ASX rebounds from midday dip

Australian shares have rebounded from a dip during the middle of the session to be trading firmly higher through the afternoon.

Bingo to sell facility for approval

ACCC has forced the waste management group to sell one Sydney waste processing facility to gain the all-clear for its Dial-A-Dump acquisition.

BCA chief executive Jennifer Westacott: "If a business had changed its leader every 18 months, changed the entire ...

'Enough': BCA has had a gutful of politics

Jennifer Westacott said business might have disappointed the community but unlike our politicians CEOs haven't "beaten each other up in the corridors of Parliament and smeared blood on the door".

What happened in markets before the bell

Shares on Wall Street ended with the Dow and S&P 500 finishing lower for a second session, after the top US trade negotiator dented optimism over the US/China trade talks.

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WA's answer to housing affordability

It sounds like a dream. Deposits of only 2 per cent to take out a mortgage – not 20 per cent now demanded by banks. In Western Australia, it's become the reality for 50 per cent of all first-home buyers

Oprah's appeal tested as dieters go keto

While obesity continues to climb, giving Weight Watchers more potential customers, so does the prevalence of diets like keto, with information about how to lose weight free and easy to access.

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The Americas are the largest market by volume for Heineken.

Heineken is looking strong

Fat Prophets says dealmaking, premium products, innovation, cost initiatives and strong volume growth are set to benefit the brewer.

Explicit Snapchat picture justified sacking

A Sydney train guard's conduct was in the "extreme outer limit of offensiveness" such that "no amount of regret or apology can lessen the seriousness of the incident", Fair Work has found.