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Global giant Unilever snaps up ice cream icon Weis

RETAIL
Patrick Hatch

BHP is about to unveil its next ''Think Big'' TV advertisement.

BHP appeals to super investors in latest ad campaign

MINING AND RESOURCES
Darren Gray
56 mins ago

Shares in dairy company Bellamy's staged a big recovery on the news.

Bellamy's gets its China groove back

BUSINESS
Darren Gray

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index and the broader All Ordinaries Index each lifted 0.4 per cent to 5765.7 points and ...

Investors ignore North Korea and lift ASX

MARKETS
Jessica Sier

Emails can be tricky: How you begin an email sets the tone and may shape the recipient's perception of you.

The best way to start an email (and 18 ways not to)

WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Rachel Gillett

Commonwealth Bank chairman Catherine Livingstone said the board, CEO and its top executives would have to take "ultimate ...

CBA says it spent $125m to prevent financial crimes

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates

Recent falls in mortality improvements have prompted companies to reduce their estimates of their pension obligations.

Americans are dying younger, saving companies billions

WORLD BUSINESS
John Tozzi

Market Indices

Updated: August 9, 2017 - 4:42PM

Updated: August 9, 2017 - 6:10PM

Updated: August 9, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: August 9, 2017 - 9:33PM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7894

Percentage up/down

-0.24% fall
Euro

Price

0.6726

Percentage up/down

-0.12% fall
British Pound

Price

0.6079

Percentage up/down

-0.20% fall

Updated: August 9, 2017 - 9:40PM

It seems nobody wondered for a moment about the wads of pineapples and green soldiers being stuffed in odd accounts via ATMs.

'Confidence' in CBA boss is a hollow cliche

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Laura McBain, former CEO of Bellamy's.

McBain finds new recipe for success

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

ATM deposits aside, focus on CBA's fat forex rates

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Australian government debt has been a beneficiary of the global liquidity offered by central banks.

Australian bonds might actually offer value

Jessica Sier
1 hr ago

Local investors are focused on earnings season.

Markets Live: CBA trumps geopolitics

Live
Jens Meyer

Wall Street fell late in the day on the President's response to North Korea.

8@eight: CBA on tap, Trump jolts markets

Sponsored
Chris Weston

President Donald Trump's aggressive tone unnerved investors.

Wall Street dives after Trump warns North Korea

One bitcoin could buy you 100 boxes of avocados

Lily Katz

Shorting the euro proves lethal

Lananh Nguyen

ASX suffers widespread selling

Jessica Sier

Markets Live: Wave of selling hits ASX

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

CEO Ian Narev delivers the full-year results in Sydney on Wednesday: CBA beat expectations with a $9.88 billion cash ...

'Clean, solid and big' - why CBA's investors are still smiling

John Collett

It seems nobody wondered for a moment about the wads of pineapples and green soldiers being stuffed in odd accounts via ATMs.

'Confidence' in CBA boss is a hollow cliche

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

"The overriding consideration of the board was the collective accountability of senior management for the overall ...

CBA dumps short-term bonuses for execs this year

UPDATED
Clancy Yeates

Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev did not signal any intent to step down on Monday.

'Walk the plank': CBA investors demand action

Clancy Yeates

CBA chief executive Ian Narev admits the bank has made mistakes, and it will be open about these.

CBA talks down potential fine as bank mulls bonuses

Clancy Yeates

James Young, 41, who suffers from mild sleep apnoea, can't remember the last time he work up feeling refreshed.

Lack of sleep costing economy more than $66 billion

Anna Patty

Ashleigh Mounser was underpaid in numerous jobs in Wollongong.

Plan to name and shame businesses that rip off workers

EXPLAINED
Anna Patty

Raya Allan juggles three different jobs to make ends meet

Juggling two or three jobs to make ends meet

Anna Patty

Austrac alleges nearly $9 billion in cash was deposited through CBA's new ATMs before it conducted any assessment of the ...

