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The 18-month cut-off period for the NBN Co is coming for almost 100,000 Australians.

NBN cut-off date approaching for almost 100,000 homes and businesses

BUSINESS
Jennifer Duke

Disgruntled Brumby's franchisees formed a group known as the High Horses and wrote to the ACCC requesting help.

Advertising funds in the franchise sector need closer scrutiny

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos became the world's richest person in 2017.

The world's wealthiest got $1.3 trillion richer in 2017

MARKETS

The Australian currency fell to US75.44¢, a drop of 0.3 per cent for the session, and with the US75¢ level firmly in reach.

Australian dollar rises to two-month high

CURRENCIES

Lentils piled high in the Wimmera.

'Gut wrenching': new Indian tariff to hit Australian farmers

THE ECONOMY
Darren Gray

Australia day thong on the beach.

Australia's economy closing in on the world's top 10

THE ECONOMY

Sources say the future of the A380 hinges on Emirates.

Airbus ready to axe A380 superjumbo if it fails to win Emirates deal: sources

AVIATION

Market Indices

Updated: December 28, 2017 - 11:27AM

Updated: December 28, 2017 - 11:04AM

Updated: December 28, 2017 - 9:15AM

Updated: December 28, 2017 - 4:05AM

United States Dollar

Price

0.7776

Percentage up/down

0.10% rise
Euro

Price

0.6536

Percentage up/down

0.02% rise
British Pound

Price

0.5803

Percentage up/down

0.07% rise

Updated: December 28, 2017 - 11:20AM

Agreements favour the franchisor who can gradually increase franchisee contributions, including via marketing funds.

Advertising funds in the franchise sector need closer scrutiny

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

To the extent housing prices continue to experience a soft landing we should be grateful to the financial regulator.

What 2018 has in store for interest rates and house prices

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

7-Eleven became embroiled in a wage fraud scandal in August 2015 when a joint Fairfax Media investigation uncovered ...

'We worked like slaves and no one cared': 7-Eleven worker

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The Australian sharemarket is set to inch higher at the open.

8@eight: $A rises, ASX set for flat start

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Bitcoin for everyone! (Dreamstime/TNS)

Bitcoin resumes slide as rally runs out of puff

FILE: Bitcoins sit among twisted copper wiring inside a communications room at an office in this arranged photograph in ...

This could be bitcoin's moment of truth

Mohamed El-Erian

Bitcoin has regained most of its losses after a dramatic price drop last week.

Bitcoin bounces back, passing through $US16,000

Tugce Ozsoy

8@eight: ASX gets back to work

Sponsored
Chris Weston

Bitcoin rises 10%, claws back ground from last week's brutal sell-off

Bitcoin extends sell-off as investors pare holiday bets

Jack Kaskey, Todd White

Bitcoin climbs, finding floor after worst sell-off since 2015

Todd White

Australia's banks have to " 'crack the code' on how the industry can be better respected within the broader community", ...

What's chipping away at the big four's dominance?

Clancy Yeates

If you are holding a life-changing pile of paper gains, consider the regrets of selling and bitcoin keeps going up, or ...

Bitcoin plunges below $US13,000, heads for worst week since 2013

Jemima Kelly and Shinichi Saoshiro

American Express faces a legal challenge from a customer over its disclosure relating to credit card surcharges.

American Express faces customer challenge over credit card surcharges

Clancy Yeates

NAB is being targeted, alongside Clydesdale Bank, in a legal action in the UK.

NAB, Clydesdale face lawsuit over tailored business loans

Clancy Yeates

ASIC is getting powers allowing it to ban a product where consumers are at risk of harm.

'Harmful' finance products to face ASIC ban, stiff penalties

Clancy Yeates

ASBESTOS PROTEST CANB 041005 NEWS Pic By Erin Jonasson.. almost 100 Protestors from many unions, including the CFMEU & ...

CFMEU blasted for using members' money to pay millions in fines

Nick Toscano

Shane Vining-Brown, a cleaner for St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, says he is devastated by news he could lose his job so ...

Cleaners lose jobs after Vinnies ditches contractor

Mario Christodoulou

Fair Work Commission president Iain Ross. The workplace tribunal has been criticised for approving sub-standard wage deals.

Secret Woolies deal with Shoppies union cuts wages

EXCLUSIVE
Ben Schneiders and Royce Millar

More than 190,000 households in Sydney, and 185,000 in Melbourne, said they didn't have access to the internet through ...

