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Cliona O’Dowd joined The Australian in 2016 and writes on financial services. She was previously the editor of business news and commentary website Business Spectator. Before moving into journalism she spent a number of years working in the financial services industry in Dublin and London. She holds a master’s degree in European public affairs and law.

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Mining & Energy

Iron ore retreats toward $US42

Iron ore has halted its winning run as investors worry about softening Chinese demand.

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News

Trucks are loaded with iron ore at the Fortescue Metals Group Christmas Creek mine south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. PHOTO: STAFF/REUTERS

Iron ore retreats toward $US42

The price of iron ore has fallen toward $US42 a tonne but remains above recent low.

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News

CEO and Managing Director of Dick Smith, Nick Abboud pictured in store at the Macquarie Centre, Sydney.

Dick Smith enters voluntary administration

McGrathNicol appointed administrator, receivers seek buyer for troubled retailer.

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Commentary

CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 16 : Traders in the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index options pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) react to the Federal Reserves interest rate hike December 16, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. The Federal Reserves raised the interest rates for the first time since 2006 by 0.25 percentage points. Joshua Lott/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Picks of the Week

In this week’s essential reading guide, Kohler analyses the Fed’s rate rise, Gottliebsen zooms in on MYEFO and Thieberger observes the junk bond market.

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exclusiveTechnology

Slack CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield.

Slack takes first step towards IPO

Slack, the messaging app the Prime Minister likes, could go public in as little as 18 months.

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Technology

Slack secures Melbourne launch pad

Group messaging app secures Melbourne lease, will launch in Australia in just weeks.

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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 03: Co-founder and co-chairman of Wickr Nico Sell participates in a panel discussion at the New York Times 2015 DealBook Conference at the Whitney Museum of American Art on November 3, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for New York Times)

Privacy protection the new black

Malcolm Turnbull’s endorsement has been a boon for the encrypted messaging app, says co-founder Nico Sell.

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Blackphone calls stay under radar

Co-founder Mike Janke says Silent Circle could soon overtake BlackBerry.

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Opinion

Looking into the VC crystal ball

Three venture capitalists at the Web Summit conference in Dublin give details on where their money will be going in 2016.

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Technology

Stripe in aggressive frame of mind

Payments start-up, valued at $US5 billion, not keen to rest on its laurels, with co-founder John Collison saying there’s still plenty of work left to be done.

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