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Andy Penn is pleased with the performance of Telstra TV.
Opinion
Telecommunications

Investing in Telstra is a game of regulatory roulette

For every growth avenue Andy Penn explores, there is Rod Sims or an angry politician standing in the way. 

  • by John McDuling
AMP's new chief executive, Francesco de Ferrari says 2019 is a transitional year from which the group will emerge a smaller business.
Analysis
Financial planning

The incredible shrinking AMP: Setting up for a down-sized future

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Medibank CEO Craig Drummond.
Health insurance

Medibank will act as 'white knight' if rivals fall to premium caps

  • by Colin Kruger
Domain chief executive Jason Pellegrino.
Media & marketing

Slowing Sydney and Melbourne markets hit Domain profits

  • by Jennifer Duke
RBA assistant governor Christopher Kent.
Currencies

Falling Australian dollar helpful to economy: RBA

  • by Wayne Cole
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The economy

Wholesale electricity prices are sitting at record highs.
Energy

Reduced demand doing little to stop wholesale power prices rising, says AEMO

The energy market operator says Australians have been relying less on the grid but it is doing little to stem rising wholesale power prices which reached record highs last year.

  • by Cole Latimer
No one has more riding on Sydney's housing market than Harry Triguboff.
Property development

'I'll buy cheaper': Australia's property king is exploiting the slump

Harry Triguboff is remarkably calm about the nation's worst real estate slump in a generation, considering he's got more at stake than perhaps anyone on the planet.

  • by Andrew Heathcote
RBA assistant governor Christopher Kent.
Currencies

Falling Australian dollar helpful to economy: RBA

  • by Wayne Cole
The Princess Highway plant is dominated by a series of heritage art deco factory buildings.
Manufacturing

Back to the future: Old Ford factory to be recast as renewable energy hub

  • by Cole Latimer and Nick Toscano
Shell Australia chairman Zoe Yujnovich said industry must help to direct government to create a durable energy policy after more than a decade of failed energy and climate policies.
Energy

'Backflips and turmoil': Shell CEO urges business to take lead on climate

  • by Cole Latimer
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Markets

Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, right, alongside vice chairman Charlie Munger.
Sharemarket

Tempted to ‘do dumb things’: Buffett’s right-hand-man slams bankers

  • by Jonathan Stempel
World markets

Wall Street dips on grim retail sales data

  • by Stephen Culp
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8@eight: Markets take the middle road

  • by Kyle Rodda

Companies

Vicinity is protecting its earnings by ringfencing it high-value malls like Chadstone.
Earnings Season

Tough retailing conditions bite landlord Vicinity

  • by Simon Johanson
Mining

Whitehaven Coal delivers a profit surge and dividend splash

  • by Darren Gray
Health insurance

Medibank will act as 'white knight' if rivals fall to premium caps

  • by Colin Kruger

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Small business

Cat Harding ( right ) and Mardi Brown, founders of PonyUp for Good at MRI E-Cycle Solutions in Camperfield.
Entrepreneur

The small business turning old computers, printers and phones into food

Working for large corporates, Cat and Mardi were used to dealing with large amounts of e-waste.Then they decided to do something about it.

  • by Cara Waters
Jana Matthews says creating a global business is no mean feat.
Opinion
Entrepreneur

The questions to ask if you want to take your business global

Identifying whether your business is ready for international expansion means asking some tough questions.

  • by Jana Matthews
Minister for small and family business Michaelia Cash is calling on smaller operators to help decide how the payments reporting scheme will operate.
Finance

'Massive ramifications': Payments register to scrutinise big business

  • by Emma Koehn
Michelle Aguilar and Amanda Siqueira from VAPAR.
Startups

How a Sydney startup is using artificial intelligence to fix sewerage pipes

  • by Ben Weir
Workplace
Finance

'People aren't ready for this at all': Calls to prepare for extended tax report policy

  • by Emma Koehn

Consumer affairs

Would you scrape this off and carry on eating the jam? Theresa May would.
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Food safety

Scrape off jam mould or throw out the jar? Food safety myths explained

  • by Charlotte Grieve
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Energy

Shopping around on power could save Victorian consumers $2000 a year

  • by Cole Latimer
Consumer rights

Hotel booking company leaves honeymooners high and dry

  • by Rachel Clun

Workplace

The rise of apartment living is driving the growing strata management industry.
Careers

Apartment boom drives growth of strata management industry

  • by Sue Green
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Charles Sturt University

How to fit in study with life, work and everything else

  • by Ruth Callaghan
Mining

WA government rebuffs calls for mine dam safety review after Brazil disaster

  • by Hamish Hastie

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