Blackout suburbs: where homes have no internet connection

Jennifer Duke

Australia's banks have to " 'crack the code' on how the industry can be better respected within the broader community", ...

What's chipping away at the big four's dominance?

Clancy Yeates

Employees inside Facebook's Menlo Park, California, office, which may be the longest continuous work space in the world.

Inside Facebook's crusade against fake news

John McDuling

Bobby McNeilage, 11, discovered the blade inside a bonbon purchased from Woolworths.

Bobby's bon-bon surprise 'like something from a prison'

Jenny Noyes
1 hr ago

Shoppers are expected to spend $2.36 billion at sales on Boxing Day alone.

Can't wait for the Boxing Day sales to start? Head online instead

Generic sales, boxing day sale, retail, shopping, mall, shops.

Record sales predicted for Christmas, Boxing Day

Dominica Sanda & Shae McDonald

The move sets at rest speculation over the company's financial health after its shares dived nearly 50 per cent ...

Retail Food Group shares surge on debt deal

Oroton says Deloittes, which was appointed administrator in November, had entered into a binding implementation deed ...

Oroton set to be saved as major shareholder's bid accepted

Agreements favour the franchisor who can gradually increase franchisee contributions, including via marketing funds.

Advertising funds in the franchise sector need closer scrutiny

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Many retailers have recorded smaller crowds in the pre-Christmas season, with hopes hanging on Boxing Day.

'Nerve-racking' time for shops as Boxing Day sales tipped to hit $2.4b

Jennifer Duke

The retailer's administrators from FTI Consulting said Mike Sonand would cease his role CEO as of Friday.

Surfstitch CEO leaves troubled retailer

The London-based Centre for Economics and Business Research is forecasting Australia will climb two places on its world ...

Australia's economy closing in on the world's top 10

Lentils piled high in the Wimmera.

New Indian tariff to hit Australian farmers

Darren Gray

Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), gestures as he takes ...

Five years of Abenomics: the good, the bad and the sluggish

To the extent housing prices continue to experience a soft landing we should be grateful to the financial regulator.

What 2018 has in store for interest rates and house prices

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Shares in BHP hit a 31-month high on Friday.

Investors add BHP shares to their Christmas stockings

Darren Gray

Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott described the Curragh coal mine, which Wesfarmers bought in 2000 for about $200 million, as a ...

'End of an era': Wesfarmers moves closer to coal exit with $700m sale

Darren Gray

Drilling at AWE/Origin Energy Perth Basin venture in Western Australia.

AWE backs sweetened $526m takeover offer from Mineral Resources

UPDATED
Cole Latimer

AccorHotels to open new $130m MGallery by Sofitel hotel at Chadstone mall, Melbourne.

Chadstone welcomes new $130m Sofitel hotel to its expanding mall

Carolyn Cummins

The Lowy's move has sparked debate.

Does Lowy's deal signal that shopping malls have had their day?

ANALYSIS
Carolyn Cummins

Frank Lowy, pictured with son Steven, and then business partner John Saunders built up their Westfield shopping centre ...

End of an era: Westfield accepts $32.8b offer

UPDATED
Carolyn Cummins

Apple CEO Tim Cook's total payout for the year was about $US102 million.

$100m man: Apple boss gets 74% bonus boost

Anders Melin, Alex Webb
35 mins ago

Shanghai, which sits on China's eastern coast, had a permanent population of 24.15 million at the end of 2015, the ...

Shanghai to battle 'big city disease' by curbing population

Apple received a rare downgrade last week from Nomura Instinet analyst Jeffrey Kvaal, who said iPhone X sales as well as ...

'Weak demand': The iPhone X's not-so-merry Christmas

Yuan Gao

A new study puts to bed the longstanding argument about adding water to whisky.

It's official: This is the best way to drink whisky

Fine Drinks
Henry Bodkin

The Loakes that changed one writer's outlook on footwear forever.

Are expensive shoes really worth the investment?

Men's Shoes
Liam Mannix

If you can't beat the market, just buy an index fund or ETF and go fishing.

Get used to mental discomfort if you want to beat the market

Scott Phillips

It's important to think about what our loved ones will do in the event of our passing.

One thing same-sex couples need to know about marriage

John Collett

Chris Sidwa and Andrew Fineran, co-Founders of local craft-beer business Batch Brewing Co, have managed to stay strong ...

The local Sydney brewery thriving despite 'Big-Beer' buy-ups

Justine Landis-Hanley

Lenny O'Meara runs Kimberly Wild Gubinge.

Business boost for Indigenous entrepreneurs

Cara Waters

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