'We are not the enemy': Huawei boss
Huawei Australia chairman John Lord insists the company will continue to grow strongly here. But he says some people in Canberra no longer smile and shake his hand.
ACSI leads in shareholder voting power
One of the enduring lessons from the latest round of annual meetings of the major banks is confirmation of the growing power of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors.
Coal powers record resources export income
Booming coal sales to Asia, and Australia overtaking Qatar as the world's biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, have resources and energy exports on track to post a record $264 billion in sales.
Breaking Telstra's bureaucracy
Telstra has already let go 3000 people as part of its plan to cut a quarter of the team. HR boss Alexandra Badenoch says drastic action is necessary.
ASIC exposes deal makers' cosy club
ASIC has questioned the quick profits fund managers are making from participating in equity raisings as it sets its sights on block trades and debt markets deals.
Insurance a risk but coal's sun still rising
The international campaign to push insurers away from both coal investment and coverage is starting to bite.
Coalition risks repeat of Victorian disaster
The federal Coalition's tin ear on emissions risks a repeat of the Victorian disaster in the most populous state.
BlackRock sat out NAB's horror pay protest
The record 88 per cent protest vote would have been even worse had the activist fund manager not chosen to sit on its hands.
Retailers face Afterpay hangover
Retailers are facing a "buy now, pay later" hangover in 2019 as they cycle a sales boost underpinned by new forms of consumer credit.
BWX plunges after slashing full-year outlook
BWX has revealed its second downgrade to earnings, pointing the finger at slowing domestic export sales to China and lost momentum in its core US brands.
MYOB investors warn KKR's bid is 'dead'
MYOB investors sounded a warning about the risks of engaging private equity after KKR lowered its takeover bid for the accounting software business and sent shares tumbling by 15 per cent.
IOOF execs push for early APRA trial
IOOF chief executive Chris Kelaher and chairman George Venardos look likely to remain on leave until at least the second half of next year.
ASX hits two-year low after Fed disappoints doves
The Federal Reserve and the market will head into 2019 at odds over policy, setting up a showdown at January's meeting that could fuel further animosity towards the central bank.
Goldmans hit back at 'doomsday' savings chatter
What if the savings rate in Australia is falling because people are spending, not struggling, asks Goldman Sachs.
Keep barracking for the US on oil: ACCC
ACCC chairman Rod Sims has told motorists to "keep barracking for the United States" if they want petrol prices to stay low.
Global credit 'heart attack' just months away
Surging borrowing costs for companies in the US and Europe threaten recession within months and resemble events leading up to the global credit "heart attack" in August 2007.
The Fed calls time on cheap money
For the past decade, investors have lived in dread of the fateful moment when the US central bank would call time on the era of cheap money.
Opinion
Coalition risks repeat of Victorian disaster
The federal Coalition's tin ear on emissions risks a repeat of the Victorian disaster in the most populous state.
MYOB and KKR in final takeover dance
Accounting software company MYOB and private equity group KKR look like they are entwined in the final takeover dance before completing a deal that will see the company bought and sold five times in 20 years.
The equity market’s game of mates
The market norm of rewarding your best clients with the sweetest deals is being questioned by the regulator.
Nothing bad in bonuses, just not in 2018
Banks would have been wiser if they had just scrapped bonuses for this year. But that does not mean they are a bad thing.
Part-time employment surges in November
A big jump in part-time jobs helped the economy add 37,000 jobs last month. The jobless rate ticked higher to 5.1 per cent.
Unions resist employer pattern bargaining
A group of major NSW contractors have cited Sally McManus as justification for their pattern bargaining but unions are hotly opposed to the tactic.
Boral risks losing millions after code warning
Boral has been hit with the first warning under the Coalition's contentious building code, putting it at risk of losing millions of dollars of work.
Policy vacuum threatens big power projects
The Morrison government's big stick energy interventions are threatening firm generation projects that will be needed to replace AGL Energy's Liddell power station when it closes in 2022, energy companies say.
Weak housing market a $1b blow to WA budget
West Australian Treasurer Ben Wyatt has warned of prolonged fragility in the state's housing market after wiping almost $1 billion from stamp duty revenue forecasts.
What Trump's trade warrior Peter Navarro really thinks
Peter Navarro on Peter Navarro: "The cruellest and meanest son of a bitch that ever ran for office in San Diego."
Can the China boom continue for another 40 years?
In China people's views on the next 40 years of "reform and opening up" have a lot to do with how much they benefited from the first 40.
Third Canadian detained in China as Huawei row escalates
A third Canadian citizen has been detained in China, threatening to escalate the diplomatic row over the arrest of a senior Huawei executive in Vancouver.
US troop withdrawal from Syria draws fire
Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 2000 US troops from Syria, bringing a sudden end to a military campaign that largely vanquished IS but ceding a strategically vital country to Russia and Iran.
Tokyo court refuses to extend Ghosn detention
A Tokyo court rejected a request from prosecutors to extend Carlos Ghosn's jail detention, giving the former Nissan Motor chairman a chance to seek bail and fight allegations of under-reporting of his income.
Personal Finance
The best business books of 2018, according to investors
Leading investors make good on Charlie Munger's maxim: "I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time - none, zero."
Medibank scores second ACCC win
The Federal Court has thrown out an ACCC appeal, confirming Medibank did not mislead customers about their out-of-pocket health insurance costs.
Westpac revamps the way it pays brokers
Westpac will next year revamp the criteria for access to its lucrative mortgage broker incentive scheme from quantity and loan size to customer service and quality.
Seven moves to scrap redundancy entitlements
Seven has become the highest profile company so far to seek to terminate its workplace agreement in a bid to scrap journalists' generous redundancy benefits.
Der Spiegel says star reporter made up material
An award-winning journalist who worked for Der Spiegel, one of Germany's leading news outlets, has left the weekly magazine after evidence emerged that he committed journalistic fraud "on a grand scale" over a number of years.
Takeover rules need an overhaul
It is time for a wholesale review of our takeover laws and the way they are regulated.
Tattersall's men-only club votes to allow females
Brisbane's exclusive Tattersall's Club has elected to move with the times, meaning the club will open its doors to women for the first time in its 150-year history.
Lifestyle
The Mercedes GLE - a smooth operator you can talk to
In the Mercedes-Benz universe, the silkiest ride is no longer found in the S-Class limousine. It has been surpassed by a mid-sized SUV.
The best of David Rowe's cartoons
