Business

Market movers

$10.4 billion test looms for ‘safe haven’ Australian banks

The big four banks have gained a reputation as a relatively safe investment in volatile times. This idea faces a litmus test this week.

by Clancy Yeates

James Hardie boss Aaron Erter (left) with former NFL player Ronde Barber at the launch of the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational last month.

Opinion

‘It’s a heist’: Why the $14b James Hardie deal has set off alarm bells

by Colin Kruger

Slate Auto is making an anti-Telsa; a simple and lower-cost EV it hopes Americans can afford as a first car.

Analysis

This electric ute is shaping as the anti-Tesla for EV buyers

by Tim Biggs

Wall Street is on track to extend its winning streak.

Updated

‘We need a clear victory’: Why the ASX doesn’t want a minority government

by Jessica Yun

Millennials and Gen Z make up more than 40 per cent of the national vote – outnumbering Baby Boomers for the first time.

Opinion

Young people will decide the next PM – and the winner is already clear

by Millie Muroi

Currency

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Companies

Election analyst Antony Green on the ABC election set, his last for the public broadcaster.

Australia votes

Late Coalition ad splurge ineffectual; Clive’s millions count for nothing

Labor focused on video advertising on television and via streaming platforms and YouTube consistently over the five-week campaign.

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by Calum Jaspan

Newspapers lay out their political endorsements.

Australia votes

Who’s backing who? Every major newspaper’s pick for prime minister

A slim majority of newspapers have gone against the expectations of the pollsters to back the Coalition to win power.

by Calum Jaspan

Opinion

Governance

‘It’s a heist’: Why the $14b James Hardie deal has set off alarm bells

by Colin Kruger

525 Flinders Street had a price guide of $50 million and sold for less than $33 million.

Commercial Real Estate

Billionaire profits from slump in Melbourne office towers

by Nicole Lindsay

ABC chair Kim Williams and ABC managing director Hugh Marks.

Analysis

Media & marketing

Media Watch’s Kim Williams take-down hands a win to ABC boss

by Calum Jaspan

Markets

Warren Buffett in 2018. The “Oracle of Omaha” has announced his intention to step down as the head of Berkshire Hathaway.

Wall Street

Warren Buffett shocks shareholders by announcing his intention to retire

by Josh Funk

Updated

World markets

‘We need a clear victory’: Why the ASX doesn’t want a minority government

by Jessica Yun

Updated

Wall Street

ASX closes higher after another manic session on Wall Street

by Gemma Grant

The economy

The war in Ukraine remains a wildcard for the global economy.

Opinion

Putin's Russia

The tables have turned – and Putin’s country is now in dire trouble

by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Opinion

Australia votes

Young people will decide the next PM – and the winner is already clear

by Millie Muroi

Opinion

Trade wars

Trump says Biden is to blame for America’s shrinking economy. The data says otherwise

by Stephen Bartholomeusz

Opinion & Perspectives

The tables have turned – and Putin’s country is now in dire trouble

The alarm bells are ringing for the Russian president as he tries to hold together an exhausted war economy.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

‘It’s a heist’: Why the $14b James Hardie deal has set off alarm bells

Not long before Donald Trump’s tariff armageddon, Australian investors experienced a seismic financial shock on home soil which has reverberated throughout the entire market.