House prices fall as total returns slide
Sydney and Melbourne have posted another fall in house prices for January as the downward trend in the two biggest markets maintains momentum.
APRA panel honing in on CBA complexity
The complexity of policies and decision-making processes within CBA are the key areas of focus for the independent panel investigating its governance, the interim report revealed Thursday.
Future Fund sheds cash for equities
The Future Fund is shedding its risk aversion as an improving global economy led it to cut its cash balance in favour of equities.
ASIO raids ABC as Rudd starts legal action
Former PM Kevin Rudd says he has started legal action against the ABC over its reporting from a sensational national security breach, just hours after ASIO officers entered its offices.
Markets Live: ASX rallies for second day
After the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold, the ASX climbed 30 points at the open to rally for a second straight day.
Amazon now world's most valuable brand
Amazon is edging closer to becoming the world's first trillion-dollar company, beating its rivals Apple and Google to be named the world's most valuable brand.
NAB signs payment deal with Xero
NAB customers using Xero will be able to pay invoices without leaving the cloud accounting software.
CBA BBSW case to focus on 'Powerful Owl'
ASIC's trial against the CBA for allegedly rigging a key financial benchmark is shaping up to be as damaging to the bank's reputation as the trial against Westpac.
Specialty Fashion CEO planning privatisation offer
The board of Specialty Fashion Group asked co-founder and chief executive Gary Perlstein to step down last year when it discovered he was working on a takeover offer.
Rio Tinto denies dodging Oyu Tolgoi taxes
Rio Tinto denied allegations by a Dutch non-profit organisation that it had avoided paying $US700 million of tax relating to its Oyu Tolgoi copper project.
'We just need to be obsessive about the customer'
Woolworths' new supermarkets boss Claire Peters, the first woman to run an Australian grocery chain, wants to make sure it keeps beating Coles.
Cloud over expansion of biggest lithium mine
An increasingly bitter dispute over tantalum is threatening to disrupt plans to double capacity at the world's biggest lithium mine in Western Australia.
Fed signals confidence in inflation outlook
The US Federal Reserve's inflation expectations put it on track to lift interest rates in March.
Bond market's ructions largely rational
Sustained growth and a determined Federal Reserve are two reasons why the rise in 10-year US Treasury yields to 2.7 per cent is not that troubling.
Greenspan sees bubbles in stocks, bonds
The man who made the term "irrational exuberance" famous says investors are at it again.
US oil output tops 10m barrels a day
US oil production surged above 10 million barrels a day for the first time in four decades, another marker of a profound shift in global crude markets.
Opinion
Shorten's attack ignored by market
Shares in Medibank Private hit a record high the day after Opposition Leader Bill Shorten attacked the private health insurance industry.
Banks operating in an alternate moral universe
Matt Comyn's welcome to the banking big time will get another unpleasant jolt Thursday with the release of a "progress report" into CBA's culture.
China's Great Firewall leaves business hanging
A crackdown by Beijing on the use of VPNs has many foreign companies operating in the country concerned about access to outside websites and the security of sensitive data.
Trump trade war fears increase market jitters
Donald Trump hailed the beginning of a "New America Moment", proclaiming that "the era of economic surrender is over".
PM enlists business to the rescue
Malcolm Turnbull will anoint business as Australia's economic saviour in a pre-election speech in which he warns a return to Labor will jeopardise economic recovery.
Cabinet leaks: secret documents dumped
Governments past and present have been embarrassed by what is being touted as one of the biggest breaches of cabinet security in Australia's history.
Business has reason for losing faith in the bargaining system
Companies are walking away from a system that is full of incentives never to change anything. It is dooming the fortunes of both sides.
Espionage threat worse than during the Cold War
ASIO says the country is facing its greatest ever threat from espionage and foreign interference, exceeding levels experienced during the Cold War.
Shorten's excess capital claim misleading: analysts
A claim by Bill Shorten that private insurers held $6 billion in excess capital was misleading because most of it was held by non-profit funds, analysts said.
How cronyism in Iran's banks fuelled protests
Caspian offered an attractive savings rates but before long it stopped allowing withdrawals, sparking one of the biggest failures in its financial institutions in years.
William and Kate admit to having Ikea in palace
​They may live in a palace but Prince William and Kate have revealed, like much of the world, they have Ikea furniture at home.
Patriots to win: Wells Fargo quants
Analytic Investors says its data shows that the Patriots will beat the Eagles by at least five points.
China buys Australian probiotic group for $700m
China's By-Health has acquired Australian probiotic firm Life-Space Group for almost $700 million.
Conciliatory Trump calls for unity
In his first State of the Union address, the US President put the resurgent economy at the forefront of an appeal to divided Republicans and Democrats to work together.
Personal Finance
Australians fail to plan for longer life spans
Only half of senior Australians have made financial plans that take into account longer life expectancy, suggesting the need for some form of guaranteed income stream in retirement.
How to split super and travel
If you have good financial habits and a focus on investment, you can earn valuable "experience" time.
Surging lithium stock powers Gerry Harvey
Billionaire Gerry Harvey's shares in Lithium Power shares are up about 70 per cent in the past 12 months, but not all his holdings have performed so well.
We still lack joined up innovation and research system
The politics of innovation have left us creating new goals while old ones remain unresolved.
How a Deloitte consultant deals with depression
If you're a good worker when you're well, your employer will take the rough with the smooth says Deloitte consultant Chris Cass.
Aust Post execs lose out in restructure
New Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate has announced a major restructure, with the fate of half a dozen executives in the balance.
$600,000 screw to disrupt orthopaedics
A Brisbane start-up claims its orthopaedic screw is on track to get FDA approval for 98.5 per cent less cost than comparable medical devices.
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