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Five years after everything went pear-shaped we give some tips on reviving battered

The Christmas decorations are already up at our local Westfield and Santa even popped by the other day despite it still being November. But he got me thinking about what kind of Christmas this is going to be and, more to the point, who's going to be able to afford it.

Money, money, money - how much do you dwell on the stuff? Excessive desire for money robs people of their humanity, according to the famously frugal Pope, who recently suspended a "bling bishop" for alleged lavish spending.

Your finances weathered the GFC - just - but what, asks Alexandra Cain, do you do now.

Local market falls after Fed's mixed signals and RBA's less dovish minutes.

It is not all misery for resource-service companies as the energy sector primes to pick up where mining left off.

There was a good reason no one listened when Labor warned on sweeping Coalition job cuts. But Tony Abbott has been caught out overlooking figures already in plain sight.

Engineering group warns market conditions are squeezing margins.

The Reserve Bank has again described a worryingly bullish dollar and a possible lower cash rate down the track. Perhaps it's time to do more than talk.

In this video interview with Siemens' Energy Chief Technology Officer, he enthusiastically outlines how a range of technologies including energy storage, LED lighting, solar, more efficient homes, computing power, smart grids, CCS, and wind can lower our carbon footprint while enriching our lives.

New research shows active fund managers are better at predicting short-term changes in stock prices, resulting in better investment decisions. The ASX's discouragement of them may harm the market.

Voelte tells shareholders of 'tremendous opportunities' to increase value of portfolio.

Agribusiness says normalisation of seasonal conditions will aid profitability.

Our market is down half a per cent, extending losses after US markets retreated from all-time highs, with health care the only sector in the black.

Local market follows mostly weaker Wall St leads as RBA jawbones dollar.

Should GPT's takeover bid for CPA be successful, it would add diversity to the group's portfolio at a time when capitalisation rates for office properties are above the historical average.