Macquarie Group's first tentative steps on the road to becoming a global powerhouse started with a bloke named Bill Best. The Financial Review examines the rise of Macquarie's international operations in this special series.
Mining giant Rio Tinto says its investment focus would inevitably shift to its United States operations unless Australia cut its company tax rate because the company's duty was to create maximum value for shareholders.
Billionaire Andrew Forrest and two powerful arms of Japan Inc have formed a joint venture that aims to disrupt gas and power markets on Australia's east coast by importing liquid natural gas into NSW.
Australian shares are set to open higher, strengthened by Wall Street, as local investors continue to analyse the latest corporate results.
Jon Moog, who works alongside renowned small caps investor Leah Zell, likes to invest "off the beaten path". His top picks include a Japanese grocer, discount airline and a Korean botox maker.
Retail Food Group and the performance of its scandal-ridden Australian franchise operation will be laid bare this week when it releases its interim results.
Buyers made a fair showing in the first Super Saturday of the year but it is still "hard to see a lot of price gains occurring", experts say.
Billionaire investor Alex Waislitz says GetSwift has made "some basic mistakes, including showing a lack of understanding of how Australian public companies operate and how they should be structured".
Two key drivers of the global rise of Swisse have taken a stake in WelleCo, a plant-based supplements firm in which supermodel Elle Macpherson has a 25 per cent share.
A former head of National Australia Bank's wealth division and the boss of newly listed Netwealth Group have thrown their financial weight behind a Sydney-based advice fintech.
Private equity and oil giants will run the rule over BHP's shale assets with proceeds of the mega sale to be returned to shareholders.
Critics of Snowy 2.0 are stuck in the past, says Yves Rannou, global head of hydro at GE, who said not going ahead with the huge hydro investment will shut the door on Australia's energy transition.
Exchange traded funds tracking indices and allowing you to trade in and out of the market each minute make no sense unless they are vehicles for market-timing.
Markets have not seen this level of volatility since QE began 10 years ago and investors will need to be wary of allocating to index or benchmark-relative funds.
A handful of household names will release earnings this week to wrap up a broadly positive February reporting season.
"It is a terrible mistake for investors with long-term horizons to measure their investment 'risk' by their portfolio's ratio of bonds to stocks," says legendary investor Warren Buffett.
Retail Food Group and the performance of its scandal-ridden Australian franchise operation will be laid bare this week when it releases its interim results.
Turnbull took steps to ensure Australia's other signature regional relationship - China - remains one of constant threat.
The Prime Minister's return to Australia means another start to trying to persuade voters his government means business - in a way that helps them.
The man who fathered Fortescue now has plans to sell gas.
Billions of dollars of economically viable infrastructure investment is being shelved because governments are using outdated assumptions about the future cost of time and money, a think tank says.
Turnbull took steps to ensure Australia's other signature regional relationship - China - remains one of constant threat.
Veterans' Affairs Minister Michael McCormack appears on track to become deputy prime minister on Monday after fellow Nationals MP David Gillespie withdrew from the race citing a lack of support from colleagues.
Favourite to become deputy prime minister Michael McCormack says he wants to elevate small business to cabinet.
Malcolm Turnbull has not ruled out the Australian Navy intercepting ships as part of a US-led push to tighten sanctions on North Korea.
The tax reforms helped increase the company's net earnings by roughly 87 per cent from a year earlier, to $US44.9bn, even as it shied away from the types of mega-acquisitions for which it is known.
It's looking increasingly likely that NAFTA talks will extend beyond a March target, meaning negotiators will have to deal with the added political uncertainty of a Mexican election campaign.
The pause in fighting for at least 30 days would let humanitarian aid reach the besieged suburb of eastern Ghouta and allow civilians there to be evacuated.
Delta and United - two of the largest airlines in the world - have joined a growing list of companies cutting ties with the National Rifle Association.
When Gitic went under in 1999, foreigners became more cautious lenders. The difference now is that Anbang has funded itself with wealth management products — largely loans from domestic savers.
The reasonably small impact on the federal budget from tax changes demonstrates the dominance of the super guarantee in Australia's $2.5 trillion retirement savings system.
The chief executive of peak not-for-profit private health insurers has warned that it would be "dark day for consumers" if there is more consolidation.
Consumer group Choice is calling on the corporate regulator to investigate financial planners who sell timeshare arrangements after finding the products so dodgy it couldn't recommend one.
Business readers have called for clearer workplace rules on consensual affairs and sexual harassment but are divided on banning sex between staff.
Focus on the customer, the work and get the right channel mix. Have a great team, culture and partners. Then magic happens.
The economy has added two full-time jobs for women for each job for a man in the past year and female participation is approaching Scandinavian levels.
Around this time each year, NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst and a handful of judges hop on a bus heading to Sydney's west.
Director John Bell's theatrical roots shine through in a production as notable for its stagecraft as for its singing.
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