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Bets on interest rates and house prices are firmly connected because if the property market falls strongly, it will be ...

Place your bets on house prices and interest rates

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Nobel winner for economics Joseph Stiglitz.

Bitcoin should be 'outlawed', says Nobel winner

MARKETS
Julie Verhage and Eric Lam
45 mins ago

Amazon was expected to launch a full catalogue of products last week but has yet to deliver.

I won't save you from Amazon, watchdog tells retailers

RETAIL
Patrick Hatch

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Tide is receding on Bond's Dunk Island dream

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Seek has upgraded its earnings guidance despite concerns about wages growth.

Concerns about slow wages growth fail to dampen Seek earnings outlook

BUSINESS
Jennifer Duke

Bitcoin has enjoyed a manic 54 per cent lift in the last two weeks alone.

'It's going insane': Bitcoin breaks through $US10,000 for first time

MARKETS
Jessica Sier

Charging cables connect to a row of electric taxis in Shenzhen, China.

Shares in lithium miner Galaxy Resources spark up

MINING AND RESOURCES
Darren Gray

Market Indices

Updated: November 29, 2017 - 4:46PM

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Updated: November 30, 2017 - 4:05AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7577

Percentage up/down

-0.25% fall
Euro

Price

0.6389

Percentage up/down

-0.41% fall
British Pound

Price

0.5644

Percentage up/down

-0.88% fall

Updated: November 30, 2017 - 6:50AM

Bitcoin has had a meteoric rise over the past week.

You should invest in bitcoin, even if it's a bubble

COMMENT
Leonid Bershidsky

Nothing to fear? Despite the prospect of a looming banking inquiry, lenders' share prices aren't tanking.

Paper tiger: Why banks don't need to fear an inquiry

COMMENT
David Fickling

Treasurer Scott Morrison has pushed hard to tax cuts but ignored other options.

Australia's tax policy is turning into an episode of Fantasy Island

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Investors eyeing the ASX board.

Markets Live: Banks power ASX

Sarah Turner

Jerome Powell, Donald Trump's choice to succeed Janet Yellen as chief of the US Federal Reserve, could have a relatively ...

For new US Fed chief, easy times demand some tough calls

Patrick Commins

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: ASX poised for strong gains, bitcoin shines

Sponsored
Chris Weston

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended the day down 4 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 5984 while the All Ordinaries finished ...

Sour end to choppy ASX session

Sarah Turner and Jessica Sier

Markets Live: Miners drag ASX down

Sarah Turner

Deutsche's Christmas stock picks

Patrick Commins

Bitcoin a 'safe haven' in some of the world's volatile places

Rob Urban

8@eight: China in focus; ASX treading water

Sponsored
Chris Weston

APRA's Geoff Summerhayes says the market is overtaking the scientists and policy makers.

Climate response driven by 'weight of money': APRA

Peter Hannam

The Finance Sector Union of Australia wants a royal commission into banks to restore fairness to bank workers and customers.

Bank workers want a royal commission to clean up 'toxic' culture

Anna Patty

PM Malcolm Turnbull has trenchantly refused to bend on the question of an inquiry.

Why are the banks so scared of a commission of inquiry?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

If there is to be a tribunal, 'it's important that the proper rules of evidence apply', says David Murray.

Bank inquiry minus safeguards is 'dangerous territory'

John Collett

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Banking inquiry all but inevitable after another Nationals MP vows support

James Massola

Streets Paddle Pops.

Streets factory workers vote to end public ice-cream boycott

Melissa Cunningham

After a period of intense activity, it goes quiet for some time, and inevitably this allows for a period of reflection.

Is this the worst time of year to change jobs?

COMMENT
Jim Bright

Workers Mahani Mohd Tif and Vince Tropea have won better pay and conditions.

Woolworths workers win big wage rises, bucking trend

EXCLUSIVE
Ben Schneiders

Investors are looking to cash in on China's growing thirst for infant formula.

Aussie infant formula companies ride the China boom

Darren Gray

Caltex has about 1900 sites around Australia.

Are electric cars about to kill the sturdy servo?

Simon Johanson

Milliner Kim Fletcher hasn't had a day off in three months.

