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You know things are bad when people are spray-painting the word “Labor” to mark potholes. Or when business leaders have multiple friends who have been victims of home invasion.
This week has laid bare the accelerating housing correction and the arrival of an AI jobs shock. It will be deeply uncomfortable for households.
Flights to US delayed across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane; Warner accuses Cricket Australia of sandpapergate cover-up. Follow live updates.
The Chinese leader meets his US counterpart in a position of strength. But dig into the numbers and it’s a totally different story.
Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar will walk away from the company he co-founded 13 years ago and sold five years ago for $39 billion.
The Sydney private equity firm wanted to close David Jones stores and take the brand upmarket. Three years later, the dream has collapsed.
The company’s blockbuster float will be a pivotal test for the AI trade. Eight top fund managers deliver their verdict on what could be the biggest IPO so far.
We’ve seen it time and time again – the ultra-wealthy and powerful acting as if the rules don’t apply to them.
Dane Cornish built a multimillion-dollar global payments business from the sleepy NSW South Coast. But some of its colourful clientele are causing trouble.
The podcaster, author and once-political villain ruminates on past woes and his hopes for post-truth backlash ahead of an Australian tour.
Wealthy backers, including private equity veterans and family offices, are signing up to fund under-supported sports before the Games.
The Nvidia chief’s exit was inevitable. But questions remain over what the US president knew about the chip executive’s links to an alleged Chinese spy – and when.
One 36-year-old used a $450,000 margin loan to claw back from negative equity. Economists say the housing market is pushing people towards extreme fiscal risk.
It’s a misconception that the government guarantees superannuation accounts in the case of theft, but you may still be covered.
Salary sacrificing and personal deductions deliver the same tax savings. The right choice comes down to whether you trust yourself not to spend the cash.
If you don’t need to start a pension to live off, is your super better off in accumulation phase or pension phase?
Patient buyers with cash are preparing for rare discounts as stalled deals and tightening credit push sub-$20 million real estate owners towards forced sales.
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The company’s blockbuster float will be a pivotal test for the AI trade. Eight top fund managers deliver their verdict on what could be the biggest IPO so far.
Matt Comyn and Andrew Irvine urge fiscal restraint as they warn that Australia risks falling behind.
A massive email outage on Friday has swept up business, law enforcement and government agencies around the world, including the AFP and ASIO.
Analysis from US investment bank JPMorgan envisages extensions of up to five years for some coal-fired plants to guard against price spikes and blackout risks.
Despite taking questions for more than an hour, the Australian Test captain deferred six times to Cricket Australia, leaving the public with two opposing accounts.
The Danish drugmaker has announced the recommended pricing for its Wegovy tablet that is expected to go on sale in Australia by the end of the year.
After a decade in Vegas, outgoing Aristocrat chief executive Trevor Croker leaves behind a $40 billion-dollar legacy.
A brief post-election rally has unravelled after US investors pulled billions of dollars last week, but local investors aren’t panicking yet.
Major indexes have been unsteady throughout the week as artificial intelligence-focused companies pushed and pulled the market.
Shares fall; Allan Gray supports G8 takeover; Morningstar, Goldman slash Nvidia targets; Lendlease falls on bond redemption update; $A at 10-month lows; bitcoin slips below $US70,000. Here's how the day unfolded.
Schroder’s head of Australian equities research Justin Halliwell talks artificial intelligence, lithium and investing in CSL when the shares were at $100.
The world’s largest hedge funds are meant to make unrelated bets across stock and bond markets. But more often than not they push in the same direction.
It is increasingly clear that Anchorage underestimated how deep the structural challenges ran, and how quickly Australians would change their shopping habits.
Property prices are falling faster than ever but bond markets and bold contrarian buyers are already eyeing the turn.
Liberal’s Jess Wilson could have stayed home and still won this week, says Terry Barnes but Lidija Ivanovski warns voters will have to stomach that she will scrap treaty and preference One Nation.
According to Usman Khawaja, everyone was in on it. Surely, in Australia, we do not sweep a systemic problem under the carpet by pinning it on a few bad apples?
Chief executive Nuno Matos is testing the waters for a return to wealth management. But have banks truly learned from their past?
The Albanese government faces a savage voter reckoning but is reluctant to change course. The temptation heading into Christmas will be to offer voters more financial Band-Aids and baubles.
The Greens are seeking to hold Labor to past promises it made to name beneficiaries of discretionary trusts on a public register.