Telstra investors have two reasons to smile
After months of negative news, Telstra's earnings outlook is actually set to improve. There are two reasons why.
Justice Hayne to lead banks probe
Former High Court Judge Kenneth Hayne will lead the royal commission into the banking, superannuation and financial services industry.
Sydney house prices slide again
Sydney's house prices continue a downward slide falling another 0.7 per cent in November, the latest Corelogic data shows.
Bank probe good for debt, bad for equity
A simple takeaway for markets on the banking royal commission: we get even more risk-averse "utility" banks with even fewer non-core businesses.
'Summer is coming': Lew warns Myer board
Solomon Lew has taken another swing at Myer's board saying it must now deliver.
Markets: Summer sunshine for ASX
The ASX started the first trading session of summer with gains, helped by a bit of a rebound in the banking sector following yesterday's royal commission-inspired losses.
Shell inks monster deal for Arrow gas
Shell has finally moved to develop the east coast's biggest chunk of undeveloped gas.
Quiksilver poised to takeover rival Billabong
The board of ailing surfwear group Billabong International has opened its books to US rival Quiksilver after receiving an offer for $1 cash per share.
Industry super fund advertising lashed
Kelly O'Dwyer has lashed out at union-backed superannuation funds for spending millions of dollars on a controversial political campaign.
Telstra cuts guidance on NBN delay
Telstra has slashed its earnings guidance by $600m after NBN put a halt to the rollout of super-fast broadband on the pay television cable network.
Banking commission may hurt funding: rating agencies
The rating credit rating agencies say a royal commission into the banking sector has the potential to undermine investor confidence
7-Eleven battles a crisis in confidence
If 7-Eleven was sincere about making good on its past misdeeds, why did it close its compensation scheme?
Why Starbucks, WD-40 and News Corp could be bargains
Some out-of-the-box thinking threw up bargain investment ideas at the Future Generation Investment Forum.
Dow surges more than 300 points
​The Dow pierced the 24,000 mark for the first time and the S&P; 500 closed at a record high on a surge in tax-cut confidence.
Kirkland Lake eyes Australian growth
Canadian miner Kirkland Lake believes it can become one of Australia's biggest gold companies after listing on the ASX.
Blankfein says Bitcoin too volatile
Goldman Sachs chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein said it's too early for his bank to need a bitcoin strategy.
Goldilocks may face bear late-2019
It looks like the current US expansion could end as soon as late 2019, according to Guggenheim Partners.
Opinion
Political reality obvious to the banks, if not PM
As backflips go, this counts as a triple pike with twist. Malcolm Turnbull finally figured out he had no choice.
Winners and losers from the banking royal commission
The loudest and most persistent critics of the big four banks are likely to find themselves the biggest losers from the Royal Commission into the banking, superannuation and financial services industries.
Bank inquiry framed in political desperation
The perils of a royal commission framed in an atmosphere of political desperation are likely to be great.
Bank inquiry bad for all investors
If bank stocks don't rally, it makes it very hard for the rest of the market to head higher and that in turn is also a headwind for our superannuation balances.
NSW premier shoots down deputy over PM
NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian hung her deputy out to dry on Friday after John Barilaro said he had "lost all hope" in the prime minister.
This is where we find ourselves as 2017 ends
A government brought to its knees – desperately scrabbling to control not just politics but a national policy agenda – by a lack of numbers that has arisen in the most bizarre of circumstances.
Bank probe hits union super
The Turnbull government has moved to pay back Labor for helping force it into a humiliating backdown on a royal commission by targeting industry super funds.
The two weeks that forced Turnbull's hand
It took two weeks from the time Barry O'Sullivan threatened to legislate for a commission of inquiry into the banks for the government to capitulate and call a royal commission.
PM 'shouldn't be regarded as weak': O'Sullivan
The Nationals senator who ultimately forced the government's hand over a royal commission into banking says the PM should be congratulated for listening.
Senate tax bill stalls over $1 trillion deficit blow-out
Leading Republican fiscal hawks are reluctant to pass the corporate tax cuts without a deal to cut the projections for the federal deficit.
Jeremy Corbyn attacks Morgan Stanley's James Gorman
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has attacked Morgan Stanley, arguing its Australian-born CEO James Gorman was paid millions while workers found it "harder to get by".
Bank probe 'not a positive' for banks, say foreign investors
The review is a new deterrent to investing in the country's banks, offshore investors say. "This is a new element of uncertainty and potential danger."
Italy's ungovernable island
Organised crime is more entrenched than ever in society and the local economy.
White House plans to oust Tillerson soon
​The White House has developed a plan to force out US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson within weeks, officials said.
Personal Finance
Unions attack 'ideological' focus on super
Union-backed industry super funds have accused the Turnbull government of extending its ideological war on the sector after super was included in the banking royal commission.
A 'dog's breakfast': AIST slams inquiry
Union-backed super funds have slammed the inclusion of life insurance in the royal commission into the banking, superannuation and financial services industries calling it "ludicrous".
10 things you might not know about bitcoin
Here are some facts you might not know about the biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, which just gained $US1000 in 12 hours - then dropped 20 per cent.
To succeed in business, ditch the pomposity
Scepticism, not the latest hot buzzwords, is what the successful business person needs most.
SEEK's near-death experience
For two decades, the jobs board business has prospered but it nearly went horribly wrong.
Can 7-Eleven be fixed?
The company says it learned hard lessons from its wages scandal but can it change the culture that led to the problems.
The 6 types of bosses that employees hate
The most often-cited reason people give for leaving their job is their boss.
Elizabeth Gaines takes the reins at Fortescue
Elizabeth Gaines takes the chief executive role at Fortescue Metals Group at a tricky time in its history.
Lifestyle
The unsettling truth behind classy cakes
Wendell Stevenson can't stop her imagination conjuring brilliant manoeuvres in cake creation, but it often results in "cake rage".
