Business Day

Illustration: Simon Bosch

'Prices will blow your mind': Aveo's aged care program comes at a high cost

BUSINESS
Adele Ferguson

Deputy Reserve Bank governor Guy Debelle said "no significance should be read into the fact the neutral rate was ...

Reserve Bank deputy puts brakes on rate hike speculation

THE ECONOMY
Eryk Bagshaw

Whether manual or cognitive, routine tasks are easier to automate than non-routine ones.

Human factor keeping jobs growth alive and well

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Many retirees don't know what they are signing until it is too late.

Calls for action on retirement villages grow louder

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

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

'Don't tell us how to spend our money' - owners blast Fortescue

MINING AND RESOURCES
Mathew Dunckley

Mike Baird, former NSW premier and now senior NAB executive, says infrastructure is a priority area for the bank.

NAB's Baird eyes gains from 'asset recycling'

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates

Internet company owner Jeremy Rich stands next to one of his internet towers in Melbourne.

Meet the net companies taking on the NBN

PROPERTY
Nicole Lindsay

Market Indices

Updated: July 21, 2017 - 4:38PM

Updated: July 21, 2017 - 6:09PM

Updated: July 22, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: July 22, 2017 - 2:00AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7920

Percentage up/down

-0.58% fall
Euro

Price

0.6794

Percentage up/down

0.00% steady
British Pound

Price

0.6096

Percentage up/down

-0.79% fall

Updated: July 22, 2017 - 7:00AM

Many retirees don't know what they are signing until it is too late.

Calls for action on retirement villages grow louder

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Whether manual or cognitive, routine tasks are easier to automate than non-routine ones.

Human factor keeping jobs growth alive and well

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

BASIL FAWLTY

Brexit a farce worthy of Fawlty Towers episode

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

US prosecutors said efforts to extradite the defendants Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout, who are citizens of Spain ...

US to drop 'London Whale' charges

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 31.7 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 21,580.07, the S&P 500 lost 0.9 points to 2472.54 ...

Wall Street slips on GE

Copper inventories in Shanghai Futures Exchange-monitored warehouses fell 4.9 per cent from last Friday to their lowest ...

Copper reaches highest since March

The ASX looks set for a flat week.

Markets Live: Aussie slides on RBA speech

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Iron ore's surge draws sceptics

Jasmine Ng

Canadian bonds signal inflation miss

8@eight: Negative start in store for ASX

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Gross backs go-slow policy shifts

John Gittelsohn

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

Visa is working on standards that could allow consumers to provide their thumbprint, rather than enter a PIN.

Could thumbprints substitute for PINs? Visa thinks so

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

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

Illustration: Simon Bosch

No Freedom from high costs under Aveo's 'lemon' deals

Adele Ferguson

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

Huskee founder Saxon Wright.

The coffee cup that's made of coffee

Lucy Cormack

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

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'Leap of faith': Snail slime hits beauty shelves

Christine Jenkins and Javiera Quiroga

The puffer jacket has become one of the highest selling items for the outdoor industry, and many fashion retailers.

Why everyone is wearing these jackets

Melissa Singer

Myer's decision to avoid price markdowns in an environment where it is the Robinson Crusoe of the sector was always ...

Myer's in trouble - better call Sol

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

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

Deputy Reserve Bank governor Guy Debelle said "no significance should be read into the fact the neutral rate was ...

Reserve Bank deputy puts brakes on rate hike speculation

Eryk Bagshaw

Whether manual or cognitive, routine tasks are easier to automate than non-routine ones.

Human factor keeping jobs growth alive and well

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

The Aussie sank nearly 1 per cent after Dr Debelle's remarks.

Australian dollar stung by RBA's rate comments

Will low unemployment lead to wages growth?

Sydney is the crucible for a key economic theory

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Copper inventories in Shanghai Futures Exchange-monitored warehouses fell 4.9 per cent from last Friday to their lowest ...

Copper reaches highest since March

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

'Don't tell us how to spend our money' - owners blast Fortescue

Mathew Dunckley

Clive Palmer has returned from his "romantic" luxury cruise with his wife.

Clive Palmer back from 'romantic' cruise - and straight to court

Alexandra Patrikios

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

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'Leap of faith': Snail slime hits beauty shelves

Christine Jenkins and Javiera Quiroga

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

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

Iconic denim brand strikes a chord with Aussie rockers

Men's Style

Investors have enjoyed a bumper financial year

Bumper financial year returns could be as good as it gets

John Collett

How do you compare the performances of super funds? Illustration: John Shakespeare

How to judge your superannuation fund's performance

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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

A secret ingredient for entrepreneurial success

James Adonis

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