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Yanis Varoufakis believes with a passionate intensity that the Greeks can't leave the euro. But he has a clear plan that could benefit both Greece and Europe.

US stockmarkets were mixed after the Federal Reserve reiterated it would be 'patient' in raising interest rates, while Apple's record profits buoyed European tech stocks.

Morgan Stanley looks to divest its Investa property platform, while education firms scramble to pick up assets from crisis-hit Vocation.

As commodity prices plunge, conditions in the mining industry have toughened, but one family business is going from strength to strength.

Multigenerational family businesses are a rarity, with many floundering after the founding generation. But there are ways for firms to buck the trend.

Consensus opinion sees the euro weakening further against the US dollar. But there's a chance a corrective rally is on the cards.

The German Chancellor and the newly elected Greek Prime Minister are locked in a high-stakes game of chicken. Who will blink first?

Not that many years ago, subprime loans almost brought down the global economy. The financial world collectively vowed to never again go overboard advancing money to people considered unlikely to pay it back. But in the U.S., some forms of subprime are on the rise again, primarily in auto loans and also in small-business lending.

Australian 3-year bond yields have hit an all-time low today as buyers continue to search for safe income. Yields a short time ago were at 1.985%.

The ECB announced full-blown quantitative easing (QE) on 22 January, by confirming that it would inject up to €1 trillion into the eurozone economy through the purchase of eurozone government and corporate bonds. The programme will run at the rate of €60bn a month (including the existing ABS and covered bond programmes) until the end of September 2016 or until there is sustained improvement in inflation and inflation expectations.

European and international authorities are facing a revolt from the Greek new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras. Markets have woken up to Greek nuclear risk. Bank stocks on the Athens exchange have crashed 44pc since Alexis Tsipras swept into power this week with a mandate to defy the European power structure.

Despite the surprise decision by the Bank of Canada to cut interest rates this week, the case for a corresponding Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate cut at its next policy meeting on Tuesday, February 3 is not especially strong. BetaShares view is based on several factors - the most important of which is that the labour market could already be turning around.

Investors in term deposits should be on high alert if facing 'rollover' of their funds - you could be trapped into long-term low rates.

Renting out one room in an investment property, more on withdrawing a super lump sum and commuting a pension.

Failing to attain international exposure continues to cost SMSFs big bucks. Here are three ways you can do it easily.

The investment bank is advising wealthy clients to stay in US equities.