Murdoch cashes in, retains influence
Rupert Murdoch has retained political power in the US, Australia and the UK and will be paid a huge premium in quality Disney stock.
House prices to slide in 2018 despite falling jobless rate
After forecasting house price rises every year since 2013, I'm happy to double-down on our April 2017 call that the boom is over.
Murdoch: 'Pivoting at pivotal moment'
Rupert Murdoch's says his decision to sell most of 21st Century Fox reflects the redrawing of the global media map.
Joe Hockey thinks Trump is awesome
Australia's ambassador to Washington reckons the US president is doing such a good job he would be re-elected today.
Bennelong a test of my government: PM
Malcolm Turnbull accepts that Saturday's crucial byelection in the seat of Bennelong is as much about him and his government as it is the candidates.
Markets: ASX slides, Genworth drops
Shares started on a downbeat note on Friday, with Genworth shares dropping sharply as financials weighing on the market.
Adam Cranston's wife to be charged
Elizabeth Cranston, the wife of alleged tax fraudster Adam Cranston, has been served a court attendance notice after police seized a car from her Bondi Beach home on Thursday.
Amazon Australia reveals its 10 best-selling products
Amazon.com.au has revealed the best-selling products since launching its retail offering one week ago in Australia.
Bankers to share $US175m in Disney-Fox deal
Bankers acting for Fox can expect to rake in as much as $US85 million in fees, while Disney's advisers are set to share as much as $US70 million.
Disney's Iger gets $130m Fox bonus
Walt Disney's Bob Iger received $130 million in stock after the company agreed to buy most of 21st Century Fox.
History of 21st Century Fox
Hungarian immigrant William Fox founded Fox Film in Fort Lee, New Jersey in 1915.
AGL's Vesey prepared to be tough
Andy Vesey's distinctive figure and American accent have become very familiar around Canberra this year, perhaps uncomfortably so for the New Yorker who describes 2017 as "challenging".
JPMorgan sees S&P; 500 hitting 3000
JPMorgan Chase & Co became the third major bank to predict the S&P; 500 Index will rise to 3000 at the end of 2018.
Big oil poised for breakout year: Goldman
Companies from Royal Dutch Shell to Exxon Mobil will soon find themselves with a surplus of cash and a willingness to spend.
Bitcoin owners no longer have to sell to live in luxury
Until recently, people who paid virtually nothing for virtual currency bitcoin and watched it soar had only one way to enjoy their new wealth - sell. Not any more.
South Korea tries to regulate bitcoin and that's good
South Korea is proposing cryptocurrency measures after a surge in bitcoin trading in what should be seen as a 'tacit blessing'.
Opinion
A nasty, desperate year in politics
Ten days from Christmas, federal politics is still being conducted with the sort of frenzied viciousness and demeaning venality that has defined 2017.
Turnbull has major stake in NBN Co's big bet
Labor never misses a chance to single out Malcolm Turnbull's NBN as an inadequate and dud network that can never deliver what was promised.
Five reasons investment bankers are bullish about 2018
Until this week, it looked as though net investment banking revenue would be the lowest in Australia since 2004.
Real race starts now for Tabcorp
If Paula Dwyer is feeling exhausted after the marathon journey to the final approval of the company's $11 billion merger with Tabcorp, she isn't showing it.
Bennelong a test of my government: PM
Malcolm Turnbull accepts that Saturday's crucial byelection in the seat of Bennelong is as much about him and his government as it is the candidates.
Jobs boom defies sober retail Christmas
Boom-time levels of jobs growth in the Australian economy have defied expectations for bleak Christmas trading and are at odds with the weak state of wage inflation.
PM blames Labor for Bennelong backlash
Malcolm Turnbull has tried to blame Labor for an anti-Liberal backlash brewing among Bennelong's Chinese-Australian community.
PM spruiks company tax cuts on back of strong jobs growth
Malcolm Turnbull has seized on a spike in jobs growth to pressure Labor to not wind back legislated company tax cuts.
University cuts will hit the regions
Regional universities say country communities will suffer the most if the government slashes university spending.
What the repeal of net neutrality means for US consumers
Here is what the changes could mean for US consumers. Australia does not have a net neutrality law and some practices that would violate its principles are entirely legal.
US repeals net neutrality rules
The US Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet.
Hong Kong China's social control lab
'One country, two systems' was never designed to transfer political power to Hong Kong's subjects.
Experts think passing asteroid could be a spaceship
New York Astronomers in the US have begun an electronic eavesdropping operation targeting the passing asteroid named Oumuamua, in a search for alien life.
Putin says US is gripped by fabricated spymania
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States was in the grip of a fabricated spymania whipped up by opponents of US President Donald Trump, who he is on first name terms with.
Personal Finance
Five factors that buoyed 2017 markets
This year has ticked along nicely for investors, but without policy and productivity improvements it won't last next year.
Westpac refunds $11m to customers
Westpac has blamed a mortgage processing error that led to customers continuing to make interest-only repayments instead of being switched to principal and interest.
Fuel consumption 23pc higher than advertised
Real-world fuel consumption is on average 23 per cent higher than that claimed by car makers and the ACCC is fed up and wants the federal government to act.
Podcast: How tech is changing the way you live
Hear how society is being reshaped by data and the way it shapes our built environments in this episode of our True Leaders Game Changers podcast series.
Corrs votes in John Denton successor
Corrs Chambers Westgarth will vote in its next leader on Friday. The efforts have been anything but half-arsed – Mills Oakley's band of that name need not play.
Workplace gender authoritarianism
Decades of mistreatment of daughters won't be fixed by visiting the sins of the father on the son: it is both immoral and lazy thinking.
How law firms are retaining top talent
The nation's top law firms are building their legal armies – but can they keep top talent as the partnership path changes?
Lifestyle
Ferrari just turbocharged the family car
With room for lofty offspring in the rear, the GTC4Lusso T is as practical as a Ferrari can be. The catch, of course, is the lofty price tag.
