Canada 'Trumped' on TPP
TPP would be a nice bonus for Canada and well-advised in the medium term, but NAFTA's the main game for Ottawa right now, writes John Kehoe
This might be the best small-cap tech stock of the year
An Israeli maker of a smartphone 'jacket' that turns your device into an on-the-go health monitor could be the best small cap stock of the year.
Price fatigue sets in for home buyers
Auction clearance rates in Sydney and Melbourne have held steady but remained lower to last year's results, as patchy cooling conditions continue.
Amazon to shed light on Australian plans
Amazon will shed some light on one of the most closely guarded secrets in Australian retailing on Monday when the tech giant hosts its first Marketplace sellers summit.
US tax uncertainty sets ASX for a flat open
Confusion around the US tax debate has SPI futures pointing to a flat open on Monday, but investors are preparing for a big week of economic data.
CHAMP Private Equity MD off to run Moly-Cop
CHAMP Private Equity has lost its long-time Mr Fixit, who is off to run another private equity-owned company with strong ties to Australia.
TPP can be saved from Canadian retreat: Ciobo
Trade Minister Steven Ciobo has returned home confident Canada can be talked around into supporting a revived Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Blue skies ahead as China plots winter of content
Wednesday is thel start of a winter that could be like no other in China, particularly in the nation's north-east, where a major experiment is about to take place.
How BHP torpedoed shipping's old world order
Shipping is a dangerous and dirty sector. BHP is using technology to make big changes.
Judge blasts 'unethical', 'dishonest' ANZ, NAB
A judge has blasted ANZ and NAB for gross departures from basic standards of commercial decency, for which the banks will pay $50 million each.
Landlords in for major pain as Myer shrinks
A former boss of both Myer and David Jones says some stores will close, and others shrink. Landlords will feel as much pain as shareholders.
Banks to launch mining-style ad campaign
A new "banks belong to you" campaign will remind Australians that 80pc of bank profits are returned to them via dividends.
Despite a stellar run, Tokyo stocks still have room to rise
The country has plenty of its own technology companies.
Global stocks finish week down
Global stocks retreated on Friday on the back of signs US tax reform could be delayed. Bitcoin dropped more than $1,000 from its Wednesday record high.
US market rally derailed by tax cut concerns
US equities posted the first weekly loss in more than two months as investors turned bearish over the lack of progress in passing tax cuts.
Avocado farms smashing it as global prices soar
Avocados farm sells for an unprecedented price in Australian agriculture amid bidding war for production assets.
Orocobre's high-altitude lithium challenge
Roughly 4000 metres above sea level in the mountains of far-north Argentina, things finally appear to be clicking for ASX-listed lithium producer Orocobre.
Opinion
Google makes peace with its most vehement critic
It has been a wonderful few weeks for the curator of the permanent exhibition at the Museum of Old and New Media.
Blame the Poms, not the wogs, for this crisis
The citizenship crisis has not been a failure of the constitution or a product of multi-culturalism. Quite the opposite.
Time to sell the investment property?
The perpetual housing boom is over. Property prices will be flat next year, and the next 10 years in property should look very different from the past 10.
The big four banks' zero-sum problem
From a customer perspective, whole-of-bank relationships are relatively rare meaning customers increasingly use different banks for different products.
PM ups threat to refer Labor MPs
The government may have to wait until its own disqualified MPs are re-elected before it uses its numbers to refer suspect Labor MPs to the High Court.
Trade ministers salvage TPP talks, deal a long way off
A heated and rancorous emergency meeting of regional trade ministers has resolved to try again to revive the TPP.
Minority govt as John Alexander quits
The Turnbull government has become a minority government after NSW Liberal MP John Alexander quit.
Byelections to be fought in unknown political territory
The prospect of a string of byelections across the country, probably in March, has left political analysts questioning how voters will respond.
Double Irish schemes 'unrealistic', ATO warns
The ATO has hit out at "unrealistic" schemes being promoted to US companies identified in the Paradise Papers to set up offshore structures.
US Senate drops border tax on multinationals
The radical 20 per cent excise tax on multinationals would have hurt Australian companies under a competing US House bill.
AT&T; may have to lose CNN for Time Warner
The US Justice Department has told to AT&T; officials that they need to figure out how to get the benefits they're seeking from their proposed merger with Time Warner without being able to own CNN, TBS and other Turner channels.
FANGed: Why Murdoch may sell Fox
When Rupert Murdoch unofficially hung the for sale sign on his empire's prized assets this week, it was confirmation that the mogul had been "FANGed".
Trump's audience with the emperor
What better way to remind Trump of China's long and accomplished history than a tour around the Forbidden City.
Their activist sons risk jail - their parents want their safety
The world knows about the three activist Hong Kong students, now preparing their appeals against their sentences; here are their parents stories.
Personal Finance
Mortgage lenders spice up spring offers
Retail shopping vouchers worth $500, lower rates and special conditions are being used by lenders in the final three weekends of the spring sales season.
Investors use property gain as ATM for new asset plunge
The nation's wealthiest households are using their real estate gains as an ATM by drawing down cash for new investments as property peaks and equity markets bounce back from the GFC.
The big four banks' zero-sum problem
From a customer perspective, whole-of-bank relationships are relatively rare meaning customers increasingly use different banks for different products.
%$# Sorry if this offends you
It's a shocker when even wharfies can't swear.
Women in science - are we there yet?
"I once wrote a 'reality CV', in which I confessed my pathetic lack of ambition as a student and the slow dawning of purpose," says the winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Science.
AFR icons join Australian Media Hall of Fame
Vic Carroll, Max Newton, Max Suich, and Anne Summers have been inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame.
The real reason why there are so few women CEOs
"If you can eliminate an entire class of people, it makes it easier," says Julie Daum from global executive search firm Spencer Stuart.
Here's why the Paradise papers matter
Revelations from the files - one of the largest document leaks in history - have triggered headlines around the world this week.
Lifestyle
Decline and fall of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Poor boys shouldn't think of marrying rich girls, wrote F.Scott Fitzgerald. The sentiment coloured his life, writing and view of his Jazz age times.
