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RBA to stress test banking sector

The Reserve Bank said it will do its own bank stress tests to monitor financial stability.

The Reserve Bank of Australia will begin its own stress testing of the banking sector amid concern that household debt levels continue to climb.

Bank ATM networks are getting more costly as cash use declines.

Banks face political heat over killing off ATMs

"It won't be the first bank that withdraws an ATM from an area that will be criticised, it will be the last one to try that does," says Labor's Matt Keogh.

The Weinstein scandal has prompted a growing number of women to come forward and say they were mistreated, by him and others.

Weinstein just the beginning of Hollywood's dirty secrets

Far from a dated anomaly many in Hollywood say Weinstein is just one example of a wider problem that the industry has ignored for far too long.

Big data turns Big Brother in China

President Xi Jinping is upping control over his citizens, and facial recognition technology - now a concern in Australia - is the crucial weapon.

Go global to build your wealth

Sticking with a local focus means missing out on better returns and putting your investments at risk.

Nicholas Bolton's next corporate play

The battle for control of a $35 million energy company has flushed out two aggressive corporate raiders.

Pilbara gold rush ignites share prices

The market value of explorers exposed to a Pilbara gold rush has swelled by $1 billion.

FIFA looms as soccer chiefs disagree

Tim Cahill's legacy was cemented with two-matching goals this week. But there is trouble behind the scenes.

Holden's history drives on as end nears

Classic car owner Chris Duncan in a 1932 Chevrolet Sports Roadster made by Holden Motor Bodies, at Woodville.

Butter prices soar as world turns back to fat

The dairy industry is eyeballing major transformation.

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CS on front foot post Stock; wins Icebreaker mandate

In Melbourne, Rio shrinks to greatness

Canberra misses major culprits in another big four grilling

CBA and Westpac have been named in a sentencing judgment of Australia's biggest home loan fraudster to date.

Australia's biggest loan scam revealed

Bank managers and brokers working for some of the big banks facilitated a home loan scam concocted by mortgage broker Najam Shah.

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Retailers face worst Christmas in a decade

This Christmas is shaping up to be the worst for retailers since the global financial crisis as cash-strapped consumers tighten their purse strings.

Amazon launch gains momentum as sellers register

Amazon says more than 500 Australian businesses have registered for Amazon Marketplace.

Japan is a big opportunity for Aussie fundies

Japan's ageing population and hunger for yield could be a big export opportunity for Australian asset managers.

Qantas's first 787-9 Dreamliner is waiting in Seattle.

Qantas sets off for biggest party in years

Flying high on record profits Qantas top brass and media have jetted off to pick up the airline's first Boeing Dreamliner.

For long-suffering mining sector investors, it's been a year to savour with not one, but two bull markets.

ASX rallies to its best week since March

Consumer discretionary and utility companies led a broad-based advance on the Australian sharemarket.

Bitcoin outperformed all central bank-issued currencies in 2016.

Aussie money boosting Bitcoin's $7000 surge

Australian money is pouring into Bitcoin, which hit another record high on Friday, swelling the market capitalisation to $US160 billion.

Investment banks offer ways to bet on a new crisis

Less than a decade after the last financial crisis, investors are showing interest in betting on a fresh banking crisis.

Wall St may be sitting on an inflation time bomb

The edifice of hyper-valued assets is built on one premise: US inflation is dead. If wrong, the effect will be devastating.

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.

Bernanke wants interest rate shake up

Former US Fedl Reserve chair calls for a radical new interest rate framework that would shake up monetary policy.

Productivity push bears the scars of Work Choices

By Phillip Coorey

Scott Morrison's new economic growth talk could have been lifted straight from the Labor script.

Investment banks offer ways to bet on a new crisis

By Karen Maley

Less than a decade after the last financial crisis, investors are showing interest in betting on a fresh banking crisis.

Health insurers feel better now

By Michael Smith

Health insurers will feel some short-term pain from the biggest shake-up to the industry in decades but the changes will be worth it in the long run.

Turnbull hits reset button on energy, climate

By Laura Tingle

Having set up the Finkel Review as a rational process to take the politics out of energy policy, then walking away from it, the Coalition is back at square one.

The Brady Bunch had nothing on this

The nation needs as clear and unanimous a judgment as possible, to settle the issue once and for all.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has politicised the inquiry before it has begun.

Morrison readies 'inclusive growth' productivity agenda

Treasurer Scott Morrison will soon unveil a landmark "inclusive" productivity agenda with the hope of launching a fresh economic agenda.

David Murray slams blackballing of John O'Sullivan

Financial system inquiry head David Murray has condemned the blackballing of John O'Sullivan as ASIC chairman.

'I'm acutely aware we didn't win the election'

There is widespread anger within senior Labor ranks that an election review has been kept under lock and key.

At least Abbott had plans for our energy sector. But Malcolm Turnbull has simply become the man with a plan for more plans.

Why is the PM wasting everyone's time

A policy that delivers reliable, affordable energy without clean energy does not exist.

Weinstein just the beginning of Hollywood's dirty secrets

Far from a dated anomaly many in Hollywood say Weinstein is just an example of a problem that the industry has previously ignored.

Donald Trump boasted of groping women. Which in the eyes of the blogosphere puts him in a category with Harvey Weinstein.

Weinstein and Trump: another extraordinary week

Harvey Weinstein's career is finished ... unless he wants to run for president – goes a joke doing the rounds of the blogosphere.

Xi propaganda kicks into overdrive

Photographs of other party leaders are much smaller and displayed in less prominent spots.

Weinstein faces police probe in NY, London

London and New York police say they are looking into complaints involving film producer Harvey Weinstein.

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Smoke from California fires chokes Bay Area

Firefighters struggled to halt the spread of wildfires that have killed at least 31 people in Northern California.

Tax warning for super funds over $1.6m cap

The Tax Office has issued a warning to self-managed funds trying to cheat the new $1.6 million pension balance cap.

A motivated minority of strata members can take advantage of apathy to push through changes.

Apartment wake-up call

Hidden in the new NSW strata laws is a call to action for every apartment resident in Australia, writes Flat Chat's Jimmy Thomson.

A former QBE vice president and an outside consultant, have been accused of defrauding QBE over two years

QBE has 'very strong' capital adequacy: S&P

For the second time in two months S&P Global Ratings has affirmed its positive rating on QBE, despite a raft of natural disasters putting it on course for a $767m profit hit.