Unemployment is tipped to have lifted slightly in June, though NAB warns the official figures could be weaker than most expect.

Administrator McGrathNicol suggests Dick Smith struggled to compete in a fast-moving sector and focused on expansion at the expense of sustainable growth.

Supermarkets supplier Metcash has endorsed chairman Rob Murray in the face of calls for him to step down over the collapse of Dick Smith.

Cash-strapped West Australians and Queenslanders have pushed personal insolvency figures higher for the first time in five years.

Australian shares have risen more than 0.5 per cent in early trade as sentiment is buoyed by sharp overnight gains in oil and metals prices.

The Australian dollar is marginally lower as the market waits for Chinese government trade balance figures.

A disability support group was fearful of losing funding, an inquiry has heard.

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Economic and political uncertainty will continue to weight on global equity markets.

In China, they get it, QR codes are like money and mobile payments are everywhere

On a recent trip to Shanghai, I saw a person in front of me in a supermarket queue present their mobile phone when asked for payment. The clerk quickly pointed the laser scanner at the phone - blip!- the sale completed. But not thanks to NFC.…

Stocks of interest on the Australian market

Telstra has been forced to modify an ad promoting the Channel Seven Olympics app to distance its involvement with the upcoming games.

Australian firm Catapult helped Leicester win the EPL and the Denver Broncos take the Super Bowl, but it's now looking to tap a much wider market.

Danakali has continues to work on mining license approval for its Colluli mine, with Eritrean Minister of Energy and Mines, Mr Sibhat Efrem visiting the site.

Yonder & Beyond experienced unprecedented increases in orders and revenue for Gophr, with sales up 340% for half year to June 2016.

NetComm Wireless will supply Nokia its fixed wireless devices in relation to their global FastMile initiative.

Information technology listings accounted for more than a third of all IPOs in the first six months of 2016.

Blackham Resources has confirmed the high-grade Matilda mineralised system extends a further 250m down-plunge of previous high grade drill intercepts.

Unsecured Dick Smith creditors will lose more than $260 million, administrator McGrathNicol's Joe Hayes says.

An alleged paedophile left Australia without being questioned by police, a royal commission has heard