Aussie tech dumps Silicon Valley
Two of Australia's hottest tech exports, Atlassian and BigCommerce, explain why they run their US operations from Austin in Texas, rather than Silicon Valley.
Nationals in crisis talks over Joyce
National Party executives from across Australia are holding urgent talks in a bid to resolve the crisis caused by Barnaby Joyce.
Westpac to phase in AI across the bank
One of Westpac's top tech executives has revealed the bank is working on a range of artificial intelligence-driven plans, and says the technology is maturing fast.
Fund managers bet big on micro caps
Small cap fund managers are cashing in strong performance of microcap stocks by launching new funds. The latest is Lennox Capital Partners. See what they've been buying.
Markets Live: ASX shrugs off early gloom
The ASX is more than 20 points higher after a downbeat start as investors zeroed in on some well-received earnings reports.
Big revelations as market darling halted
Big Review TV's relationship with small business lender FC Capital goes even deeper, as documents show pledges on the company's assets.
Aussie 'LinkedIn for property' gets funding
Property tech start-up Soho, which was founded by Airtasker co-founder Jonathan Lui, has raised capital as it eyes off REA and Domain.
NAB swings axe on first 1000 jobs
The bank needs to make 1000 positions redundant every six months as part of a plan to cut a total of 6000 jobs over three years while bolstering its workforce with 2000 technology specialists.
Sydney-based small caps manager hits the wall
Australian small caps manager The Boat Fund has washed ashore.
Vamos! Guzman y Gomez sale process gets underway
Australian investors will be able to buy a little piece of Mexico before Donald Trump puts his wall up, with a stake in Guzman y Gomez formally up for sale.
Brambles battles rising US costs
Brambles CEO Graham Chipchase is grappling with rising transport and timber costs in the US as the economy speeds up.
Brambles' plan to go the 'last mile' with Amazon
A year after taking over as CEO of Brambles, Graham Chipchase, is talking up the digitisation of the business and working hard to lift its top line growth.
Equity, bond markets 'wildly overvalued'
The equity market may have shrugged off the recent Wall Street correction, but not all global fund managers are convinced market conditions signal a return to easy gains.
The Aussie doctor leading BlackRock's $US6 trillion charge
Geraldine Buckingham was destined for a career in medicine. Instead the Canberra-born Rhodes scholar's path was diverted to a key role at a $US6 trillion financial markets Goliath.
Strong yen shouldn't trouble equity investors
Equity investors traditionally see Japan as an export economy whose stock market does well when the currency is weak. It is time to re-examine that precept.
China’s role in market volatility
Recent developments raise a major question mark over the current assumption that the world is now seeing a synchronised global recovery.
Opinion
Brambles' plan to go the 'last mile' with Amazon
A year after taking over as CEO of Brambles, Graham Chipchase, is talking up the digitisation of the business and working hard to lift its top line growth.
Premier Investments has its hands on Myer's register
The Australian Financial Review can reveal that on Friday afternoon Premier received a current copy of Myer's entire shareholder register.
Profit season underlines The Great Churn
To protect margins from fickle consumers some of our biggest consumers brands are splitting themselves in two.
The perils of sexual politics and the daily soap opera
How much longer can this absurdity drag on? Joyce will go, perhaps this week, perhaps next. But the damage is permanent.
Nationals heir declines to endorse Joyce
Michael McCormack, the Nationals MP most likely to be the next leader, has repeatedly declined to endorse Barnaby Joyce nor rule out a move against him.
George Christensen gun post 'very inappropriate': PM
The Greens, Labor and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have Queensland criticised MP George Christensen over a social media post showing him holding a handgun.
Push to rival China's 'belt and road'
Australia is discussing with the United States, India and Japan the establishment of a joint regional infrastructure scheme to rival China's multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative.
Barnaby loyalists beg agitators to back off
As supporters rally around their embattled leader, Malcolm Turnbull says he can still work with Barnaby Joyce despite their spat.
Our ABC perpetrates a tax fraud
Australia deserves better than the argument-by-red-herring-and-anecdote tactics that have plagued the company tax cuts debate.
HK says case against former chief still open
Hong Kong's Department of Justice is still considering whether to prosecute the city's former leader, Leung Chun-ying, over a controversial payment by Australian engineering firm UGL in 2011.
Florida students appeal to Congress on guns
Students of the school where 17 people died last week said they would organise nationwide marches for gun control and create a 'badge of shame' for politicians who take money from the NRA.
Latvia central bank chief questioned in corruption probe
Latvia's anti-corruption agency has detained the country's central bank chief, who sits on the European Central Bank governing council.
Israel says it's ready to act against Iran's 'empire'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Tehran's leadership that Israel is ready to act against Iranian aggression in the Middle East.
Plane crashes in Iran, killing all 65 people aboard
A plane crash in southern Iran has killed all 65 people on board, Iran's Aseman Airlines spokesman said.
Personal Finance
How to know when to buy and sell property
It's worthwhile for prospective vendors – and of course buyers – to have a reasonable grasp of the ebbs and flows of the market.
Tech stocks could feel the brunt of rising rates
If quantitative easing was the trigger for rising asset prices, tightening must produce the opposite reaction.
Bank push for new digital identity regime
Banks say changes to KYC rules will be needed to let them rely on identity information provided by others.
Are you ready to really engage with Asia?
Australians need to do more than eat Asian food to engage with the region.
Why robotics and AI are worrying CEOs
A looming skills shortage is top of mind for Australian CEOs, as three-quarters are concerned that an explosion in robotics and artificial intelligence will force them to re-train staff or make job cuts.
The perfect email subject line, and 9 mistakes to avoid
Writing an important work email is one thing. Getting someone to actually open it is the challenge.
States resist Canberra strings on schools funding
The federal government will find itself fighting the education sector on two fronts this year if it presses ahead with reforms to schools.
Lifestyle
Ultra-processed foods raise cancer rates, says study
A study published in the British Medical Journal has suggested that eating ultra-processed food – in the form of ready meals, high-sugar cereals and fizzy drinks – is driving up rates of cancer.
