Aussie shares set another record on back of rates hype
The ASX200 has risen almost half a per cent to finish at its highest-ever level and end January up 4.6 per cent from where it started.
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Top clothing chains to close, shedding hundreds of jobs
More than 250 outlets of two leading retail chains will close, costing nearly 1000 jobs, after receivers failed to find a buyer for the stores.
Property dominates wealth but stocks safer than houses
Investors might start looking outside of the property market where most of Australia's wealth is held, as returns for another sector outstrip housing.
Shareholders pull the plug on Origin takeover bid
Origin Energy shareholders have sunk Brookfield's $20 billion takeover bid and the promise of tens of billions of dollars extra in renewables investment.
Star CEO says no ‘quick fix’ to regain lost trust
Star Entertainment Group has avoided a possible board spill at its annual general meeting as its new CEO has described working 18-hour days on its turnaround.
Minns cycles on as NSW Liberal campaign gets wobbles
NSW finance minister Damien Tudehope has quit his portfolio over a share scandal and another MP has been demoted while a Labor election hopeful has withdrawn.
Defamed mining investor awarded $275k
A New Zealand-based social media user calling himself the Stock Swami has been ordered to pay a mining investor at least $275,000 after defaming him on Twitter.
High Court clears way for BHP class action
The High Court is allowing a class action against BHP over its Brazilian dam collapse by more than 29,000 claimants, despite them not all being Australian.