Business Day

Chairman Rob Ferguson: Primary now forecasts underlying net profit after tax to be $92 million, the bottom of its ...

Primary shares hit by expected $575m writedown, profit warning

BUSINESS
26 mins ago

The ASX looks set for a flat week.

Markets Live: ASX slides on Trump concerns

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

Expanding its regional mobile phone coverage will draw more customers and reduce Telstra's marketing advantage of having ...

Optus spends $1b to boost regional mobile coverage

BUSINESS
Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

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Exclude coal from clean energy target, AGL urges government

ENERGY
Perry Williams
30 mins ago

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue says the court's decision "has no impact on the current and future operations or mining ...

Fortescue likely to appeal native title decision

MINING AND RESOURCES
1 hr ago

"The Icarus trade can continue for a little while longer," says Bank of America's Michael Hartnett.

The next global meltdown is further away than you think

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Strength to strength: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Amazon Australia's first warehouse location appears to have been revealed

RETAIL

Market Indices

Updated: July 21, 2017 - 12:28PM

Updated: July 21, 2017 - 12:13PM

Updated: July 21, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: July 21, 2017 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7937

Percentage up/down

-0.29% fall
Euro

Price

0.6821

Percentage up/down

-0.34% fall
British Pound

Price

0.6122

Percentage up/down

-0.31% fall

Updated: July 21, 2017 - 12:20PM

BASIL FAWLTY

Brexit a farce worthy of Fawlty Towers episode

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Has Daniel Bracken been picked up by Amazon?

Myer's departing deputy tipped for Amazon

Colin Kruger, CBD

"The Icarus trade can continue for a little while longer," says Bank of America's Michael Hartnett.

The next global meltdown is further away than you think

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

For now, many industry signals from China remain strong. The spot price of reinforcement bar, a basic product used in ...

Iron ore's surge draws sceptics

Jasmine Ng
1 hr ago

"If Canada does achieve its 2 per cent inflation target I am afraid it will be far more through luck than judgment," ...

Canadian bonds signal inflation miss

It was a quiet night on global markets.

8@eight: Negative start in store for ASX

Sponsored
Chris Weston

"My analysis shows me that the current curve has flattened by nearly 300 basis points since the peak of Fed easing in ...

Gross backs go-slow policy shifts

John Gittelsohn

Vale sets quarterly output record

ECB defers wind back discussion

Carolynn Look

Smiles galore as banks drive up ASX

Patrick Commins

Markets Live: Bankers smile as shares rally

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Customers are starting to realise there's a different way of doing their banking.

Banks as we know them could be gone in a decade

Francine Lacqua and Jon Menon

Analysts are taking a more optimistic view on bank shares after APRA's softer-than-expected lift in capital requirements.

'Smiling bankers' as relief rally continues

Clancy Yeates

Capital requirements are going up, but banks can get there without "big bang" capital raisings.

Bank shareholders throw a $14 billion party

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Wayne Byres' tougher capital rules have taken the risk of large equity raisings off the table, analysts said.

Shareholders won't pay for 'unquestionably strong' banks

Clancy Yeates

Banks will need to re-engineer their IT systems to become more software controlled and data driven.

New rules no 'excuse to hit customers', ScoMo tells banks

Clancy Yeates

Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey says the underpayment of overseas workers has become routine.

Chinese, Korean and Spanish websites advertise illegal pay rates

Anna Patty

Apprentice spray painter Salvatore Acconcio (left) faces the threat of deportation because of changes to a government ...

Spray painters face deportation but panel beaters get to stay

Anna Patty

Knight Frank Australia chief executive officer Stephen Ellis.

Real estate high-flyers face bullying claim

Sarah Danckert

On this week's episode of "It All Adds Up" we hear from unemployed 17 year old Bianca Barnard who is looking for work. ...

The charts to show your boss to get a pay rise

IN DEPTH
Jessica Irvine

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Lendlease's London Elephant leads the way

Latika Bourke

PIC JIM RICE...30.09.05..PIC FOR AFR PIC SHOWS....GENERIC. CINEMA , BOX OFFICE.FILM.MOVIES. SPECIALX 41817 Tickets / ...

