Business

Market movers

Rio Tinto to take full control of controversial mine in Kakadu

The last chapter in one of Australia’s biggest environmental battles is set to play out.

by Simon Johanson

Wall Street’s benchmark index recovered from early losses to be in the green by the afternoon.

Updated

ASX slips after Putin’s nuclear threat; Amcor shares fall

by Daniel Lo Surdo

CFMEU national boss Paddy Crumlin’s Cbus board nomination has been accepted.

Cbus board appointments prompts tough talk from APRA

by Sumeyya Ilanbey

Woolworths boss Amanda Bardwell at the ACCC hearing.

Opinion

Will the ACCC’s spotlight on supermarkets deliver any relief?

by Elizabeth Knight

Donald Trump’s push for more fossil fuel production could end in oversupply, hurting prices.

Opinion

‘Drill, baby, drill’: What if the world doesn’t need Trump’s ‘liquid gold’?

by Stephen Bartholomeusz

Currency

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Companies

Hello Kitty display at the exhibition, As I Change, So Does She, marking the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty at the Tokyo National Museum.

Opinion

Media & marketing

Hello Kitty’s looking pretty at 50 (and worth more than ever)

Hello Kitty is famously the height of just five apples. But these days, the more striking statistic is that she’s worth more than 1 trillion yen – close to $10 billion.

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by Gearoid Reidy

Mining

Rio Tinto to take full control of controversial mine in Kakadu

The last chapter in one of Australia’s biggest environmental battles is set to play out.

by Simon Johanson

Arthur Frommer with his daughter Pauline posing among tourists in the Wall Street area in New York in 2012.

Tourism

‘The less you spend, the more you enjoy’: Travel tycoon Arthur Frommer dies aged 95

by David Henry

Updated

Retail

Bunnings defends use of facial recognition after privacy breach

by David Swan and Jessica Yun

Ralph Kemmler, managing director of property at Woolworths, at the ACCC’s public hearing on Monday.

Supermarket inquiry

Woolworths not guilty of land-banking, says supermarket’s property boss

by Jessica Yun

Markets

Updated

World markets

ASX slips after Putin’s nuclear threat; Amcor shares fall

by Daniel Lo Surdo

Updated

World markets

ASX hits a fresh record as IT and energy stocks soar

by Daniel Lo Surdo

Opinion

Oil

‘Drill, baby, drill’: What if the world doesn’t need Trump’s ‘liquid gold’?

by Stephen Bartholomeusz

The economy

Opinion

Global warming

How climate-denier Trump may leave China to save the planet

by Ross Gittins

Opinion

Interest rates

Memo to RBA: If wages growth isn’t the problem, then what is?

by Ross Gittins

Opinion

Employment

How can jobs and joblessness both be going up?

by Millie Muroi

Opinion & Perspectives

Hello Kitty’s looking pretty at 50 (and worth more than ever)

Hello Kitty is famously the height of just five apples. But these days, the more striking statistic is that she’s worth more than 1 trillion yen – close to $10 billion.

Gearoid Reidy

‘Guilty by chromosome’: Culture change doesn’t come easy for Rio’s workers

It’s jarring how little progress the mining giant has made in overhauling its workplace culture rife with bullying, racism and sexual harassment - and it’s not for lack of trying.

Elizabeth Knight

Business columnist

How climate-denier Trump may leave China to save the planet

Xi Jinping will take great delight in showing the world how decadent the US becomes under Donald Trump when it comes to global warming. The planet may be the winner.