Fascinators to freebie seekers: The milliners behind spring racing

Cara Waters

The ACCC is taking Federal Court action against Ashley & Martin for what it alleges were unfair contracts.

'They are vulnerable': Watchdog cracking down on 'unfair' hair loss treatments

Stephanie Gardiner

ACCC Chairman Rod Sims says charities need to keep consumers well-informed

ACCC warns charities: More transparency on 'chugging'

Liam Cormican

If your name begins with those three little letters - S.A.M - you get seven $20 Uber rides next week.

Thousands of Australians affected by Uber hack cover-up

Ben Grubb

Amazon was expected to launch a full catalogue of products last week but has yet to deliver.

I won't save you from Amazon, watchdog tells retailers

Patrick Hatch

Collins Foods will wants to have three Taco Bell stores open by the end of next year.

Taco Bell tries to make it third time lucky in Australia

Patrick Hatch

OrotonGroup says it is close to deciding on the company's future.

Crunch time as OrotonGroup ponders future

Patrick Hatch

Broo beer shares soar on China distribution deal

David Jones Christmas window display 9th November 2017 Photo by Louise Kennerley SMH

David Jones bets on service to beat Amazon

Ben Grubb

Bets on interest rates and house prices are firmly connected because if the property market falls strongly, it will be ...

Place your bets on house prices and interest rates

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Sydney's WestConnex project has cost estimates significantly lower than experience would indicate, the Productivity ...

Keen pollies, poor planning blew $28b on infrastructure

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

The Reserve Bank is getting close to lifting its 1.5 per cent cash rate, the OECD believes.

Interest rate rises coming sooner than we think, warns OECD

Peter Martin

Treasurer Scott Morrison has pushed hard to tax cuts but ignored other options.

Australia's tax policy is turning into an episode of Fantasy Island

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

APRA's Geoff Summerhayes says the market is overtaking the scientists and policy makers.

Climate response driven by 'weight of money': APRA

Peter Hannam

Tesla's South Australian installation will be the world's largest single battery storage.

Musk's Tesla to switch on mega battery in SA on Friday

Cole Latimer

Charging cables connect to a row of electric taxis in Shenzhen, China.

Shares in lithium miner Galaxy Resources spark up

Darren Gray

After five years of surging prices, the market value of Australia's homes has ballooned to $7.3 trillion - four times ...

Australia faces hangover after $7.3 trillion home frenzy

Chris Bourke

Pizza Hut is introducing new-look restaurants, with the first to open at Divercity, Waterloo.

Pizza Hut expands with new-look outlets

Carolyn Cummins

Wanda's overseas investment woes have led to Mr Wang dropping from richest to fourth-richest Chinese billionaire in the ...

China's one-time richest man set to sell out of Australia

Kirsty Needham and Simon Johanson

the latest allegations reveal yet another dimension of Uber's renegade corporate ethos, which has landed the company in ...

Uber used vanishing message system to hide tracks

Joel Rosenblatt

Ivanka Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.

Bright lights and no beggars: Hyderabad ready for Ivanka Trump

Nassim Khadem

Residents of Mbare loiter around a mural of now former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Harare last week.

'Treacherous shenanigans': the story of Mugabe's downfall

MacDonald Dzirutwe, Joe Brock and Ed Cropley

Pullin is also the face of emerging tailor Bellington Estate.

Are our Winter Olympic hopefuls worried about North Korea?

Culture

Henry Cavill refused to shave when he came back to reshoot scenes as Superman, causing havoc for post-production.

Why your moustache really isn't acceptable after this Friday

Grooming

There are simple way to get our personal finances back on track

Eight painless ways to get ahead financially

John Collett

In a long and first marriage, there's much more upside than downside to a 'conflict of interest clause' in enduring ...

Getting powers of attorney in order for elderly couple

Noel Whittaker

The latest sexual harassment allegations against Don Burke should be a wake-up call for small business.

Sexual harassment a risk in small businesses, too

COMMENT
Tony Featherstone

Professor Michelle Ryan of the University of Exeter speaking at the University of Melbourne Future of Work conference.

The problem with women leaning in

Cara Waters

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