Rio to pay biggest dividend in its history
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Rio Tinto will reward shareholders with the biggest dividend in the company's history and more share buybacks after a 69 per cent rise in annual profits.
Rio Tinto will reward shareholders with the biggest dividend in the company's history and more share buybacks after a 69 per cent rise in annual profits.
Central banks must clamp down on bitcoin and stop such cryptocurrencies becoming a 'threat to financial stability', the BIS head has warned.
Australia's sharemarket recovered from its worst session in over two years as casino operators led gains in consumer stocks.
Patrick Grove could be the next Australian entrepreneur in charge of a $1 billion "tech unicorn".
Labor MP Susan Lamb has tearfully recounted being abandoned by her mother as she explained why she has been unable to renounce her dual citizenship.
Former Westpac CEO Bob Joss says the unprecedented action against Wells Fargo is a huge "wake up" call for banks in Australia.
Australia avoided the worst of the speculative run-up overseas. That means there are some attractive companies here with limited downside.
Solomon Lew's Premier Investments is demanding a current shareholder register so it can hold an EGM and overthrow the existing board.
Blockchain energy trading firm Power Ledger enjoyed a $30 million windfall after its cryptocurrency IPO. But a big chunk of that has since evaporated.
Oaktree Capital's Dave Tanner has been named CEO of Quiksilver following the recent disappearance of chief, Pierre Agnes.
The livestock exporter sees a softening in cattle prices as an opportunity to boost shipments to China but remains wary of paper-thin margins in the trade out of Australia.
Genworth has reported a 26.5 per cent slide in its net profit after tax for the full year after taking a hit to its revenue.
The biggest US equity reversal since 2011 was deepened by a bevy of exchange-traded products that allowed investors to wager on the Vix index.
The Australian sharemarket was trading up 1 per cent on Wednesday afternoon after sentiment stabilised in the US overnight.
The fall in global stock markets is not being exacerbated by exchange traded funds, says BlackRock's head of global strategy.
Eddy Zillan invested his entire savings into cryptocurrencies when he was 15 years old and made over a million dollars in profits. He now offers his services as a cryptocurrency consultant.
Former Westpac CEO Bob Joss says the unprecedented action against Wells Fargo is a huge "wake up" call for banks in Australia.
Canberra is full of rumours, constantly. Some are probably true, many false, peddled for malevolent reasons. To chase them all down would be a full-time job.
The muscle car of Australian banking is badly dented, but its engine is still ticking over pretty nicely.
As Jerome Powell settles in as chair of the US Fed, he's being haunted by Alan Greenspan's ghosts of 1987.
The prudential regulator said private health insurer profitability was not driving ballooning premiums, contrary to a claim by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, who revealed in parliament last year that his 24-year marriage had broken down, is expecting a baby with a former member of his staff.
CFMEU boss John Setka has threatened to take "any action required" after an employer demanded union flags be taken down from its building sites.
The regulatory crackdown on investor lending that was designed to curb a housing bubble ended up delivering a $1 billion a year windfall to bank profits, a report finds.
The Greens vow to shut a loophole allowing pay TV to continue running gambling advertisements despite a ban aimed at protecting children
The maiden flight marked the first time a privately-financed venture ever attempted to launch a rocket so powerful that it was capable of hoisting a payload out of Earth's orbit.
Washington hoped that another idealistic, unconventional outsider might win a guerilla war for them. Edward Lansdale failed -- but inspired a Graham Greene novel instead, writes James Hershberg
As Jerome Powell settles in as chair of the US Fed, he's being haunted by Alan Greenspan's ghosts of 1987.
China's Foreign Ministry has reiterated calls for Australia to abandon what it calls a "cold-war mentality".
Is 21st century populism just a blip in political history? And can liberal politics find a way to resist it?
The 4.1 per cent fall in the S&P; 500 on night needs to be put in perspective, says Anton Tagliaferro. "The correction is overdue."
The investment house's shares trade three quarters above their pre-crisis peak and their ratio of market to book value is near recent 10-year highs. Given the late stage of the credit cycle, this is a high price to pay.
If you thought you'd find shelter from volatile markets, rising interest rates may have undermined your "insurance policy".
Domain CEO Antony Catalano oversaw a boys-club workplace culture in which some women were addressed as "doll" and "babe", according to an internal complaint .
EY' Alison De Kleuver says her offshore EA is as good or better than having one in the office nextdoor.
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ACTU head Sally McManus has attacked Labor's Fair Work Act for contributing to low wage growth and sidelining unions.
Is the Instagram megastar's new restaurant just a massive rip off?
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