Secrets of the Young Rich
Being held at gunpoint in Africa, regular 4am bedtimes and cold-calling prospects without a cent to your name are a few of the obstacles overcome by three Young Rich Listers.
Being held at gunpoint in Africa, regular 4am bedtimes and cold-calling prospects without a cent to your name are a few of the obstacles overcome by three Young Rich Listers.
Are we nearing one of those critical inflexion points for financial markets, where investors are forced to re-examine – and abandon – their most cherished beliefs?
Entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes has backed Hamish Douglass' radical proposal to make a 50pc income tax cut available to any company that wants it.
Australian shares dropped for the fifth time in six sessions as simmering trade war worries resurfaced with the surprise resignation of White House economic adviser Gary Cohn.
Freelancer's chief executive Matt Barrie wrongfully sacked the company's operations and HR executive because Mr Barrie got "vindictive", a court has heard.
The collapse of property finance company Deposit Power has left 10,000 investors in the lurch over $300m worth of deposits.
According to one source with knowledge of the exchange, Trump specifically asked Cohn: 'We're all on the same team, right?' Cohn didn't answer.
The way that general insurers investigate insurance fraud is being looked at by ASIC.
A landmark treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste is set to breathe fresh life into stalled discussions within the Woodside Petroleum-led Sunrise gas joint venture.
BHP's head of petroleum Steve Pastor has pointed to a "wealth of opportunity" for the mining major in Mexico's emerging oil sector.
BlueScope boss warns US steel tariffs would actually hurt the broader American economy.
Industry players are worried about ad-hoc plans for minimum floor pricing for alcohol which would make even the cheapest bottle of wine $10 in the NT.
Australian shares dropped for the fifth time in six sessions as simmering trade war worries resurfaced with the surprise resignation of White House economic adviser Gary Cohn.
The resignation of Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn in protest at the President's trade tariffs is a devastating blow to the White House's economic credibility, writes John Kehoe.
Reserve Bank of Australia boss Philip Lowe says Australians should feel confident inflation will accelerate, but again warned a return to higher official interest rates would be "gradual".
The economy grew slower than was forecast but household spending was a bright spot.
Are we nearing one of those critical inflexion points for financial markets, where investors are forced to re-examine – and abandon – their most cherished beliefs?
Phil Lowe says we should 'sit and do nothing' against Trump's steel tariffs but sometimes it works to play rough in trade wars.
The resignation of Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn in protest at the President's trade tariffs is a devastating blow to the White House's economic credibility and should rattle investors around the world.
As the RBA equals its all-time record for monetary policy inaction, economists are getting restless. Here's a road map for rate hikes.
Phil Lowe says we should 'sit and do nothing' against Trump's steel tariffs but sometimes it works to play rough in trade wars.
Bill Shorten's plans to regulate a higher minimum wage, block company tax cuts and oppose Adani all threaten job growth, Malcolm Turnbull says.
Malcolm Turnbull is cautiously optimistic Kim Jong Un may enter peace talks but warns the world has been disappointed before.
The SA Liberals will delay the next state budget if the party wins government on March 17.
RBA governor Lowe has blasted Donald Trump's tariff plan as "highly regrettable and bad policy" and criticised the president's use of gaping budget deficits to fund company tax cuts.
Cohn could have been the reincarnation of Milton Friedman crossed with Machiavelli and he probably still couldn't have made much more impact than he did
North Korea's offer to put its nuclear weapons on the bargaining table opens the door to negotiations of unpredictable length and inevitable complexity.
Toronto, which was once Canada's hottest housing market, is adjusting to tougher credit conditions and rising interest rates
The South Korean president says North Korea's Kim Jong-un is willing to negotiate away its nuclear program. There is reason for scepticism.
Feeling the pressure of sanctions, the rogue nation seems "sincere" in its apparent willingness to halt nuclear tests if it held denuclearisation talks with the US, the President said.
In a sign that union-backed super funds are growing increasingly dominant players in Australia's $2.5 trillion retirement savings market, by next year industry funds are expected to be managing more assets than their retail fund rivals.
CBA's treasurer says criticism that hybrid securities are complex products sold to misinformed investors is "misplaced".
Rising property values and being an attractive place to live will boost Australia's number of ultra-wealthy over the next five years.
IWG says it leads the "Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS) sector". That clunky acronym is the antithesis of aspiration. A slightly higher dividend will not help the company capture the zeitgeist.
Customers and employees want socially responsible activity integrated into the business.
The bar is being raised in the engineering profession as the Victorian government introduces a bill requiring mandatory registration.
Spending billions with firms advising clients how to minimise their tax bills is dangerous, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.
The art collection of famed New Zealand soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, including prominent Australian and New Zealand artists, will be auctioned in Auckland.
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