Business Day

ACCC chairman Rod Sims says the impact of the "four pillars" policy on competition in banking deserves "serious thought".

Big bank mergers? ACCC wants 'four pillars' policy examined

BANKING AND FINANCE
Clancy Yeates

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: ASX set to push higher

Sponsored
Chris Weston
28 mins ago

Spotless group is vigorously defending the class action claims.

Group seeks to quash 'embarrassing' Manus Island allegations

BUSINESS
Sarah Danckert

Liddell Power Station in the Hunter Valley, NSW. 19th September 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

AGL may turn to gas, as coal-fired generation units fail

ENERGY
Cole Latimer

Coles was forced to revert to its current workplace agreement last year.

Coles pay deal to wait for tribunal ruling on cheaper agreement

RETAIL
Patrick Hatch

Bourke Street's mall attracts some of the highest per square metre rental rates in Australia.

Leaving time: Traders look to exit Melbourne's premier retail strip

PROPERTY
Simon Johanson

The technology industry is aware of its gender inequities and slowly developing tools and best practices to improve the ...

Why the next financial crisis will start in Silicon Valley

COMMENT
William Magnuson

Market Indices

Updated: September 19, 2017 - 2:41PM

Updated: September 19, 2017 - 4:08PM

Updated: September 20, 2017 - 5:15AM

Updated: September 20, 2017 - 12:05AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.8009

Percentage up/down

-0.02% fall
Euro

Price

0.6678

Percentage up/down

-0.02% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5929

Percentage up/down

-0.03% fall

Updated: September 20, 2017 - 6:29AM

Police are investigating the well-being of residents at Berkeley Living.

'Steer clear' - abandoned residents spark village warning

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Hyundai sales are lifting.

The Korean/German car index: why we are what we drive

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

"I'm satisfied that this is a good time to retire after eight years as the executive chairman of TZ Ltd.": Mark Bouris ...

Bouris sees pay slashed in half as TZ founder returns

Colin Kruger, CBD

The sun is rising on buoyant share markets.

World-beating emerging markets surge emboldens valuation critics

Adam Haigh

Minutes of the RBA's most recent monetary policy meeting are today's highlight.

Markets Live: Choppy day ends lower

Patrick Commins and Sarah Turner

As of Friday, the last exchange ceased trading and Bitcoin sustained heavy selling.

Bitcoin beyond government control

Jessica Sier

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: ASX to open higher, RBA minutes on tap

Sponsored
Chris Weston

ASX climbs 0.4pc as Wall St records inspire investors

Jessica Sier

Markets Live: Banks bolster ASX

Sarah Turner and Patrick Commins

Why investors are jumping on Asia equities

Sarah Turner

8@eight: Positive start to the week for the ASX

Sponsored
Chris Weston

AustralianSuper is taking steps to stop younger members' savings being eroded by insurance premiums.

AustralianSuper scraps default insurance for younger members

Clancy Yeates

Have banks gone too far? The slowdown in interest-only lending is a likely reason why the property market has slowed.

Banks cut fixed rates, wooing property investors again

Clancy Yeates

All the banks are vulnerable

Gangs are using big four banks to launder $5 million a day

EXCLUSIVE
Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker, Georgina Mitchell

RBA governor Philip Lowe said the paper loss would be absorbed by previously unrealised gains, so it would pay a dividend.

RBA to pay government $1.3b dividend after first loss since 2010-11

Clancy Yeates

Westpac's BT says "changing community expectations" have prompted it to make the payments.

BT flags $12m 'goodwill payments' for rejected claims

Clancy Yeates

Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash

Cash under pressure to explain Hadgkiss appointment

Eryk Bagshaw, Anna Patty

Many organisations are not training managers to recognise signs of domestic violence

Businesses failing to tackle domestic violence issue

Anna Patty

Simon Bosch

Caltex caned as servos slapped on pay

Anna Patty

Employment generic.

Wage suppression to cost workers $100 billion

Adele Ferguson

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Billions made and lost but what did we really learn?

Clancy Yeates

CEO Ian Narev and his team didn't receive any short-term bonuses for last year, but that wasn't enough for shareholders.