How drug syndicates 'laundered' millions via CommBank

Michael Evans

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a man with a plan.

Tesla is burning through cash, and (some) investors love it

COMMENT
John McDuling

Sexual harassment is rife in Australia's start-up scene.

'He told me I owed him a blow job': Entrepreneur harassed by backer

Cara Waters

A survey was conducted with patrons of BlaBlaCar, a digital alternative to hitchhiking.

We trust strangers more than our colleagues

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

An error at a data centre has left some Woolworths customers with incorrect transactions on their accounts.

Woolworths error sees customers charged again

Lucy Cormack

In NSW, the government charges companies $138 a tonne to dispose their waste. In Queensland, it costs nothing.

Other states dump 1 million tonnes of rubbish in Queensland

Rachel Clun

Global giant Unilever snaps up ice cream icon Weis

Patrick Hatch

The grim mood in the consumer survey is in marked contrast to increasingly upbeat business polls.

Anaemic wage growth sends consumer mood to 16-month low

Rebecca Vallance-Gasan at her clothing shop Rebecca Vallance on High Street in Armadale. One of the secrets to the ...

Is this the way to lure tenants to retail strips?

Melissa Singer

Amazon is hiring.

Amazon's Australian invasion: separating hype from reality

COMMENT
John McDuling

Gap stores will be closed within the next six months.

Gap stores to close in Australia after Oroton pulls pin

Patrick Hatch

The grim mood in the consumer survey is in marked contrast to increasingly upbeat business polls.

Anaemic wage growth sends consumer mood to 16-month low

Open for business: the survey's measure of business confidence jumped 4 points to +12.

Business conditions best in a decade

Eryk Bagshaw

The Senate economics references committee is holding an inquiry into foreign bribery.

Australia a 'soft touch' for foreign bribery

Nassim Khadem

Recent data points to jobs growth of 15,000 to 20,000 a month in the near term, ANZ's David Plank says.

Job ads climb for fifth month to highest since 2011

BHP is about to unveil its next ''Think Big'' TV advertisement.

BHP appeals to super investors in latest ad campaign

Darren Gray
56 mins ago

Clive Palmer represented himself in the Supreme Court last week.

Palmer company was spending $1 million a year on headquarters

Jorge Branco

Pulling the plug on rising power prices?

Cap power prices after market failure, Greens say

Peter Hannam

The lobby of the Larwill Studio boutique hotel in northern Melbourne, dedicated to Australian artist David Larwill.

Art Series Hotels sell to Mantra for $52m

Simon Johanson

Luxury appeal: Homes in prime locations in Sydney command high prices.

Luxury homes high on the list for expat investors

Carolyn Cummins

lend lease

Building giant tripped up as results turn up on Google

Simon Johanson

Recent falls in mortality improvements have prompted companies to reduce their estimates of their pension obligations.

Americans are dying younger, saving companies billions

John Tozzi

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. France and Germany are leading an EU push to force tech giants like Amazon to pay more taxes in ...

France and Germany in tax crackdown on US tech giants

Martin Shkreli arrives at federal court in New York, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Jurors are starting their fifth day of ...

'Pharma bro' Shkreli convicted of securities fraud

Despite some serious growth, Audi's focus remains on staying true to its luxury heritage.

The luxury car brand that grew too big, too fast

Cars
Toby Hagon

Astra Lodge is the newest jewel in the crown at winter haven Falls Creek.

Luxe lodge wins best Aussie ski hotel before it even opens

Luxury

Mind the gap. Medical specialists' out-of-pocket costs vary considerably.

Medical specialists shunned because of high costs

John Collett

Illustration: Simon Letch

You can't use an accounting trick to get a tax deductible loan

Noel Whittaker

Josh Rowe is one of several who've forced change at .auDA.

Millions of Australian domain name owners 'ripped off'

Cara Waters

Mark Gustowski has established a new creative tech accelerator.

Meet the creative start-up kings

COMMENT
Alexandra Cain

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