Business

Market movers

Trade with IG

Gerry Harvey has explained how his company values its property assets.

Retail

Gerry Harvey defends how retailer values $2.9bn property empire

Experts have raised concerns about the transparency of Harvey Norman's valuation process.

by Roopa Gulati

GENERIC AFR PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN HUNT 17th January 2014. GENERIC- NAB, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK , BANKS

Banking royal commission

NAB lender fairly sacked over fake loan 'referrals'

by Mathew Dunckley

Federal budget

'Not the time to loosen the reins': Business warns Treasurer on spending

by Anna Patty and Mathew Dunckley

Media & marketing

Foxtel faces debt milestone amid streaming TV push

by John McDuling and Jennifer Duke

Scott Lorson has high ambitions for Fetch TV.

Media & marketing

Fetch TV to hit first-ever profit, 1 million subscribers on back of NBN

by Colin Kruger

Trade with IG

Currency

The economy

Federal budget

'Not the time to loosen the reins': Business warns Treasurer on spending

Business groups have urged the federal government to tighten spending and its focus on delivering better living standards in the federal budget.

by Anna Patty and Mathew Dunckley

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's budget will effectively kick-start a six-week election campaign.

Opinion

Federal budget

The budget's getting better, but the economy's getting worse

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will be hoping to convince us the budget improvement is lasting, but the weak economy is temporary. It’s more likely to be the other way round.

by Ross Gittins

Weak wages growth is putting a dampener on consumer spending.

Opinion

Australian economy

High immigration is hiding the economy's long-running weakness

by Ross Gittins

The people of Palm Beach are the richest in Australia.

Income tax

Millionaires' beach: Australia's new richest postcode revealed

by Derek Rose

Chinese workers taking samples of imported Australian coal at a port in Rizhao.

Mining

Australian coal at risk from China move, warns government report

by Cole Latimer

Markets

First trading day of the month today, and Budget eve.

LIVE

Markets Live

Woolworths up 2pc on $1.7b buy-back

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by Lucy Battersby

World markets

UBS banker spied on guy sitting next to him on train to crack $US15 billion deal

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by Gaspard Sebag

8@eight

8@eight: ASX set for gains on back of global optimism

by Kyle Rodda

Companies

Breaking

Retail

Woolworths to close 30 Big W stores

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Updated

Aviation

One of Russia's richest women dies in plane crash

by Dina Khrennikova

Media & marketing

Foxtel faces debt milestone amid streaming TV push

by John McDuling and Jennifer Duke

Banking & finance

Banking royal commission

NAB lender fairly sacked over fake loan 'referrals'

by Mathew Dunckley

Kenneth Hayne (left) hands over the final report from the banking royal commission to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on February 1.

Financial planners

The 'time bomb' that could help tackle household debt woes

by Elizabeth Minter

Mr Samuel was taking aim at the current crop of top company directors, not just the women, he has clarified.

Opinion

Women of Influence

The world according to Samuel: men are better than women

by Jenna Price

ASIC said it had a "very clear will" to take wrongdoers to court.

Hayne fallout

ASIC expects more referrals to prosecutors for wealth industry wrongdoing

by Clancy Yeates

The banking regulator wants to overhaul how senior bank executives' pay packets are set.

Hayne fallout

Bank boards told to show more discretion on executive pay

by Clancy Yeates

MLC chief executive Goeff Lloyd said he was confident the financial advice business model would be sustainable.

Banking royal commission

NAB's MLC makes big bet on financial advice

by Clancy Yeates

Small business

Finance

Budget 2019: Small businesses turn minds to skills, investment

There are hopes for training, investment and digitisation policy but the small business community doesn't have strong hopes for big announcements.

by Emma Koehn

Cathy Palmer with one of her cows at How Now milk.

Entrepreneur

Killing it with kind milk

Cathy believes that if consumers know "the truth" about the dairy industry, they will pay more for their milk. And she is putting her money where her mouth is.