ACCC seeks jail time, fines for cartels
The ACCC is seeking millions in fines and up to 10 years jail for executives of a series of high-profile companies in first criminal cartel cases.
Canva follows Atlassian into $US1b club
Online design platform Canva has become the first Australian start-up since Atlassian to join the ranks of Silicon Valley's unicorns.
Miners plead for company tax cuts
Mining industry says more than half its profits are lost in taxes as it urges Canberra to cut the company tax rate.
'WeWork is the Amazon for the office sector': EY
EY's Selina Short envisages a world of disruption in the property sector: co-working, big data, blockchain and driverless cars.
Amazon didn't create Christmas 'disaster'
Feedback from retailers suggests sales were 'solid' over Christmas despite the launch of Amazon, Deutsche Bank says.
Steinhoff shorter Theleme says JLL a long
The secretive hedge fund that shorted troubled international retailer Steinhoff, is backing the listed global real estate firm JLL.
Canva a start-up champion
Canva is a role model for the more innovative and agile nation once talked about by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Super funds 'under-reporting' portfolio risk
Many superannuation funds are masking the level of risk in their portfolios, reducing the ability of members to compare products.
One of the past decade's best copper discoveries fizzes
The copper explorer courted by BHP and Newcrest has more work to do if its flagship discovery is to be ranked among the world's best copper deposits.
Viburnum backs deal to buy Craig Hutchison's Crocmedia
Pacific Star Network is raising $10 million from investors to buy Craig Hutchison's CrocMedia
Macquarie Atlas toll road to be hit by US tax changes
Sweeping changes to the US tax code could force Macquarie Atlas Roads to restructure its Dulles Greenway tollroad, analysts say.
Quintis won't support board challenge
Quintis will not support a board challenge brought by a group of investors, ahead of a proposed extraordinary general meeting where three directors risk being rolled.
ASX rises for fourth day
The S&P;/ASX 200 Index rose 8 points on Monday, advancing for a fourth straight session, to a fresh decade-high level on gains in healthcare and financials stocks.
Barbarians at Kingsgate amid push for board spill
The battle for control of gold miner Kingsgate will reach its climax at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in Sydney on Tuesday.
Is the next financial crisis looming?
It never pays to be complacent and investors should always be scanning the environment for potential catalysts to the next crisis, writes Ross Barry.
Cannabis stocks take a hit after White House crackdown
Stock prices fall as much as 10 per cent after Federal Department of Justice says it will go after states where marijuana is legal.
Opinion
Canva a start-up champion
Canva is a role model for the more innovative and agile nation once talked about by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Merkel in last-ditch effort to create grand coalition
Germany may be engulfed in one of its worst political crises in the post-war period, but you'd never know it from looking at European markets.
Labor's negative gearing policy: why not to buy property
Labor's policy is clear: Investors won't use net investment losses on existing properties to offset salary. But therein lies the catch.
Falling Sydney house prices not a bad thing
If house prices were to reverse course, home buyers would probably become a little more wary about loading themselves up with debt.
Linfox says it pays too much for toll roads
Transport company Linfox has taken the ATO to court with claims its trucks are being over-charged for travel on toll roads.
2018 will test globally smug consensus of complacency
Asset prices have been distorted by central banks for too long, artificially propping up economies who are normalising at a glacial pace
Why we can't do without the power of Snowy 2.0
The Snowy expansion will provide long-term power storage to back up renewable generators that other types of battery cannot match.
An energy policy without evidence
Basing policy merely on how politicians feel isn't against the law but it won't deliver cheaper reliable power.
Government urged to back new VC fund
The government has been urged to establish a new publicly backed venture capital fund to boost innovation in Australia.
Chinese economy can handle property slowdown
China's property market is slowing down. The difference this time is that global investors aren't fretting that a systematic crisis will be triggered.
Japanese firms obey call for wage rises
Shinzo Abe's government has been calling on firms to boost salaries to help fight the risk of deflation.
Mahathir to lead Malaysian opposition at 92
Malaysia's opposition named Mahathir Mohamad, 92, as candidate for PM in an election that must be held by August.
Don't believe Wolff's trashy efforts
President Trump often confronts fake news, he now has to contend with a fake book that's like the National Enquirer on steroids.
Merkel's Grand Coalition gambit irks her own right wing
The Social Democrats are the German chancellor's last hope for forming a government but many in her party reject their European and migration policies.
Personal Finance
Retail super sector hits back at tit-for-tat claims
The retail super sector has dismissed claims it is making "misguided" calls for funds to appoint more independent directors as part of a tit-for-tat war against its union-backed rivals.
Will tax cuts ease mortgage burden?
Income tax cuts will almost certainly lift consumer spending, but some economists say households will just use the windfall to repay debt.
How to safeguard your portfolio in 2018
The story of 2017 was how markets shrugged off everything geopolitics could throw at them. Can the synchronised growth across regions last?
ACTU calls for lockout law changes
The union peak body is calling for limits on employer industrial action in response to Port Kembla Coal Terminal's lockout.
McLachlan leaves show after sex allegations
Craig McLachlan has left the Rocky Horror Show amid allegations he sexually harassed actresses on and off stage.
Domino's new pay deal derailed
The Fair Work Commission has delayed a vote on Domino's new agreement after finding it failed to bargain in good faith.
BBC journalist quits over gender pay gap
One of the BBC's most senior journalists resigned from her post to protest the pay gap between the sexes.
Lifestyle
Kidman wins first Aussie Globe
Nicole Kidman won a Golden Globe for her performance as an abused wife in a ceremony dominated by a movement fighting sexual harassment.
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