Keating backs Labor wind back
Father of dividend imputation, Paul Keating, has welcomed the Opposition's proposal to abolish cash refunds for shareholders who pay little or no tax.
Investors could pile into property: Wilson
Veteran fund manager Geoff Wilson has blasted Labor for "moving the goal posts" on retirees and warned that investors might pile into property.
Act now on potential jobs wipeout: Cannon-Brookes
Mike Cannon-Brookes took off his trademark baseball cap and made his way to the ornate committee table inside Victoria's gold-rush era Parliament House.
NAB in the spotlight
Two bankers from NAB will front the the royal commission this afternoon to be grilled about a home loan program involving 60 bankers and 20 sackings. Follow the hearing live.
EY aims to have women make up 30pc of top earners
Ernst & Young has become the second big four firm to reveal that its male and female partners of similar seniority are paid virtually the same.
Markets: ASX slides into the red
The ASX trades firmly in the red with banks losing ground and miners weak as investors also weigh potential changes to the tax treatment of dividends.
Mortgage borrowing falls 12pc in January
Investor mortgage loans fell 12 per cent in January from a year earlier in a sign likely to give financial regulators confidence that curbs on lending have worked and can be wound back.
Bank processes sloppy and unsatisfactory
Unsatisfactory provision of credit and sloppy processes have cost Australian banking customers hundreds of millions since 2010, the banking royal commission has heard.
Credit Suisse names 2018's takeover targets
Caltex, Challenger and Nine Entertainment have been earmarked by Credit Suisse as potential takeover targets in 2018.
Business conditions at record high
Australian businesses continue to enjoy the best business conditions in more than 20 years and expect to continue hiring workers at last year's record pace.
Aurizon slams QCA for ignoring 'real world'
Aurizon has released an angry response to the Queensland Competition Authority's draft regulatory ruling, claiming its Queensland rail networks are a "nationally important" asset.
No need for baseload to replace Liddell
AGL Energy has declared that even after the closure of the Liddell coal plant, NSW has too much baseload generating capacity.
How Solomon won Goldman's cage fight
When Gary Cohn answered the call of Donald Trump and took off for Washington in December 2016, Goldman Sachs set up a classic cage match to find its next CEO-in-waiting.
Broadcom intervention a threat to Qualcomm's security
Only Intel, twice the size of Qualcomm, is a big enough US acquirer but it has little incentive to intervene if the Broadcom deal is dead.
Human capital key to quality tech, retail stocks
As exponentially more computing power is being deployed to predict market moves and pick stocks, the quants at UBS are coming full circle.
IMF blames productivity for weak wages
Low wages growth has more to do with high unemployment and weak productivity than automation or falling union membership, the IMF says.
Opinion
Packer may look wistfully at giant farm sale
The big price put on Consolidated Pastoral Company may have James Packer feeling a pang of regret about the end of his brief stint as a farm baron.
Is bitcoin the canary in the coal mine?
Investors are a notoriously superstitious lot, so it's tempting to dismiss the latest rash of analyst reports warning that bitcoin's boom-and-bust price move is flashing a warning for markets.
Newcrest moves fast, but problems will linger
Three words the mining industry never likes to hear – tailings dam breach. Fortunately for Newcrest, its incident won't draw the same awful headlines as BHP.
Is the bear market around the corner?
The global equities bull market is about to mark its 10th year and investors are worried it might not have the legs to continue its stellar run.
Labor to end dividend cash perk in $59b grab
Shareholders, including self-funded retirees, who pay little or no tax will lose cash refunds for excess dividend imputation credits.
Batman an 'uphill battle' for Labor
The Labor leader is expected to campaign in the Melbourne seat of Batman before a key byelection on Saturday.
Labor promises new tax write-offs for business
Businesses which invest in Australia will be eligible for generous new write-off provisions, Labor will introduce if elected.
Government flying blind on consultant use: Grattan
The federal government cannot provide a reliable picture of the way public money is spent on consultants, think tank says.
Distrust in politics drives minority party vote
Unlike the rise of the minor parties in other countries, the rise of the minor party vote in Australia does not correlate with economic hard times.
Helicopter crash pilot blamed passenger's bag: reports
Federal investigators probing a deadly helicopter crash in New York City's East River have not yet spoken with the pilot who warned of engine failure before the crash killed all five passengers.
'Extreme' Trump is pro-worker: Liveris
Andrew Liveris says critics of Donald Trump's trade tariffs have to understand his "extreme" rhetoric is part of the billionaire President's negotiating tactics with other countries.
UK blames Moscow for poisoning of former spy
British Prime Minister Theresa May has accused Moscow of using a banned nerve agent to try to kill a former Russian double agent in Salisbury.
Trump issues order to block Broadcom-Qualcomm deal
The US President has issued an executive order blocking Broadcom from acquiring Qualcomm, scuttling a $US117 billion deal that had been subject to US government scrutiny on national security grounds.
Tesla temporarily suspended Model 3 output last month
Tesla temporarily suspended production of the Model 3 electric sedan for a week in late February, a planned breather that ultimately may help increase output of the closely watched vehicle.
Personal Finance
Steel producers to benefit from cut in Chinese exports
Net Chinese exports appear to remain depressed for a few more months, thanks to explicit local Chinese government air quality targets.
US tariffs could bring buying opportunity for investors
Investors are rightly concerned about the introduction of tariffs on steel and aluminium by the White House.
When investing, focus on what you can control
Just as running on a treadmill is not like running on the open road, investing does not happen in a steady, controlled and predictable world.
Solomon likely to succeed Blankfein as Goldman CEO
There's one out of the running to succeed Lloyd Blankfein as Goldman Sachs CEO, and David Solomon looks set to inherit the throne.
David Thodey's top tips to drive innovation
Former Telstra CEO and current CSIRO chairman David Thodey has four big tips to drive innovation in big organisations.
Did UBS chief stare down James Packer?
Matthew Grounds, the head of UBS Australia, may have forced James Packer to back down in their public spat.
Franchise Council must purge 'lawyers and consultants'
The Franchise Council Of Australia has been taken over by consultants and lawyers, doesn't represent franchisees, and is in denial about problems in the sector, says Brumby's Bakery founder Michael Sherlock.
Lifestyle
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