AGL still can't make coal add up
AGL energy chief executive Andy Vesey said the economics of investing in new coal plants don't add up compared to wind and solar power.
You are currently on the Digital subscription package. For unlimited access upgrade to Premium Digital.
Markets Live: QBE leads ASX plunge
The sharemarket dives below the 5700-mark after another steep drop in oil sent the price of crude into a bear market and Wall St into reverse.
The bleak warning in oil prices
The world's top central bankers will be quietly cursing as the oil market's slide back into bear market territory threatens to derail their plans.
What PwC's boss learned from divorce
PwC's global chairman, Bob Moritz says getting divorced and "feeling like a minority" living in Japan, had a profound effect on his management style.
Dexus buys 50pc of MLC centre
Dexus will raise $550 million for the purchase of a stake in Sydney's tallest office tower and another two commercial property deals totalling $739 million.
Policy on the run shows PM in trouble
A Prime Minister in trouble is feinting with his loose talk of government investments in clean coal power.
Secrets from the trendiest restaurants
What's hot and what's not in the kitchens of Australia's top 100 restaurants
Temple & Webster trims losses
Investors who bought shares in Temple & Webster, dubbed the worst float of 2016, may finally see some light.
Turnbull keeps coal in the energy mix
The government will restrict gas exports, abolish a mechanism used to set high electricity prices, and possibly build its own power plants.
No pop in housing 'bubble'
The prediction of an easing, rather than a crash, in the country's two largest housing markets is reassuring.
Featured in AFR
Most viewed
- 1. No pop in housing 'bubble': Sydney, Melbourne to deflate gradually, KPMG says
- 2. PwC's global chairman Bob Moritz on divorce, Japan, the Oscars and Twitter
- 3. NSW sets up $15bn infrastructure future fund
- 4. Dexus to raise $550m swoops on MLC centre
- 5. Malcolm Turnbull green lights direct intervention in energy market