Bonanza continues for CEOs, despite some nips and tucks

Colin Kruger

Reserve Bank assistant governor Lindsay Boulton with the new $10 note.

Vending machines should cope with new $10 note says RBA

Clancy Yeates

As if the ATO cold do with more bad news. ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston, pictured outside court last month, ...

Australians cough up $2 million to ATO scammers so far this year

Helen Pitt

Concerns: Police are investigating the wellbeing of residents at Berkeley Living.

Police intervene at village of the damned

Adele Ferguson

Coles was forced to revert to its current workplace agreement last year.

Coles pay deal to wait for tribunal ruling on cheaper agreement

Patrick Hatch

A Toys R Us store in Louisville, Kentucky. The retailer's US parent company is filing for bankruptcy.

Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy; business as usual in Australian stores

Mathew Dunckley

Myer investors pushed its share price to an all-time low.

Myer's share price hits an all-time low

Patrick Hatch

Myer said the slide towards concession stores had gone too far.

Myer to claw back sales from its 'sexy cannibals'

Patrick Hatch

Myer is clearly not alone among retailers, particularly those focused in apparel. Most are experiencing very tough ...

Is New Myer just the old Myer with lip gloss?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Across the economy, incomes in the private sector are struggling to keep up with the rate of inflation making groceries ...

Australian wage growth only enough for a coffee a year

Eryk Bagshaw

With the end of the mining boom, workers have been forced to shifting from higher paid mining or construction jobs to ...

Australian wages have risen by just $3 a year since 2008

ANALYSIS
Michael Heath

Hyundai sales are lifting.

The Korean/German car index: why we are what we drive

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

The price of an iPhone in different countries is one measure of a currency's strength.

How iPhone prices suggest our dollar is too high

Clancy Yeates

INEOS Chairman Jim Ratcliffe wants to revive British car manufacturing by recreating an "unbreakable" electric ...

'We want to crack the reliability problem': British chemicals giant in bid to make electric 4WD for Australian market

Latika Bourke

The Liddell Power Station in the Hunter Valley.

AGL may turn to gas, as power units fail

Cole Latimer

BHP's Mike Henry says Australia's energy challenges are "a seriously big deal, for everyone, including for the likes of ...

BHP's top mining executive calls for more reliable energy supply

Darren Gray

Myer is closing stores but mall landlords are quickly replacing them with more productive brands.

Myer store closures offer new space at malls

Carolyn Cummins

Renders of the planned refurbishment of the T&G Building at 161 Collins Street, now owned by Pembroke Real Estate.

Google gets a Melbourne home, alongside Nike

Simon Johanson

The King and Phillip apartments in Sydney.

Hyde Park dress circle taking shape in Sydney CBD

Carolyn Cummins

Martin Shkreli after he was arrested in December 2015 for alleged securities fraud. His latest antics on social media ...

Week 1 for Shkreli in jail: Fun and games are over

Christie Smythe and Patricia Hurtado

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz

Nobel-prize winner's plan to end inequality, tax dodging

Nassim Khadem

Well-known chocolate brands may contain cocoa illegally grown in dwindling national parks and reserves in Ivory Coast ...

Is your chocolate bar fuelling climate change?

Anna Pujol-Mazzini

First class is still available on some Qantas A380 flights.

Compared to business, first class is now second best

High Flyer
39 mins ago

The Land Rover Discovery SVX was just one of the cars we can't wait to drive.

Heavy metal: Eight of the hottest new cars coming this way

Cars

Fran Cusworth with her 12-year-old son Redmond. Fran let out her family's Melbourne home on Airbnb to help cover the ...

'Lots of work, a dead goldfish, and $2000: my time as an Airbnb host'

FIRST PERSON
Fran Cusworth

The price of an iPhone in different countries is one measure of a currency's strength.

How iPhone prices suggest our dollar is too high

INSIGHT
Clancy Yeates

Aaron and Jasmin Telford are the founders of Baxter Blue.

Are you in front of a computer all day? Maybe you need blue light glasses

Nina Hendy

Taryn Williams has gone from modelling to IT.

I started as a model and now I'm an IT guru

Alexandra Cain