Shopping centres bank on coffee and salons amid retail slump

What can't you do or buy online nowadays? Whatever the answer, shopping centres want a piece of it.

Domino's promises to not buy shares while CEO is selling them

Domino's Pizza has moved to assure investors it would not buy back shares while its chief executive was selling them, after shareholders raised concerns about a potential conflict of interest.

World's most liveable city (again): how we ranked Melbourne

Cities aren't simple things. When The Age decided to rank Melbourne's suburbs, it quickly became apparent how complex and subjective it was to compare even one street from another.

Australian wages stall at record low of 1.9 per cent

The wages of working Australians are going nowhere, new figures show, stalling at a record low while the earnings of more than 10 million private sector employees hover around the cost of living.

Free-to-air sports at tipping point, warns Seven

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Seven West Media reported a $745 million loss for the full year due to a $989 million impairment.

Fairfax Media updates on Domain, posts profit lift

Management revealed new details of the Domain demerger as it delivered a $97 million net profit for the full year on Wednesday.

Origin holds back dividend again, after $3b writedowns

Origin Energy has opted not to pay a dividend after unveiling a top-line $2.22 billion loss in the wake of writedowns worth $3.1 billion.

Emissions rule to be tested in court for the first time

NSW planning rules that require greenhouse gas emissions be taken into account when approving major projects will be tested in court in a challenge to a coal mine extension.

Sonic Healthcare forecasts earnings growth

Laboratory and pathology group Sonic Healthcare expects underlying earnings to continue to grow in the year ahead as its Australian operations benefit from cost control.

Seek's profit falls, sending shareholders to the exit

Online job-search company Seek has lifted revenue and underlying profit as long-term investments in its Australian and New Zealand arm begin to show promise, but its profit disappointed.

Stockland profit jumps 34 per cent as residential, retirement jump

Stockland has reported a statutory profit of $1.2 billion, up 34.4 per cent on the prior year, boosted by its retirement and residential divisions, where a number of new developments have been opened.

Westfield hits Milan as fashion underpins its results

The retail giant will focus on residential developments at its malls and upgrade its portfolio of flagship shopping centres as it steps up its international expansion.

Mild gains for ASX

Shares overcame early losses to end the day solidly higher, thanks in large part to buying in the big banks and Telstra.

Vulnerable workers bill in 'delicate' balance

Amendments that threatened to weaken a bill to protect vulnerable workers from underpayment and exploitation were under "delicate" negotiation on Tuesday night.

Markets Live: ASX jolts higher on big earnings day

The ASX overcomes early wobbles to record modest gains as investors cheer earnings results from Origin, Woodside and Westfield, but boo reports from CSL, Computershare and Seek.

Is this as good as it gets for iron ore?

Iron ore in the $US70s a tonne may be as good as it gets for some time. The metal "is just too plentiful" to sustain its recent price gains as China pares back its steel production, Citigroup reckons.

Aveo vows to simplify contracts after profit doubles

Embattled retirement village giant Aveo has moved to appease critics of its complex contracts, vowing to simplify them as it revealed its full-year profit doubled to $252.8 million.

Don't create policy, tax uncertainty: CSL chief's plea to Turnbull

Policy changes on 457s and tax incentives can create uncertainty for business, CSL chief executive Paul Perreault says, and has urged the Turnbull government not to keep tinkering with tax settings.

Fundie profit hopes take 'ominous turn'

International investors are pessimistic about the outlook for equities as expectations for corporate profit growth fall to the lowest level in almost two years.

JP Morgan has new $A forecast model

JP Morgan have come up with a new way to forecast the Aussie dollar, in the face of moving commodity prices and diverging interest rate spreads.

Seven West's Tim Worner pays bonus penalty after affair

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While Amber Harrison has been forced to launch a public appeal to avoid bankruptcy over her legal battle with Kerry Stokes' Seven West Media, it looks like her former lover - Seven West chief executive Tim Worner - might be paying a more modest financial penalty.

Melbourne world's most liveable city for seventh year

Melbourne has once again topped The Economist's liveability rankings, but as the city enjoys its seventh consecutive year at the top, planning experts questioned the index's relevance.

Cozzo planning apartment play

Melbourne furniture magnate Franco Cozzo is branching out into property development.His long-held inner city land holdings in Footscray and Brunswick are ripe for re-invention as the apartment boom rolls out across the metropolitan area.

Woodside profit jumps 49 per cent

Higher prices and reduced production costs have helped Woodside report a 49 per cent increase in first-half profit to $US507 million.

Sydney falls in liveability ranking due to terrorism fears

Sydney has slipped in an international assessment of liveability, ranking behind other Australian capitals Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Activist investor Elliott raises stake in BHP

Hedge fund Elliott Management has raised its stake in BHP Billiton to 5 per cent, stepping up a campaign to make the top global miner quit all or part of its petroleum business, boost returns and ditch its dual listing.

Netflix will prove the critics wrong, just like Amazon

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There is good reason some of the smartest investors on Wall Street are betting on Netflix's decline. But they're missing one key factor.

iTrump triumph: Donald Trump loses six-year trademark spat

The owner of Trump Tower, Trump Golf Links, and The Donald J. Trump Signature Collection can't claim this one as his own: iTrump.

8@eight: Results set to dominate

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A negative start is in store for the ASX on a busy day on the reporting season calendar.