Massie exits Big Un board
Big Un Limited chairman Hugh Massie has resigned from the company's board as the controversial online video company remains suspended from the Australian Securities Exchange.
Zoning rules cost home buyers a fortune
It's the biggest "tax" you'll ever pay. Zoning rules cost the average Sydney home buyer almost $490,000 - and it's going to get worse, says the Reserve Bank of Australia.
EU trade threats are bad news for Australia
Hopes may be rising that Australian steel and aluminium exports may be spared Donald Trump's tariffs, but there are growing fears that local producers will be caught in the crossfire as Brussels brandishes its proposed counter-attack.
Traders plotted to move BBSW
Traders at the CBA, Deutsche and PIMCO discussed ways to co-ordinate buying and selling in order to move a key financial benchmark.
Markets Live: ASX brightens up
Australian stocks are higher today as concerns over a trade war faded with reports the US will exclude Canada and Mexico from tariff proposals.
'Retiring was a frightening thing for me'
Sir Frank Lowy says at 87 he is ready to retire, but admits he felt trepidation about the $32.8 billion deal to sell his retail empire.
Another Aussie company caught in CBL collapse fall out
Another Australian finance company linked to troubled insurance giant CBL is seeking new equity partners and removed two CBL directors from its board.
Aussie burger chain to expland to Asia
Oporto is taking its Portuguese-inspired burgers overseas, saying "we expect more than 50 per cent of the world's population growth to come out of the pan-Asian region".
Rio Tinto awaits tariff exemption
Rio Tinto's $US2 billion of annual aluminium sales from Canada to the United States may be spared from a 10 per cent tariff.
Billionaire Sanjeev Gupta makes big bet on auto
British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta, who aspires to build electric cars in Australia, is poised to buy 35 auto-component plants in India, Thailand and Japan.
Rinehart hopes to satiate Chinese demand for steak
Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart is boosting her cattle herd to tap into rising Chinese demand for premium steak.
Qube can keep MCS container parks: ACCC
The competition watchdog says Qube's acquisition of a container park site near Port Botany will not hurt competition.
For alpha's sake, we need more women
Funds management is losing out to the investment banks and professional services firms in the fight for top female talent. That's bad news for returns.
Trump's self-inflicted trade problem
We are in a late-cycle economy: that means Trump's stimulus will simply grow the US trade deficit and put more pressure on his trade policies.
Five banks open up trillion dollar gold club
The five banks that settle every transaction in London's $US6.8 trillion a year gold market are changing the rules of their clearing house to make it easier for newcomers to join.
Buy-the-dip believers rejoice
The S&P; 500 Index stormed back from losses of almost 1 per cent to end little changed.
Opinion
Steel tariff distraction from trade war agony
The economic reality is there is far more at stake for Australia in Washington's trade convulsions.
3 themes top business minds are mulling over
The final day of The Australian Financial Review Business Summit was all about the big three Ts: trade, technology and transformation.
BHP opens US shale data doors
BHP says it is likely to attract up to 50 authentic investors to the sale process for the two oil-rich corners of its portfolio.
Qantas loses altitude on US tax comparison
It's not just President Donald Trump's cuts to the corporate tax rate that have Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce looking wistfully at his US competitors.
BoM staffer on leave over cryptocurrency 'mining' investigation
It's understood the staffers used desktop computers for their alleged cryptocurrency mining operation and that the Bureau's $77 million Cray supercomputer was not used
Australian steel may win US tariff exemption
Hopes have risen that Australian steel and aluminium exports may be spared Donald Trump's tariffs after the White House said there would be carve-outs.
RBA says world must 'sit still' on trade war
RBA governor Philip Lowe and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the world has to avoid falling into a trade war as the US move towards metals tariffs.
Public services: what are we willing to pay for?
We pay for online services in tiny, un-noticed amounts. Is that how we should pay for bundled public facilities too?
Last-ditch push to stop super union
Employers are seeking urgent new changes to legislation to block the merger of the CFMEU and MUA before the end of month.
'Trump trade' takes on a whole new meaning
Analysts say a weaker global economy, accompanied by more inflationary pressures, may well extend the correction that shook markets at the start of February.
Big picture more important that Cohn's exit
A big worry for shareholders could be excess stimulus leading to higher inflation and tighter monetary policy.
US reviews broad curbs on China trade
The Trump administration is considering clamping down on Chinese investments in the US to punish Beijing for its alleged theft of intellectual property.
UK says former Russian spy poisoned with nerve agent
Britain's top counterterrorism officer says a former Russian double agent was attacked with a nerve agent in a poison plot to kill him.
Trump poised to sign metals tariffs
​President Donald Trump is expected to formally sign off on imposing stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imports at noon Thursday.
Personal Finance
What happens to your superannuation when you die?
Superannuation is not an estate asset and so is not dealt with via your will, unless you specifically leave it to the executor of your estate.
Check the pet bylaws before you move in with your dog
An apartment block's body corporate can concoct its own bylaws that can set standards for, say, the size of a dog, or even have a complete ban.
10,000 property buyers caught in lender collapse
The collapse of property finance company Deposit Power has left 10,000 investors in the lurch over $300m worth of deposits.
3 themes top business minds are mulling over
The final day of the AFR Business Summit was all about the big three Ts: trade, technology and transformation.
How to beat gender inequality in tech
From leaving the pink tea set on the shelf to making male investors question their biases, Petra Andrén has a plan to beat gender inequality in tech.
The unlikely LGBTI ally who helped win the SSM vote
Here's the untold story of the woman who persuaded corporate Australia to openly support same sex marriage.
McCabe Curwood in latest law merger
Sydney firms McCabes and Curwoods will become McCabe Curwood, bringing the tally of law firm mergers and acquisitions over the past decade to more than 50.
Lifestyle
Meet the designer behind the Mercedes-AMG Project One
Meet the unlikely luxury car designer who's rewriting the rule books.
