Ian Verrender

More than two years since the former QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce left the company he has received another bonus, this time totalling nearly $4 million.

The national carrier's annual report shows Alan Joyce will pick up his final bonus — a stash of shares worth millions — on Friday's market.

Figures out today show Australia's economy grew slightly faster than experts had predicted in the June quarter.

The US president has taken another step in his unrelenting campaign to undermine the US Federal Reserve's credibility and install loyalists to the board to deliver him control of US, and by default, global interest rates.

The massive Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers has announced a profit of $2.9 billion, an increase of 14 per cent.

It's the last roll of the dice for what was once one of the country's biggest casino groups, as yet another dispute with exasperated bankers delays a potentially lifesaving deal.

When Jerome Powell let slip that US monetary policy was restricting the economy, Donald Trump unleashed a wave of buying on both stock and debt markets. 

Problem and productivity. It's a pairing that has become inseparable in recent times, given our productivity growth is the lowest in half a century.

The battle for control of oil and gas giant Santos moved up a gear this week after Ryan Stokes, chairman of Beach Energy and son of billionaire Kerry, took a swipe at the Abu Dhabi government's tilt for a large slice of Australia's energy market.

Having dashed hopes for some much-needed respite from cost-of-living pressures three weeks ago, it would be a brave RBA that again denies households a rate cut today.

The corporate regulator dropped a bombshell on stock exchange operator, the ASX, which now faces the prospect of increased competition, against the backdrop of an embarrassing mistake.

We rank amongst the world's richest nations when it comes to personal wealth but, in terms of our economy and particularly its complexity, we sit amongst the world's poorest — and the situation is progressively getting worse.

Stock markets are overcooked and operating dangerously close to the Sun, writes Ian Verrender. 

What do you get when inflation falls at the same time unemployment is rising? Rate cuts. 

There's a great deal riding on the contentious proposal, politically for the Albanese government, personally for Treasurer Jim Chalmers and economically for the nation.

The once almighty American dollar has been falling against almost every major currency ever since Donald Trump became the 47th US president.

There's a lot of money in crypto, but who are the winners in Trump's latest adventure?

Welfare for the wealthy. The battle over superannuation reform.

All bets point to a rate cut today, but housing still remains out of reach.

Qantas has sent emails to customers affected or potentially affected by a cyber attack, but it took two days for any of its senior executives to front the media. 

After just five months in power, US President Donald Trump predictably has driven a wrecking ball through the foundations of American society. In recent weeks, he's re-opened an old front from his first term, the independence of the US Federal Reserve.

This is why the world’s richest people — also known as the 'broligarchs' — are about to get a whole lot richer. 

Virgin has undergone some radical surgery in the five years since it collapsed, and soared on its ASX re-entry, but the risks of investing in airlines remain.

AI is starting to take over the jobs of workers. But it's not the workers you might think. 

Cash offer to Santos from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is understood to be the richest in history. But some are unconvinced the deal will proceed.