How big can Aldi get in Australia? And how much secrecy is too much?

Billions of dollars in undeclared and untaxed wealth hidden offshore has been revealed by hundreds of rich Australians as they rush to take advantage of the ATO's last-ever tax amnesty.

Crowd-sourced equity funding to help start-ups in Australia looks a step closer, with the Abbott government releasing a new discussion paper.

Local stocks sink, led down by a rout in the energy sector as BHP plunges below $29 and Santos crashes, while the dollar dives again as NAB joins the rate-cut camp.

The Australian dollar is edging closer to a 70s-handle, dropping to a new four-year low of US82.35¢ on Tuesday on the back of poor business confidence figures and another major bank switching into the rate cut camp.

Most big companies have a data file that represents you, and this file is not under your control, according to Jim McKelvey, an engineer, author and the co-founder of Square.

An increased risk of bushfires is being cited by the electricity industry as it starts its campaign against cuts recommended for power prices in NSW.

The long-time speechwriter for Qantas chief Alan Joyce warned she would 'go guerrilla' if the airline tried to stop her from writing a tell-all book about her time at Qantas.

Morgan Stanley has admitted it was wrong on Qantas, upgrading its guidance to “overweight”, as the airline's shares rally for a second day.

The dive in Santos's share price to 10-year lows has turned market attention to the assets the oil and gas producer may consider for sale, as well as whether the whole company could turn into a target for a larger player.

The Australian dollar dropped more than half a cent in short order to crash below 82 US cents, while a rally in energy stocks and miners have helped the ASX 200 snap - just - a six-day losing streak.

The corporate data hack on Sony Corp has been manna from heaven for social media and the celeb-sites that feed it.

Investor fears of much tougher recommendations from David Murray’s Financial Services Inquiry have not come to fruition.

Ten ASX companies have been recognised for their charitable giving with up to 65 per cent of employees at some companies donating to charity on a regular basis.

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.

A Glencore merger with Rio Tinto would be damaging for Australia and ought to be, and very likely will be, knocked on the head by the Foreign Investment Review Board.

The regulator has two months to decide who it wants to upset more: News Corp, or Google and Facebook

BHP Billiton says the company it plans to demerge in 2015 will have global aspirations, despite bestowing it with a name that recognises its focus on the southern hemisphere.

Qantas shares surge after the airline flags a pre-tax underlying profit of $300 million to $350 million for the December half, helped by cost cuts and lower fuel costs.

James Vertzayias may be hanging up his tiny competition briefs.

Santa may come early for shoppers if the department store chains decide to bring forward their end-of-year clearance sales after weeks of patchy trading

The market tumult over the growing risk that Britons will vote to leave the EU may seem irrational, or at least overdone. It's not.

The success or failure of the Murray inquiry's recommendations will depend on the government, the industry and the regulator’s appetite for change.

Treasury Joe Hockey's warnings over the budget helped send the market down.

If the copper price is a forward-looking barometer of economic conditions, its recent movements suggest we’re at something of a watershed moment.