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John McFarlane says he is ''battle hardened'' and has a harder edge than his former protege, and former Westpac chief executive, Brian Hartzer.
Opinion
Big four

In McFarlane, Westpac picks boardroom troubleshooter par excellence

Westpac lucked out in its search for a successor to Lindsay Maxsted as chairman. The right man was in the right place at exactly the right time.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Westpac's incoming chairman John McFarlane.
AUSTRAC crackdown

Westpac's McFarlane wants banking thoroughbred for CEO

  • by Clancy Yeates
Australia's supermarkets will start stocking less visually appealing fruit to help struggling farmers.
Retail

Coles, Woolies to accept spotty tomatoes, deformed apples as supply concerns rise

  • by Dominic Powell
The plucky Australian finance house USG has been in all sorts of wars a bit like Sheffield United a few years ago.
Markets

Local firm in ASIC probe is Sheffield United's lead sponsor

  • by Sarah Danckert
Mansfield's quiet town centre street that would usually be buzzing at this time of year.
Bushfires

Australians urged to 'holiday here' in support of towns hit by bushfires

  • by Patrick Hatch
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Fashion retailer Jeanswest has entered voluntary administration and will shut 37 stores.
Retail

Fashion chain Jeanswest to close 37 stores, shed 260 jobs

National fashion chain Jeanswest will shutter nearly 40 stores across the country, running the tally of retail store closures to over 200 in the new year.

  • by Dominic Powell
iSignthis chief executive John Karantzis: The company has sued the ASX in the Federal Court, saying it has unfairly kept its shares suspended.
Regulation

iSignthis top rating downgraded then reinstated by ISS arm

Suspended tech stock iSignthis lost its 'prime' rating from ISS ESG one day after the controversial company was touting its success in receiving the highly coveted rating.

  • by Colin Kruger
Australia's supermarkets will start stocking less visually appealing fruit to help struggling farmers.
Retail

Coles, Woolies to accept spotty tomatoes, deformed apples as supply concerns rise

  • by Dominic Powell
German supermarket giant Kaufland has announced it will depart the Australian market.
Retail

'Gobsmacked': German retail giant Kaufland abandons Australia, adding to retail woes

  • by Dominic Powell and Simon Johanson
Brian Moynihan, chief executive officer of Bank of America Corp., says his investors are telling the bank to invest in companies ''doing right by society.''
Opinion
Governance

Business leaders see the light of 'moral capitalism' at Davos

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Markets

Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia Philip Lowe in Martin Place, Sydney.
Investing

Rate cut doubts, China virus worries see local shares slide

  • by David Scutt
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Investing

ASX slides, Aussie spikes, following shock drop in unemployment

  • by David Scutt
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8@eight: ASX set to ease from record highs ahead of key jobs report

  • by Kyle Rodda

The economy

Mansfield's quiet town centre street that would usually be buzzing at this time of year.
Bushfires

Australians urged to 'holiday here' in support of towns hit by bushfires

  • by Patrick Hatch
Opinion
Climate policy

A carbon shock for the global financial system

  • by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Climate policy

Our Pearl Harbour could become our Port Arthur moment

  • by Ross Gittins

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Small business

Waiting for a meeting can cause frustration.
Opinion
Work in Progress

Why do so many work meetings start late?

An epidemic of poor punctuality is costing companies millions and frustrating employees.

  • by Tony Featherstone
Tourists at the Three Sisters lookout in Katoomba last November as fire conditions continued.
Small business

'Incredibly traumatised': Small businesses facing bushfire insurance maze

Questions about insurance entitlements are likely to last for months, those in the sector warn.

  • by Emma Koehn
Reground founder, Ninna Larsen and director Kaitlin Reid are using coffee grounds from the Australian Open for compost.
Entrepreneur

Australian Open's mountain of discarded coffee grounds set to bloom

  • by Cara Waters
Businesses are pushing back on the government's plan to ban cash transactions of more than $10,000.
Small business

Funeral directors say cash ban could hit people 'at their lowest point'

  • by Emma Koehn
Target's version of the plate on the left and the original Emondo kids Karri Koala plate on the right.
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Design

Target accused of poaching koala plate design off small business

  • by Cara Waters

Consumer affairs

Trivago
Travel

Trivago misled consumers in favour of advertiser dollars, federal court finds

  • by Matt Bungard
Instagram

This is the guy who took away the 'likes'

  • by Amy Chozick
Media & marketing

'Knowing mothers', inept fathers: Advertising clings to gender stereotypes

  • by Andrew Taylor

Workplace

Work Therapy
Opinion
Work therapy

Can I chime in on my co-worker's dress code?

  • by Jonathan Rivett
Opinion
The lowdown

Can the gig economy provide the 'decent' quality of work we want?

  • by Sarah Kane
Jobs

Impossible Institute equips firms with skills to face the future

  • by Helen Hawkes

Commercial real estate

Scentre operates a vast network of Westfield branded malls.
Commercial real estate

Mall landlords 'spooked' by collapse of high-profile retailers

  • by Simon Johanson and Dominic Powell
Commercial real estate

REA Group reshuffles exec ranks as analysts hope for listings recovery

  • by Zoe Samios
Commercial real estate

'Living and breathing' mini cities: The changing face of the humble warehouse

  • by Carolyn Cummins

Mining

Queensland's economy is still reliant on coal exports, the latest Deloitte business outlook report has found.
Mining

Bushfires and air quality take toll on BHP coal output

  • by Simon Johanson
Mining

Strong ore prices cushion Rio's production slump

  • by Simon Johanson
Mining

Whitehaven flags surge in coal demand on back of US-China trade deal

  • by Patrick Hatch and Colin Kruger

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