Euphoria short-lived, warns Keating
"You can't quite understand the fact that markets are so relaxed and comfortable about the conditions we're in," Mr Keating said.
"You can't quite understand the fact that markets are so relaxed and comfortable about the conditions we're in," Mr Keating said.
Chinese billionaire Wang Yusuo is the kingmaker in any change of control at Santos but is also free to make a buyout bid if he chooses.
You don't have to look hard to find an example of how Amazon is polarising Australian retail. Just take the US e-commerce giant's launch date.
Parental protections appear likely to be the most contentious issue to be dealt with as parliament considers same-sex marriage legislation.
Economist Saul Eslake has savaged the Productivity Commission's report on carving up the $60 billion GST pool because it seeks to assuage WA but fails to establish the case for change.
A senior APRA executive said boosting bankers' fixed pay may not align with the interests of shareholders.
An enduring power of attorney is the "insurance policy" most people get wrong. It's not just the elderly who need to think about this, it's all of us.
Some of the market's top thinkers claim that the accelerated pace of technological disruption is being underestimated by investors
Economic trumps politics in Australian elections. But the location, demographic and size of the No vote suggests that could change.
Peter Botten is English-born, but his loyalties will be with Papua New Guinea when they play England on Sunday.
Experts tip the big players in Australia's farm services sector to keep merging but are less certain about how much room there is in the top paddock.
Aurizon must overcome several hurdles to buy Queensland's Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal.
The US dollar was lower along with Wall St stocks amid scepticism Republicans would succeed in overhauling US tax laws.
China's central bank will keep its "prudent and neutral" monetary policy, it said in its latest quarterly report.
Wall Street is on the cusp of falling out of love with President Donald Trump. It's time to sell stocks.
Shares ended a dour week on an upbeat note on Friday after a solid night of trading on Wall Street, with pessimism around commodities weighing on the ASX over the five days.
Cloud-based online broker is readying to beat the big banks' platforms at their own game.
The Yes vote has acted as a badly-needed political circuit breaker to Malcolm Turnbull's run of misfortune.
Satire | The only possible explanation for an early-morning liking of gay porn by the defence minister is international espionage!
The real unemployment rate is a critical variable for the Reserve Bank to get right - but it's not achieving this.
The imminent $5.30 a share offer from Harbour Energy patently undervalues Santos at $11 billion.
Canada's bid to join the East Asia Summit is hanging by a thread after it scuppered efforts to revive the TPP free trade pact.
Nationals fury over same-sex marriage "ambush" could see banks back in the firing line.
The political impact of Pauline Hanson's One Nation is the big unknown in the Queensland state election.
The National Energy Guarantee proposed as a more politically palatable alternative was more complex, Dr Finkel said
One Nation says it will have "many" conditions for any party if it holds the balance of power after next Saturday's election.
Tesla s setting out on yet another quest: to remake the multibillion-dollar trucking industry.
Donald Trump's Republicans and investors cheered a tax bill passing the House, but tax reform faces a tricky path.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's fate hung in the balance as he apparently resisted efforts to make him step down.
Courts have dissolved the opposition party, removing the most popular challenger before elections next year.
President Trump says a Republican Senate candidate should stand aside if sex abuse allegations are true.
More retirees are rejecting traditional retirement digs for smaller versions of their family homes.
Once upon a time it was British gilts, then it was gold and then the US dollar. Now there's a new contender for the one asset class that can determine the fate of the global economy.
The real unemployment rate is a critical variable for the Reserve Bank to get right - but it's not achieving this.
'I'm a 59-year old, anglo-celtic male, should I just check out' from this new purpose-driven, inclusive leadership work world?
An accounting firm was ordered to pay over $50,000 in fines after a court found the company ignored its client's workplace breaches.
Grant Thornton sees a future beyond traditional accounting work with the firm adding 10 services in the past three years.
Gender pay gaps in female-dominated industries are rising, raising concerns employers are ignoring the issue.
A final question from Oliver Sacks: if we are transient, how do we achieve continuity?
The decline of handwriting has been precipitous. Australia Post tells us that the volume of personally addressed mail has slumped by half in the past eight years.
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