Indy cinemas join together to challenge Hollywood

Lucy Battersby

Robyn Dunphy has now spent an additional $8000 since the Sage Institute of Fitness closed, leaving her without the ...

Unwelcome surprise for former Sage student lodging tax return

Lucy Cormack

The TGA has upheld its decision to ban the use of nicotine in electronic cigarettes.

Doctors urge ending e-cigarettes ban to extend lives

Esther Han

The ad also breached the Alcohol Beverage Advertising Code, which prohibits the use of people who look under 25.

Glitter and 'youthful looks' called out in Vodka Cruiser ad

Lucy Cormack

Strength to strength: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Amazon Australia's first warehouse location appears to have been revealed

Tony Yoo

Poor conditions in June now means that Myer now expects profit to come in under $70 million.

Myer cuts profit forecast after Topshop disaster

Melissa Singer

Myer

Is Myer's turnaround strategy coming apart at the seams?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

The two companies are fighting for a piece of the fast-growing sports bra market, which analysts say accounts for more ...

Battle over a $66 sports bra goes to court

Abha Bhattarai

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 02: Shoppers are seen at the front of David Jones Bourke Street mall Mens store during their ...

Crunch time: DJs looks to food future after sales dip

ANALYSIS
Melissa Singer

Will low unemployment lead to wages growth?

Sydney is the crucible for a key economic theory

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
45 mins ago

NSW and Victoria did the heavy lifting in trend terms, adding 11,600 and 7300 jobs respectively.

Strongest back-to-back full-time jobs growth in 29 years

Eryk Bagshaw

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Prepare for change. Rate will rise, says Malcolm Turnbull

Peter Martin

The Aussie's ascent could start to hamper the country's transition away from a mining-boom-dependent economy.

Aussie gives RBA a rate hike it doesn't want

Michael Heath

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Exclude coal from clean energy target, AGL says

Perry Williams
30 mins ago

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue says the court's decision "has no impact on the current and future operations or mining ...

Fortescue likely to appeal native title decision

1 hr ago

For now, many industry signals from China remain strong. The spot price of reinforcement bar, a basic product used in ...

Iron ore's surge draws sceptics

Jasmine Ng
1 hr ago

The boutique equine-themed M Gallery by Sofitel 4.5-star hotel at William Inglis' new Riverside Stables.

William Inglis & Son to build $140 million complex

Carolyn Cummins

Tower Melbourne's apartment owners have been asked to re-sign their purchase contracts, which have now blown out to 2021.

Hundreds of buyers in limbo as skyscraper fight gets ugly

Simon Johanson

McDonalds at Cremorne is on a busy Sydney road.

Maccas turning its back on shopping centres

Simon Johanson, Madeleine Heffernan

The people's choice: introducing Trainy McTrainface

All aboard: Trainy McTrainface gets green light

Trillion-tonne Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica in February before it broke away earlier this month.

Senior climate scientist warns of potential Trump damage

Peter Hannam

Houses at Collaroy Beach took the brunt of the June 2016 storm.

Shifting storms under climate change to worsen perils

Peter Hannam

It doesn't take much to be a better man, but you can always improve.

12 essential life skills every man needs to have

Self Improvement
41 mins ago

Iconic denim brand strikes a chord with Aussie rockers

Men's Style

Australians overseas will be hit with a fine when they get home if they don't declare worldwide income for HECS-HELP ...

The $3600 HECS fine aimed at Aussies overseas

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

If the best set of monthly employment gains in more than six years is enough to push the Australian dollar hurtling ...

Rates are low. Here's how to take advantage while you can

Mark Bouris

Mark Zuckerberg's relationship with Priscilla Chan is a bonus according to new research.

A secret ingredient for entrepreneurial success

James Adonis
1 hr ago

Dr Jana Matthews says small businesses need to be bold and aim for international markets.

Four ways to bite bullet and go global

COMMENT
Jana Matthews

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