The stockmarket is 'not working'
A dearth of floats and the availability of ultra-cheap debt means the sharemarket's function as a platform for providing capital is being seriously undermined.
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Rio confident in China outlook
Rio Tinto CEO JS Jacques has delivered a bullish assessment of the outlook for the Chinese economy for the next two years.
Genworth a counter-intuitive gem
Rather than being viewed as a company in decline with a grim earnings outlook, Genworth can be seen as a capital-generating machine.
Tasmanian dairy sours for billionaire
Even before Lu Xianfeng completed the $280m purchase of Australia's largest dairy farm, the Chinese billionaire was looking to sell.
Post-it note reinvented by Sydney start-up
Those yellow stickies could stick around for longer in a new app.
ETF pioneer plots low-cost robot and railway funds
ETF Securities is planning to grow assets under management in Australia with a mixture of steady growth and higher risk products.
Less-risky loans may create more mortgage risks
Home buyers scraping together deposits could mean big problems for the mortgage market.
Joyce's water board nominee quits
A former lobbyist nominated by Barnaby Joyce to sit on the board of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority was offered secret data by a NSW offi...
We're suckers for ransomware
Australian businesses are nearly twice as likely to pay a ransom demanded by cybercriminals as their counterparts offshore
Experts split over Shorten's tax cuts claim
Experts are divided over whether business tax cuts will drive or stunt growth, saying it depends on what growth you value.
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