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8@eight: Global factors to sway ASX
Futures markets suggests a positive start to the week's ASX trade after US stocks recorded modest gains in Wall Street's final session.
- by Ilya Spivak, Tyler Yell, Patrick Commins
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Aussie investors navigate challenges at home and abroad
Trade wars, an increasingly aggressive US central bank and bad behaviour from our banks are issues for investors to wrestle with this week.
- by Patrick Commins
Coles spin-off lifts ASX to flat finish for the week
The S&P/ASX 200 Index was higher on Friday and almost flat for the week as the Wesfarmers spin-off boosted spirits.
- by Sarah Turner and Vesna Poljak
Markets Live
Markets Live: Wesfarmers leads ASX gains
Australian shares finished 0.5 per cent higher today with Wesfarmers' demerger plan for Coles giving the market a shot in the arm.
- by Sarah Turner
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8@eight: ASX to open higher after Wall Street's ping pong session
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after the Dow Jones index in the US made a strong surge on easing fears of an international trade war.
- by John Kicklighter, Tyler Yell
Currencies
Bitcoin pop culture moment is fading as fad gives way to regulators
Suddenly, Bitcoin seems a bit boring.
- by Olga Kharif
Commercial real estate
Malls turn themselves into old-style town centres - and it's working
Big gun shopping centres are now turning over up to $2 billion in annual sales, putting paid to any concern that they are not relevant to consumers.
- by Carolyn Cummins
ASX extends losing streak to three days as banks retreat on inquiry spotlight
Australian shares fell for the third straight session as banks wilted under the spotlight of the Hayne inquiry.
- by Sarah Turner
Markets Live
Markets Live: Banks slug ASX as inquiry rolls on
Australian shares fell for the third straight session as the banks wilted under the spotlight of the Hayne inquiry.
- by Sarah Turner
Tax avoidance
Panama Papers law firm Mossack Fonseca shuts down after tax scandal
The law firm at the centre of the "Panama Papers" said it's shutting down due to the economic and reputational fallout from the global tax evasion scandal.
- by Elida Moreno