisis

It is almost exactly 10 years since the financial world began a wobble that would swing into what we now know as the global financial crisis.

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Going to California

European access helps lift SpeeDx valuations

Regulatory changes in Europe has helped boost the sale value of local diagnostic test outfit SpeeDx

Last week for tax-loss selling

Origin Energy, Spotless and Slater & Gordon are candidates for tax loss selling on the ASX this week, given the ASX is up 10 per cent this year.

The fear that drives billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes

Australia's 17th richest individual is scared of being found out as an impostor.

With houses out of reach, fancy a unit as big as a car?

In Hong Kong, where housing is even more expensive than in Sydney, micro-apartments are booming.

Wall St mixed, ASX futures higher

US stocks eked out a gain, while the greenback weakened after poor housing data and a slump in consumer sentiment.

'Humbled' Frank Lowy honoured by Queen

Frank Lowy's journey to a British knighthood began during World War II.

'The perfect person to have in this place at this time'

The chief scientist is struggling to solve one of Australia's most intractable problems.

Families sacrifice meals and GP visits to pay for electricity

There's more bad news on energy prices, as a new report reveals the shocking lengths struggling families will go to to stay on top of growing bills.

Network Ten staff told not to order anything

Korda Mentha held 50 meetings with Network Ten's management, directors, advisers and shareholder guarantors in recent months in a bid to help the broadcaster stay on its feet, according to a letter sent to employees on Thursday.

Strong jobs growth takes interest rate cuts off table

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Changes in the workforce have meant that it now takes a much lower jobless rate to create the same inflation pressure.

APRA crackdown is good news for some lenders

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The Law of Unintended Consequences does not sleep.

Amazon to acquire Whole Foods for $18 billion

Amazon.com will acquire Whole Foods Market in a $US13.7 billion ($18 billion) deal, marking the biggest transaction ever for the e-commerce giant as it pushes deeper into groceries.

Ten years since the GFC, world suffers 'debt overhang'

Almost 10 years since the global financial crisis, in a world of sub-par economic growth even the optimists are downbeat.

Treasury assumes banks will pass on some of levy to customers

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Treasury's costings for the $6.2 billion tax on banks assume they will pass on some of the impost to their customers, despite the government urging lenders to "absorb" the levy.

ASX has strongest week in two months

Australian shares posted their strongest weekly advance in more than two months, led by a rebound in the big banks.