Vladimir Putin may have stared down Tony Abbott at the G20 summit in Brisbane, but the tough-talking Russian President is currently wrestling an economic crisis that will test his resilience.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued reports to the boards of several investment banks on potential deficiencies in their corporate culture, as scrutiny of remuneration and potential conflicts of interest in investment banking gathers pace.

Woodside Petroleum has agreed to pay about $US3.75 billion ($4.6 billion) for Apache’s stakes in two liquefied natural gas projects in Australia and Canada.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has taken aim at a raft of Australian budget measures, describing one as potentially unsustainable and another as needing close monitoring.

The high rate of post-pandemic youth unemployment, a greater propensity to shop online and the absence of international students are reducing the proportion of young people walking the city’s streets.

Favourable demographics and a fundamentally resilient economy should make Australia one of the best performing developed countries over the longer term.

It could be another decade before a new conventional wisdom emerges.

It'd solve one problem for James Murdoch if Bill O'Reilly didn't come back from his current vacation.

Whitegoods and appliance company Fisher & Paykel has been fined $400,000 for wrongly telling customers they needed to buy an extended warranty.

Sliding iron ore prices are rattling some of Downer EDI's investors amid concerns over the contractor's exposure to the iron ore market though a $3 billion contract for Fortescue Metals Group.

Retailers fear the siege in Sydney could further dampen already subdued consumer sentiment in the countdown to Christmas.

Myer is gaining traction, Amazon is reaping the benefits of setting up an Australian site and Woolworths is daylights ahead of rival Coles - but all are growing, according to a review of our most popular online shopping sites.

Joe Hockey's budget was deeply unpopular, but here's a sensible idea that the punters will hate even more.

US stocks rallied, giving the Standard & Poor's 500 Index its biggest gain since October 2013, as energy shares rebounded and the Federal Reserve said it will be patient on the timing of interest-rate increases.

Kevin Ward is among experienced employees joining a corporate sea change from larger to smaller companies.