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Hard on the heels of the corporate watchdog reviewing forecasts made by insurance comparison website iSelect in its prospectus, it has taken issue with a prospectus issued by online retail venture iBuy, one of several technology floats slated for the end of the year.

Australian financial markets are expected to open on a softer note on Monday after the lacklustre performance in the US and Europe on Friday.

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Guy Turland has all the ingredients to be a YouTube chef, writes Claire Dunn.

It's a buyer's market when it comes to finding a franchise, so there is every opportunity to ask all the right questions and find a franchise that fits your lifestyle.

The first time the always-smiling d'Arry Osborn was preparing for a wine vintage Japanese forces had invaded Singapore and Humphrey Bogart was appearing opposite Ingrid Bergman in Hollywood's latest blockbuster Casablanca.

GPT Group is expected this week to sweeten its $4 billion takeover proposal for the Commonwealth Property Office Fund, in the continuing bidding war with rival Dexus Property Group.

This year will go down as one that went from the ridiculous to the sublime when it comes to superannuation and self-managed super funds. To make matters worse there has now been a call from sectors of the superannuation industry most threatened by SMSFs to change the government body that regulates them.

Australian financial markets are expected to open on a softer note on Monday after the lacklustre performance in the US and Europe on Friday.

This week's shareholder meeting for Australia's fourth-ranked television broadcaster, Ten, could prove to be more entertaining than any of its recent programming bombs.

Qantas has shelved a project to replace a 26-year-old IT system that supports almost 10 million members of its frequent-flyer program because it would cost another $40 million to complete.

It was a horror week for QBE: $6 billion wiped from its market worth, another large earnings downgrade and a chairman going.

It's been a year of anniversaries: 50 years since The Australian Financial Review became a daily, 30 years since the floating of the dollar, 21 years since the Council of Australian Governments replaced the special premiers' conference and 15 years since the start of the national electricity market.

Former tyre king Bob Jane has been slugged with a $1 million tax bill that could push the beleaguered businessman into bankruptcy.

The multibillion-dollar pathology sector is urging the government to cap the rents it pays to blood collection centres, claiming that hefty payments could put small pathology operators out of business.

Regional banks are urging the government to make lifting the competitiveness of smaller lenders a central goal of the financial system inquiry, saying the probe presents a rare chance to level the playing field.