Rio denies $700m tax dodge
Rio Tinto has defended its use of Dutch and Luxembourg subsidiaries to lend money to Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, saying it wasn't about tax.
Why this top trader is hedging against the $A
The Australian dollar's run against the greenback won't continue as interest rate differentials re-exert themselves on currency markets, says currency hedge fund manager Mark Farrington.
'I am unable to disprove that I am a dual citizen'
Labor leader Bill Shorten faces a pre-election test after David Feeney quit over dual citizenship concerns, sparking a by-election.
APRA's seven points should worry CBA
There's enough in the brief interim report from APRA's CommBank inquiry to worry Catherine Livingstone and Matt Comyn.
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.
Microsoft margins head for the cloud
The most important trend in corporate IT — companies shifting their computing tasks from their own data centres to tech giants' server farms — is supposed to be a bitter fight. Not so for Microsoft and Amazon.
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.
Kawasaki pushes on with brown coal-hydrogen venture
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has completed early engineering design work for an ambitious brown coal-to-hydrogen project in Victoria and is promising to release more details this year.
Treasury Wine US disruption may hit $50m
Gangster Al Capone had a profitable liquor distribution system during prohibition, which later led to complex laws which Treasury Wines has waded through in its US revamp.
APRA panel honing in on CBA complexity
The bank's investment in risk systems and pay policies are also being investigated by APRA, an interim report says.
Godfreys slides 14 per cent on profit warning
Vaccum cleaner retailer Godfreys has hit more serious strife with sales and profits weakening in an ominous sign for the 220-store group.
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.
World's best quant hedge fund plans investor lockups
Introducing a lock-up period is unusual in the current environment, amid an investor backlash against mediocre industry returns, high fees and other terms clients consider inequitable.
Zuckerberg tries to soothe Wall Street
Changes at the internet giant have left investors wondering whether people will still spend as much time on the site and whether brands will continue placing as many digital ads there.
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.
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".
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.
Foreign crackdown on farms, power
The federal government has imposed tighter foreign investment restrictions on electricity assets and agriculture, amid rising concerns about the influence of China.
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.
'Further delay on the OneSKY project is not tenable'
A new civilian-military air traffic control system should be signed off by the end of March, but Defence needs more money to pay for it.
DOJ solicits information on FIFA, IOC and USOC
US prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas in a far-reaching investigation of international sports corruption, seeking new information about some of the biggest sports organisations in the world.
'We will not object': RBS CEO McEwan OKs FCA report
The UK Financial Conduct Authority is preparing to release a report into Royal Bank of Scotland Group's business-lending practices.
FBI condemns push to release Republican memo
Director Christopher Wray clashed publicly with the president for the first time, condemning a push by Republicans to release a secret memo that purports to show anti-Trump bias.
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.
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.
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.
Jamie Dimon and the perils of staying too long
Critics of Mr Dimon would say he has clung on to power and ruthlessly disposed of any rising star who might threaten his position prematurely.
Why some people care a lot
Not everyone who cares about social change has had a personal experience of hardship.
We still lack joined up innovation and research system
The politics of innovation have left us creating new goals while old ones remain unresolved.
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.
Lifestyle
The Sydney hotel that looks like a giant Chanel handbag
Sydney is pivoting west and this designer boutique hotel is uniquely poised to take advantage.
