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Researchers are seeing the beginning of what could be the most power El Nino event since 1997/98. What does this involve and what does it mean?

Tony Abbott thinks a $1.85b carbon tax will destroy the economy, but a $2.5 billion deficit levy will save us from a 'crisis' and a $5.5 billion hit to the budget to pay mothers to take a 6 month break from the workforce will boost the economy. As a Prime Minister he makes for a great comedian.

The message from the audit report is loud and clear: science, research and education are expenses to be trimmed not investments to be nurtured.

Hire car app Uber has picked a fight with Australia's taxi industry, but the real war is with the nation's business culture.

Macquarie Capital, led by Robin Bishop, has seen its fees from advisory and underwriting rise almost a quarter in its 2014 financial year.

78-year-old Ramsay Health Care founder dies after heart attack while sailing in Spain.

Retailer's Q3 comparable sales lift slightly; total sales slip, miss expectations.

Dividend lower than expected despite surging profit, Moore notes improved global conditions.

Dow closes below all-time highs as data, earnings fail to flatter.

Innovation Investment Fund, Commercialisation Australia could both be scrapped as audit report urges government to take a hands-off approach to the start-up sector.

Revenues remain consistent as more job cuts loom at the computing giant's local arm.

SA senator-elect Bob Day is set to play a surprisingly large role in government affairs, and his vision for middle-class Australia will clash with the proposals outlined in the Commission of Audit.

Bob Day's speech to the Tax Institute of Australia

New data predicts China's economy will overtake the US in purchasing power parity by the end of the year. But there is a vast difference between quantity and quality.

Wall Street turned a blind eye to solid manufacturing and spending numbers as investors await key jobs data.

Many of America's working poor borrow from non-mainstream sources to get by. As Australia gears up for potentially dramatic cuts, the broader economic drawbacks of financial exclusion can't be ignored.