Sue Lannin
No joy for workers as wages stuck at record lows
Australian workers continue to face record low wage rises, with the downturn in the mining sector driving the weak outcomes. The Bureau...
Pro-business Trump pushes Wall St to record high
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed above 19,000 points for the first time. The S&P 500 finished above 2200 and the...
Clinton market boost spreads to US overnight
The stock market rally that followed news of the FBI’s all-clear to the latest bunch of contentious Hillary Clinton emails continued in...
Australia paying $7bn in fossil fuel ‘subsidies’
A new report has found that G20 governments are paying $633 billion in production subsidies every year to oil, gas and coal...
ANZ records $7.2 billion profit
Share earnings remain flat, but growth after tax is up 3 per cent.
NAB profit jumps to $6.3bn
Bank records a huge 20 per cent rise on last year's earnings.
Danger in emerging market debt: IMF
IMF report warns that companies and banks in developing countries had over-borrowed an estimated $US3.3 trillion.
Why your home loan may be about to rise sharply
New measures to make the major banks safer could come at the expense of borrowers and shareholders, say experts.