IT WAS supposed to be a lighthearted promotion to attract more female customers — but a “hot girls eat free” sign outside a Sydney pub has outraged local women who say it is misogynist, degrades women and is sending the wrong message to their daughters. Source: News.com.au Finance
FEDERAL Treasurer Scott Morrison has made the preliminary decision to block the sale of Ausgrid to a Chinese consortium. Source: News.com.au Finance
AUSTRALIA’S huge natural gas resources will be liberated and secret trading opened up in a plan to bring down household electricity bills. Source: News.com.au Finance
MASTERS stores will close the doors by mid-December, after owner Woolworths decided to pull the plug on its home improvement experiment in a $1.5b three-part deal. Source: News.com.au Finance
THOUSANDS of yoginis and active wear aficionados have queued up for first pickings of lululemon athletica’s warehouse sale. Source: News.com.au Finance
SEVEN West Media predicts it’ll suffer a big drop in earnings in the year ahead, while reporting a 0.9 per cent fall in 2016 full-year underlying profit to $207.3 million. Source: News.com.au Finance
OUTGOING Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens says Australia needs more than monetary policy to fix its budget — claiming vital public debate over potential reforms continues to be derailed by “fairness”. Source: News.com.au Finance
MEDIBANK Private has lifted full-year profit by 46.4 per cent to $417.6 million after expanding margins in its main health insurance business. Source: News.com.au Finance
LABOR today is offering the Government an escape route from its superannuation wrangle with angry back benchers — and it is likely to be rejected. Source: News.com.au Finance
A REBOUND on the sharemarket has delivered Australians strong investment gains, but many mum-and-dad investors are missing out on much of the windfall. Source: News.com.au Finance