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Eric Johnston is an associate editor of The Australian. He has more than 25 years experience as a finance journalist, including a former business editor of The Australian. He has been business editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and financial services editor with The Australian Financial Review. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal.

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Najam Shah arrives home at his house in Glen Waverly Melbourne. Najam Shah and partner Manija Zayee both have been charged over alleged involvement in $110 million home loan fraud.

Accused leave banks red-faced

FROM an office in suburban Melbourne, four people are accused of cooking up one of Australia’s largest-ever home loan scams.

Sarah Danckert and Ben Butler

Economics

Fewer people going bankrupt

FEWER Australians went bankrupt in the December quarter as more people under financial stress entered debt agreements.

Wall Street Journal

3G Capital eyes next big deal

BRAZIL’S 3G Capital Partners could be targetingfood or beverage giants such as Campbell Soup and PepsiCo.

ANUPREETA DAS and LUCIANA MAGALHAES

Business Spectator

Lawrence Ho, co-chairman and CEO of Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, unveils the name of the world's largest water show 'The House of Dancing Water' in 11/2009.

Crown bets on middle class

MELCO Crown’s decision to delist from the Hong Kong stock exchange is the culmination of an annus horribilis for Macau’s casinos.

Victoria Thieberger

Wall Street Journal

(FILES) This June 1, 2012 file photo shows a view of the Morgan Stanley's headquarters in New York. US investment bank Morgan Stanley on January 5, 2015 said it had fired an employee for stealing the personal data of hundreds of thousands of wealth management customers. Some account information for about 900 of the clients, including account numbers and names, was briefly posted on the Internet and, once detected, was

Online data release still puzzles

A NEW US-based Morgan Stanley financial adviser started to sift through the account records of 350,000 of the firm’s clients. Months later, some were on a website.

JUSTIN BAER

Wall Street Journal

Vietnam devalues currency

VIETNAM’S central bank has devalued the dong against the US dollar by 1 per cent, a move that may help make exports more competitive.

Wall Street Journal

Monster claims Beats Dr Dre deal ‘sham’

AUDIO equipment-maker Monster is suing Apple’s Beats Electronics and others for allegedly conspiring to dupe Monster out of a deal with Beats.

DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI

Opinion

Generic photo of an Australian dollar coin .. Aussie one dollar coins, on a twenty dollar note.

Time to break free from break fee

THE cap on break fees imposed by the Takeovers Panel runs the risk of some companies failing unnecessarily.

Steven Glanz and Guy Sanderson

Markets

Stocks slide as oil adds to fears

THE Australian sharemarket fell the most in four weeks as energy producers led steep declines in global markets.

David Rogers

Aviation

Qantas a flyer in sea of red

QANTAS looks set to benefit from weakening oil prices, with the national carrier’s share price hitting a four-year high.

MITCHELL NEEMS

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