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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.

The prospect of owning a getaway tunnel used by 1930s gangster Squizzy Taylor was not enough to draw out the bidders at an auction in Richmond at the weekend.

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.

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.

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.

Trading Bitcoins could bleed you dry, the European Union's top banking regulator said as it weighed up whether to regulate virtual currencies.

Signalling a possible break with 40 years of energy policy, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has suggested it may be time for the Obama administration to reconsider the United States' ban on exporting crude oil.

BigDog, Cheetah, WildCat and Atlas have joined Google's growing robot menagerie.

Guy Turland had 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 foreign minister has taken a hammering in the Chinese media this week. If she wants her message to cut through, she'll need to adopt a more sophisticated approach.

Canadian dairy company Saputo has extended its $9-a-share cash takeover offer for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter as it awaits the Takeovers Panel's ruling on whether it has misled shareholders with its revised bid.

With the fireworks of New Year's Day still ringing in their ears, executives from United States consumer goods giant Colgate-Palmolive and Australia's biggest supermarket chain Woolworths met on a summer day in January to discuss the direction of the $500 million laundry detergent industry.

Queensland Motorways will be auctioned off by the Queensland Investment Corporation.

Shares in financing company Silver Chef have plummeted after the company joined other non-bank lenders in downgrading its profit for the full year.

James Packer's casino company Crown is expected to push for lower tax rates on high rollers in response to the Victorian Government's plan to tax its 2500 pokies to the tune of $56 million a year.