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David Murray might be rolled at the company's shareholder meeting.
Opinion
Executive pay

Will AMP's scorched earth on bonuses be enough?

AMP chairman David Murray needs to skate a clean program to keep an angry shareholder community at bay.

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Roundup is used around the world.
Soft commodities

Herbicide firms defend weed killer Roundup after US court blow

  • by Darren Gray
“I will not enter into a joint venture with anyone as weak, out-of-touch and duplicitous as Greg Hywood, Roger Corbett and the board of Fairfax,’’ John Singleton said.
Energy

Rich listers get boost from former Rio Tinto coal mine bought for $1

  • by Cole Latimer
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Life insurance

AMP scraps bonuses and slashes directors' fees after horror year

  • by Stuart Condie
Offering from Coles World Square.
Disruption

Coles quietly expands UberEats trial to deliver supermarket essentials

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
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The economy

Jobs Minister Kelly O'Dwyer says savings from the jobactive online portal will go into providing more intense support to struggling job hunters
Editorial
Editorial

Helping hand needed for long-term unemployed

The Coalition, which once provocatively divided Australia into lifters and leaners, has made a potentially significant change of policy towards the unemployed.

Labor leader Bill Shorten says the upcoming federal election will be a 'referendum on wages'.
Opinion
Industrial relations

Stop bagging 'fat cat' bosses; this is the national debate we need

Political spats over wages and industrial relations are a distraction from the main economic debate we should be having.

  • by Jessica Irvine
“I will not enter into a joint venture with anyone as weak, out-of-touch and duplicitous as Greg Hywood, Roger Corbett and the board of Fairfax,’’ John Singleton said.
Energy

Rich listers get boost from former Rio Tinto coal mine bought for $1

  • by Cole Latimer
ANZ chief economist and head of research Richard Yetsenga.
Jobs

ANZ numbers boss not convinced tech wave 'disruption' will reduce jobs

  • by Hamish Hastie
Too much supply is driving down property prices, says Morgan Stanley.
Sydney house prices

Sydney apartments pose financial stability risks, says RBA

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
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Markets

US trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. They may not get what they wished for.
Analysis
Trade wars

Markets are on edge as US trade talks with China hit a rough patch

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Sharemarket

Trade war concerns drag ASX lower

  • by William McInnes
Markets Live

Markets Live: Eclipx dives 56pc, Nufarm drops 24pc

  • by Lucy Battersby

Companies

Offering from Coles World Square.
Disruption

Coles quietly expands UberEats trial to deliver supermarket essentials

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
Soft commodities

Herbicide firms defend weed killer Roundup after US court blow

  • by Darren Gray
Google

Google fined $2.4 billion by the EU for abusing online ads market

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Small business

Policies like the ability to buy extra leave might be good for work-life balance, but it costs employers in the long run.
The Venture

Better wages or conditions: can we have both?

How much are employees paying for workplace flexibility without realising it?

  • by Tony Featherstone
Nisha Dua is the founder of #BuiltByGirls
Start-ups

Nisha saw women struggle to get funding so she started #BuiltByGirls

Nisha Dua might be pint sized but she also has a black belt in karate and runs a venture capital fund focused solely on women led businesses.

  • by Cara Waters
Kay Koplovitz says she's on a mission to breed successful women-led businesses to change the game.
Start-ups

Push for women board members and investors in startups

  • by Emma Koehn
Mark Wahlberg first visited a F45 studio last November.
Fitness

Mark Wahlberg buys stake in Australian fitness franchise F45

  • by Gillian Tan
Meal delivery subscription Five Point Four offered weight loss, vegetarian and gluten free food delivery.
Start-ups

'Surprised': Influencers, customers shocked by meal delivery shutdown

  • by Emma Koehn

Consumer affairs

Steam: nearly 3000 games available.
Video games

The hateful fringes of video games giant Steam

  • by Patrick Begley
Energy

Power discounts could disappear under a regulated price, experts warn

  • by Cole Latimer
Illness

'Substantial factor': US jury rules against Bayer in Roundup cancer case

  • by Jim Christie

Workplace

NSW Business Chamber chief executive Stephen Cartwright.
Industrial relations

Employers warn NSW Labor plans are 'bad for business'

  • by Anna Patty
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Industrial relations

Labor plan to overhaul and revamp industrial relations system in NSW

  • by Anna Patty
Education

Pay glitch sees teachers paid less than those with less experience

  • by Anna Patty

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