A group of Mountains-based entrepreneurs were honoured during a recent gala awards night staged by the Women With Altitude business network. Anne Barratt of Empowering Health, Dr Henriette Macri-Etienne of Intergrated Dental Health at Katoomba, holistic mentor Chandu Bickford,...
“It’s human nature to think, ‘I’m making money, therefore I’m really smart and this thing will keep going up’,” he said. “They were right, but not as right as they thought they were.” He said he still believes bitcoin will...
Live Home owners could see their monthly mortgage bills rise by hundreds of dollars in coming weeks after the Reserve Bank hiked interest rates for only the second time since 2010. Westpac became the first major lender to pass on the...
AGL chief executive Graeme Hunt has rejected billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ claim he can shut and replace the company’s coal-fired power stations without price shocks, warning shareholders will not cede control of the 180-year-old energy giant unless they are paid...
Business activity in December was much weaker than hoped, driven by staff shortages, supply chain disruptions and weakened consumer confidence as a result of the Omicron variant. Credit reporting agency CreditorWatch now expects trade activity to slide throughout the...
There’s a financial joke, whose origin I don’t know, that has been making the rounds lately. It goes like this: If inflation continues at current rates, the purchasing power of wealth held in dollars will be cut in half...
It wasn’t a year without challenges, though. Ongoing COVID-19 border restrictions in Western Australia caused difficulties in acquiring skilled workers and supplies across Rio Tinto’s flagship iron ore business, its biggest cash-earner, forcing the company to 5 million tonnes...
The European Commission says it has given the green light to a planned merger between Italo-American carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and France’s PSA, parent company of Peugeot, Citroen and Opel, subject to conditions. “We can approve the merger of...
Treasury has upgraded its outlook for jobs on the back of a faster-than-expected recovery. But economists at Commonwealth Bank say the forecasts are still too pessimistic, arguing that massive stimulus payments and forced savings due to lockdowns and border closures...
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