FOURTEEN years ago, Alan Bond was a broken man but now he's set to bank billions without even having to put forward his own money.

RATES are expected to remain on hold next week after new business investment figures showed the economy is slowing down.

NAB will cut its mortgage broker commissions and introduce a gradually increasing trail fee in the expectation brokers develop longer-term clients.

THE world's top oil producers are proving unable to put more barrels on thirsty world markets despite sky-high prices, a shift that defies traditional market logic and looks set to continue.

QANTAS chief Geoff Dixon has again threatened to raise airfares and cut more routes if global oil prices continued to climb.