'Cracking down:' Blitz on retirement villages underway

Unscrupulous retirement village operators in NSW will be targeted under a suite of reforms to "crack down" on the industry.

'Get more aggressive': How Murray Goulburn fooled everybody

Court documents give an unprecedented insight into the unravelling of one of the Australia's biggest agricultural companies.

The real story of inequality in Australia

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The trend of the past decades is towards rising inequality.

Earnings growth may prove fleeting

A fresh record close for the Dow, rising overall global earnings optimism and further gains in oil have set the ASX up for a higher open.

Frocks rock: Gender inequality rife in the music industry: new research

Not since calling Australia her "island home" has Christine Anu found a place in its music industry. Unable to fit neatly into a pop music genre since branching into soul, Anu, 47, has found that being a woman has huge disadvantages. She says that after "a woman gets to a certain age, it becomes too hard".

Cameron still paying for retail misadventure

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Jan Cameron has worn many hats over the years: Kathmandu founder, philanthropist, conservationist – and more recently corporate agitator at Bellamy's.

Australians fret over interest rates, energy costs and wages

Sydney has overtaken Melbourne as Australia's most financially comfortable city for the first time since 2014, according to a new report on household finances.

$1b of retail shorts face earnings test

This earnings season will be notable for the extreme price reactions some results could elicit, judging by the positioning in big retail names.

SoundCloud close to selling stakes to private equity: reports

European music streaming service SoundCloud is close to a deal to sell stakes in the company to a pair of private equity firms, according to people familiar with the matter.

The secret war in Millennial super

A dispute between two of the most ambitious new entrants to Australia's $2 trillion superannuation industry is on the radar of regulators and has enthralled the fintech community.

What you'll regret most at the end of your life

They say no one on their deathbed ever regrets not spending more time at the office. Which is not to say we don't have other regrets.

How Labor plans to close family trust loopholes

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen outlines Labor's plan to curb high income earners legally using trusts to slash their tax bills.

'They've downgraded our internet': Sydney residents fury at NBN

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These residents are trying to fight NBN and Telstra's plan to scrap their relatively new HFC connection, which gives them stunning broadband speeds of 100Mbps.

Death by Amazon: It's a money-printing machine

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Since 1997, when it floated on the sharemarket, Amazon has evolved into one of the century's greatest wealth-generating machines. It's become so powerful researchers have built a Death by Amazon index of companies it leaves in its wake.

Woolies, Coke: Will retailers kill the big brands?

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"A funny thing happened on the way to the supermarket" probably isn't how Coke's sales manager began his explanation to his bosses.. But it might well have been.

Sell the Aussie, says Goldman

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is calling the top of the $A, selling the currency after it jumped to a two-year high.

Elon Musk sees `production hell' ahead for Tesla

"A year from now, if he hits the goal and is selling half-a-million cars to overwhelmingly satisfied customers, even the skeptics might dub him Iron Man." is how one analyst puts it.

'Incredible shrinking airline seat' rebuked in court

If you think someone should do something about the cramped legroom on airplanes, you've got a friend in a US federal court.

Migrant workers push for first farm strike in decades

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Migrant farm workers are taking on one of Australia's richest families, the Smorgons, in what could be the first major strike in the farm sector for many decades.

Wage inspectors and licensing for labour hire companies

Workplace inspectors would get new powers to raid workplaces to check people were not being underpaid and labour hire companies would need to comply with new licensing agreements under a NSW Labor crackdown on wage theft.

Car cartel: Porsche, Audi, BMW sued in US

German's major carmakers are accused of colluding for nearly two decades to limit the pace of technological advances in their vehicles and stifle competition

'Pharma Bro' calls trial a 'silly witch hunt'

An hour after leaving court, Shkreli took to Facebook to render his judgement on the trial, marrying his cause with that of a certain leader of the free world.

Branson cedes Virgin Atlantic control for `true love'

Billionaire Richard Branson says he's ceding control of Virgin Atlantic so that the airline can join what it claims will be "the most significant joint venture in aviation."

Australians waste $70m a year on unused gift cards

When I was a teenager, I used my gift vouchers avidly, but in 2017 not everyone is as diligent with their gift cards.

Netflix's $940m move to pay for new shows

Netflix has whipped out the credit card to spend close to an additional billion dollars extra on content and its global expansion.

Wall Street sees Big Tobacco selloff; oil rises

Stock markets fell worldwide on Friday as results from some big US companies disappointed and tobacco shares slumped, while oil prices had their biggest weekly percentage rise this year.

S&P; 500 dips on Amazon, Exxon

​The S&P; 500 slipped on negative reactions to earnings reports from high-profile names such as Amazon, Exxon and Starbucks.

US economic expansion intact

The US economy's 2.6% annualised second-quarter rebound puts the expansion back on its familiar, steady path.

Last charge of the rate-rise brigade

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Do you realise the Reserve Bank board hasn't changed Australia's official interest rate from 1.5 per cent for almost a year? But that hasn't stopped people in the financial markets from speculating furiously about whether rates are about to go down – or go up.