Queen of the Pilbara
ADELE FERGUSON |
With a cool $29bn, Gina Rinehart becomes the world's richest woman.
Stocks eye gains as Wall St rebounds
8:25am |
A late rebound on Wall St restores some confidence in markets after heavy losses in Europe.
Lawsuits pile up over Facebook IPO
6:21am |
Facebook says it will defend itself as furious investors seek to recover losses after the company's IPO.
Myer pins hopes on midyear sale
MADELEINE HEFFERNAN |
Myer will pull out all stops for its crucial midyear stocktake sale, after presenting a downbeat outlook on consumer spending, fall in foot traffic.
Rio gets nod for Queensland mine
PETER KER |
Rio Tinto a step closer to expanding its bauxite operations in far north Queensland, after winning approval for a controversial $1.45 billion project.
Customers are Masters, says hardware chief
CAROLYN CUMMINS |
More than half the people shopping for whitegoods at Masters hardware stores use smartphones to check competitors' prices, group boss says.
Government open to ASIC's disclosure call
CLANCY YEATES |
The corporate regulator wants to hit transgressors hard, and Canberra is listening.
- Australian business news digest - May 24
- Junior explorer scores with a hole in one
- Social media giant getting a cold shoulder
- Court clears foreign workers
- No elation, but $19m certainty
- Overseas bidders pay more
- Crisis has China eyeing stimulus
- Qantas, Jetstar to cut NT flights
- Access to US bond market may ease
- How to keep high-flyers well grounded
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Business News Wire
3:51AM Facebook sued while stock climbs
2:03AM Greek banks get $23 billion from bailout
5:10PM Dollar's slide in line with fundamentals
3:41PM China slowdown threatens Aus: World Bank
12:57PM Fairfax makes board changes
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Dollar dips as pessimism over Greece persists
7:49am |
The Australian dollar is slightly lower after falling to a new six-month low amid talk that Greece could leave the eurozone.
Shop troops needed for revolution
Insider Leading retailers score ''own'' goals from campaign to have internet shopping's GST-free ride halted.
- Insider Ignominy looms for ASX IPO shift
- Insider There's no pleasing analysts
- Insider ASIC hunts webscam spinners
- Insider New ASIC website falls short
- Insider Golden investment down the river
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World Business
Lawsuits pile up over Facebook IPO
6:21am |
Facebook says it will defend itself vigorously as furious investors seek to recover losses after the company's $US16 billion IPO.
- Greek banks get $23 billion from bailout
- Dell's strategy questioned as shares dive
- Japan's government calls for more central bank action
- Fitch cuts Japan's credit rating, cites huge debt
- Dell dives as profit disappoints
- OECD pushes EU growth over austerity
- Steady China index offers investors hope
- More World Business
HP to slash 27,000 jobs
Eight per cent of its global workforce to go by 2014 in a major restructuring effort.
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It's all in the timing at the Future Fund
CBD |
Sensitive details on the inner workings of the Future Fund were divulged yesterday when the general manager of the federal public service pension fund, Mark Burgess, faced his routine interrogation in Canberra.
- Ian Verrender That's rich: shake-out takes toll
- Matthew Kidman Find a beta stock in rebound or rue one that got away
- Martin Pretty Facebook facts reveal upwardly mobile battle
- Matt O'Sullivan Qantas gives contenders a chance to earn their wings
- Adele Ferguson Load at Leighton gets no lighter
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Franchising a sweet addition to slushie mix
MARCELLA BIDINOST 24 May |
Long-established brand Slush Puppie discovers it pays to be diligent before mixing it up in the franchising market.
- How to pitch to clients
- FRANCHISING Franchise whiz hit by arsonists for second time
- How do I structure my employment and business incomes?
- Sisters-in-law find that if the shoe fits, sell it
- Mark Bouris Friends can stay friends even in business
- How to win more jobs with a 'love me' tender
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Turning a pet peev into a biz idea
Daniel Battaglia has turned his dislike of parking fees into a business.
Money Saving | Borrowing | Investing | Planning | Super & Funds | Tax | Tools & Guides
Safe haven stocks for rocky times
John Collett finds the silver lining for investors in the Aussie's latest slide against the greenback - and shares with good yields offer the best prospects.
