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Cash envelopes filled with bribes, problem gamblers getting credit extensions and a bank manager transferring $35,000 direct to foreign scammers. It is not The Sopranos, but some of the allegations heard in the first public hearings at the… Read more…
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Markets were boosted on Friday night by US employment data which absolutely smashed expectations. There were 313,000 jobs added in February — easily beating an already strong forecast of 205,000. And while more people found work, the data showed wage…
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Former NSW premier Mike Baird was paid almost $900,000 for his first five months in charge of National Australia Bank’s corporate and institutional unit. NAB’s annual report for the… Read more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/business/business/company/2017/11/14/nab-paid-baird–886-845-over-five-months.html
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Service disruption enters second day. Australia Post’s online services have been intermittently unavailable since late Sunday evening, preventing business customers from being able to… Read more at: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/auspost-online-outage-causes-headaches-for-businesses-475935
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Home sales bounced higher across the capital cities in the past seven days, but the clearance rate continues to track lower compared to a year ago. Preliminary figures released Monday by property data group CoreLogic showed the national auction clearance…
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The Australian sharemarket notched small gains on Thursday, with banks and AGL helping the advance, as investors managed to hold on to early optimism generated by US tax cut plans. The S&P/ASX 200 index ended the day up 6 points…
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THEY’RE the roadworks and updates supposed to revolutionise and better our cities but more often than not, they’re doing the exact opposite. Walking down some of Sydney’s busiest streets, especially those surrounding Central Station, it’s hard not to notice that…
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Up to a third of Australian mortgages could be “liar loans” based on factually inaccurate information, investment bank UBS has warned. The global banking giant has followed up a survey of home loan borrowers that… Read more at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-11/500b-dollars-of-liar-loans-in-australia-ubs/8892030?section=business
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Elmer Funke Kupper, who stepped down as CEO of the ASX over a police investigation into overseas payments allegations at Tabcorp when he headed the gaming company, says it’s been 18 months and still waiting for a resolution. “I think…
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The consumer watchdog says it proposes allowing the use of Woolworths fuel discounts at BP petrol stations if the energy company is successful in buying the supermarket giant’s service sites. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Tuesday said it…
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