This time last year, NAB chief executive Ross McEwan was bracing for what many thought would be the worst economic crisis since the 1930s Great Depression.

Developers are generally risk adverse. What sells well and caters to an audience generally gets built.

Shifting fortunes are bringing a flood of CBD properties to market with a raft of long-term and short term investors calling time on their holdings.

Pokie pub owner David Tomsic is expanding his gaming hotel empire into South Australia after buying the Newmarket Hotel in Port Adelaide and signing contracts on another five venues.

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.

Private equity giant Apollo faces an uphill battle winning crucial support for its bid for Tabcorp’s wagering division.

A ferocious boom in housing overwhelming the banks is stoking concerns about consumer debt, amid signs some buyers are becoming more cautious about overpaying

Policy makers should not panic about the rises of the past few months but home buyers must be prepared for an increase in mortgage rates.

The billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has worked hard to keep his private life just that, but the announcement of his split from wife Melinda has huge ramifications. 

Chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake called on industries with large transportation fleets, such as the mining sector, to convert to electric vehicles.

Rio Tinto has become the first Australian company to support activist resolutions filed against it, urging investors to back calls for stronger climate action.

The future of Victoria’s Portland aluminium smelter and the jobs of hundreds of its staff appear safer after Alcoa secured a power deal and further subsidies.

Administrators told the first meeting of creditors that no ‘rescue package’ or deed of company arrangement had been put forward to save the group from liquidation.

More than 500 Alcoa workers have been granted a reprieve as the Prime Minister announced a five-year rescue package, but 42 workers at a nearby wind tower company have lost their jobs.

Google will spend billions this year on new offices, planning for a return to in-person work as other companies consider a future where working from home is the norm.

First-year bankers at Goldman Sachs are forced to work 100-hour weeks and face workplace abuse, a staff analysis at the Wall Street giant has revealed.

Tech darling Nuix’s investors may be on the hook for up to $250 million in shares and damages as part of a lawsuit brought by the company’s former boss. 

The grocery chain has followed its rivals Woolworths and Aldi in stepping up its emissions targets as it unveiled its newest upmarket supermarket offering and a swathe of new sustainability initiatives.

The breathtaking money outflows from the eurozone may turn into outright capital flight as Europe is threatening to take control of AstraZeneca’s vaccine plants, stoking concerns the continent it is no longer a safe place to invest.

Amazon has registered Australian trademarks for the on-demand healthcare service it plans to launch across the US this year, but says it has no immediate plans to launch the business locally.