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If you're a business with 20 or more employees, adapting your payroll systems to comply with the government's new electronic SuperStream initiative could take months.

US stocks close flat as solid factory output number offset worries about continued unrest in Iraq.

Ending cartel-style agreements in the building sector will have a high political cost for the Coalition, particularly in NSW, but Tony Abbott must take on these vested interests for the good of Australia.

While there are better or poorer ways that the revenue can be spent, Tony Abbott is right to say the fuel excise is effectively a carbon tax, and his opponents are wrong to deny it.

Wall Street managed to eke out minor gains as tensions in Iraq offset positive data, while European markets closed lower.

Do we really want to work like machines anyway?

The Coalition's federal code of conduct will overhaul the deal-making environment in the construction sector, cutting down on costs. Big resource companies need to wake up to the changes.

Solomon Lew continues haunt the proposed David Jones takeover, while Aquila Resources could have another bid on its hands.

China now has more outstanding corporate debt than any other country in the world. The global debt market is more exposed than ever to the opaque Chinese shadow banking sector.

New research has shown that Americans are at their most divided in a generation. As the left and right grow further apart consensus in Washington will be increasingly hard to achieve.

Warren Buffett is arguably the world's best investor. When the top dog at Berkshire Hathaway took over the investment firm...

With the federal government wanting to lift the retirement age to 70 by 2035, it will be interesting to see in what form, if any, this controversial measure manages to make its way through a hostile senate.

Investors in these blue-chip stocks would have achieved an average 9.3% annual return over the past decade, and at least the value of their initial investment in dividends.

Setting up a new SMSF in pension phase, depreciation deductions, public service super, and more.

The Tax Office made a surprise ruling in 2012, but now it has changed its mind.

A secular bear market is unlikely to end before global debt deleveraging is completed.