Business Day

Despite record-low interest rates, around 12 per cent of income is now devoted to servicing our record debt.

Australia's economic luck looks to be running out

COMMENT
Satyajit Das
1 hr ago

Local shares are poised to open higher as tech and auto markers lifted Wall Street to fresh records.

Markets Live: ASX slumps again

Live
Sarah Turner and Patrick Commins
9 mins ago

Jay Schulz in action for Richmond in 2008.

'Svengali' snags two banks, Amex and an AFL footballer

CBD
Mathew Dunckley

Brisbane property prices may be undervalued, says CoreLogic.

Go north: Sydney, Melbourne property markets lose appeal

THE ECONOMY

Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt in front of the Liddell and Bayswater coal-fired power stations.

Greens reveal plans for $2.2b national battery storage scheme

ENERGY
Cole Latimer

Ala Moana shopping centre in Honolulu, which is 25 per cent owned by AustralianSuper.

QIC Global snaps up 10 US mall assets in $US3.2b deal

PROPERTY
Carolyn Cummins

The Spencer Gulf coastline, where the Seawater Pumped Hydro project has been trialled.

Hidden benefits of Australia's coastline: seawater power

ENERGY
Cole Latimer

Market Indices

Updated: October 4, 2017 - 10:30AM

Updated: October 3, 2017 - 7:10PM

Updated: October 4, 2017 - 8:15AM

Updated: October 4, 2017 - 3:05AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7833

Percentage up/down

-0.04% fall
Euro

Price

0.6672

Percentage up/down

-0.03% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5917

Percentage up/down

-0.05% fall

Updated: October 4, 2017 - 10:20AM

Founder of Stockspot, Chris Brycki, says despite improvements, the banks and AMP could do more to migrate their ...

Banks still own worst-performing super funds

John Collett

Western Australia and Queensland have been flagged as having key weaknesses in the mining approval and infrastructure ...

Draining the swamp of corruption

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Jay Schulz in action for Richmond in 2008.

'Svengali' snags two banks, Amex and an AFL footballer

Mathew Dunckley

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: ASX set to keep on a roll

Sponsored
Tyler Yell

Traders were caught out by the unexpected weakness in the US dollar this year.

Why the 'overvalued' Aussie dollar has further to fall

Patrick Commins

Drapes billow out of broken windows at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino.

US gun stocks rise following Las Vegas shooting

Nassim Khadem

The RBA will announce its latest interest rate decision today.

Markets Live: QBE drags ASX down

Sarah Turner and Patrick Commins

The three big threats to oil

Jessica Sier

RBA holds rates steady at 1.5%

Patrick Commins

8@eight: Strong start in store on RBA day

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Miners dig deep to push ASX up 0.8pc

Patrick Commins

Regulators have strongly supported open banking, which could help smaller players compete with the big four.

Fighting the 'lazy tax': the change that will help us get the best deals

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Investor caution is one reason for the lack of company floats in 2017.

Listings dry up in weakest IPO market since 2012

Clancy Yeates

Fintech businesses including Douugh are using artificial intelligence in targeting banks' customers.

Credit card debt targeted by Douugh, financial 'personal assistant'

Clancy Yeates

CBA chief executive Ian Narev will not be eligible for long-term bonus shares this year due to his retirement.

CBA's Narev won't earn long-term bonus this year

Clancy Yeates

ANZ says it spent many millions on consultants advising on cyber security.

ANZ spent more than $20 million on consultants

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Alan Williams, 62, is attempting to return to the workforce after nine years of unemployment but says his age appears to ...

Tackling ageism in bid to change negative perceptions

Rachel Browne, William McInnes

Libby Low took five years out of the workforce to look after a child with special needs.

The work program that helped Libby break down barriers

Anna Patty

Sydney Water employee Reem Yelda was humiliated to learn her image had been used beneath an offensive slogan.

Sydney Water employee devastated after unwittingly posing for 'lubricate' poster

Harriet Alexander

Leona Watson, managing director of Cheeky Food Events, in Surry Hills.

What business really wants from your loyalty card

Patrick Hatch

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

Stella Kim and her partner Sushil Lamichhane were dining at The Ranch in North Ryde when their group was allegedly ...

Worm-infested steak served at North Ryde restaurant

Lucy Cormack

Belle Gibson.

Belle Gibson fined $410,000 after misleading people with claims she cured cancer

Tom Cowie

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

NAB joints Westpac, ANZ, and CBA in ditching ATM fees

Deborah Snow

There has been speculation that a private equity business has been looking at Oroton.

Oroton follows this year's fashion colour into the red

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Maxine Horne is looking to new categories.

Australia's richest female chief executive looks beyond phones

Cara Waters

All six of Oroton's Gap stores will close by the end of January.

Oroton mulls options as Gap closure drags it into red

Myer chief executive Richard Umbers is being psyched out by Solomon Lew.

Lew's back and on Myer's case

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Solomon Lew has asked for the register on Myer.

Myer shares flying after Lew seeks share register

UPDATED
Mathew Dunckley

Despite record-low interest rates, around 12 per cent of income is now devoted to servicing our record debt.

Australia's economic luck looks to be running out

COMMENT
Satyajit Das
1 hr ago

Have Sydney property prices hit their peak?

Go north: Sydney, Melbourne property markets lose appeal

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com

'Red flags': why the taxman needs to worry about Amazon

ANALYSIS
Nassim Khadem

Philip Lowe, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, is yet to move rates in his tenure.

RBA holds rates steady at 1.5%

Patrick Commins

Western Australia and Queensland have been flagged as having key weaknesses in the mining approval and infrastructure ...

Draining the swamp of corruption

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The Spencer Gulf coastline, where the Seawater Pumped Hydro project has been trialled.

Hidden benefits of Australia's coastline: seawater power

Cole Latimer

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at a press conference in Sydney.

Gas agreement struck, but transparency still a concern

James Massola

Wynyard Place development from Carrington Street by Brookfield Property Partners. Image supplied.

Wynyard Place_view of ...

AMP, Unisuper snare key stake in $2b Wynyard Place

Carolyn Cummins

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Sydney's $62b building boom not slowing down any time soon

EXCLUSIVE
Carolyn Cummins

"The proposed development will complement Cbus Property's current and past residential projects in the Melbourne CBD," ...

Cbus snaps up Mercure hotel for glitzy residential tower

Simon Johanson

Drapes billow out of broken windows at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino.

US gun stocks rise following Las Vegas shooting

Nassim Khadem

US President Donald Trump smiles during an event to discuss his tax reform plan.

Trump's tax plan to result in 'little-to-no taxes' from multinationals

Nassim Khadem

Ferrari

Where the most millionaires are being minted around the world

Suzanne Woolley

Gold, Platinum ...?

The elusive frequent flyer level that's better than Platinum

High Flyer
David Flynn

Sally Fitzgibbons regularly swaps the waves for the running shoes.

'Why I run': The real reasons why ultrafit athletes love to run

The Long Run

Regulators have strongly supported open banking, which could help smaller players compete with the big four.

Fighting the 'lazy tax': the change that will help us get the best deals

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Chelsea Crichton is earning up to three times the interest on her savings after switching from her bank to peer-to-peer ...

Why Chelsea took all her savings and lent it to total strangers

John Collett

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick (left) and caption Trent Cotchin celebrate their win. The club orchestrated a textbook ...

What Richmond and the Storm can teach business

COMMENT
Tony Featherstone

Richard Whiteoak of Whiteoak Capital, one of The Healthy Mummy's investors, with founder Rhian Allen.

Seven things I've learnt building my $10 million business

Rhian Allen

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