Oliver Curtis to appeal insider trading conviction and other top stories.

• Oliver Curtis to appeal insider trading conviction

  

  Oliver Curtis being led into a police van after being found guilty of insider trading last month. James Brickwood Convicted insider trader Oliver Curtis has appealed his conviction in a bid to get out of jail.On Thursday afternoon, three weeks since his incarceration, Curtis filed a notice to appeal his conviction with the Court of Criminal Appeal.Curtis was found guilty of insider trading and was sentenced to a minimum one year in jail. He is ..

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• Housing market has softened but remains positive; Vic, Qld strong: NAB

  

  Housing market has softened but remains positive; Vic, Qld strong: NAB Posted July 15, 2016 15:36:41 A new report from NAB shows sentiment towards the housing market has softened but remains positive, with properties in Victoria and Queensland expected to have the highest returns over the next two years as prices in Western Australia continue to fall.Average survey expectations were for 0.7 per cent growth in national house prices for the quarter.Over the next two yea..

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• The chairman of Surfstitch is gone

  

  The first chairman of SurfStitch is stepping down as the troubled online clothing retailer restructures its management. A short time ago, the company’s shares were up 2.7% to 19 cents, off a low of 18 cents but well below the 12 month high of $2.13. Howard McDonald, who became chair when the company listed two years ago, is retiring at the end of this month. “The last four months since the surprise departure of the former CEO (Justin Cameron) have been highly challenging for management,” he sa..

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• Coast unlikely to get high-speed fix

  

  AS SYDNEY and Melbourne populations start to entertain the possibility of high-speed rail one day becoming a reality, the same can't be said for the Coast. Land deals have been secured for the $200 billion private sector project to deliver high-speed rail spanning Sydney to Melbourne. While there is encouragement for similar possibilities to be explored on the Sunshine Coast, it's unlikely there would be any real push until population levels increased significantly. That's the view o..

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• Atlassian buys tiny start-up Statuspage

  

  Atlassian co-founders Scott Farquhar (left) and Mike Cannon-Brookes with President Jay Simons during the opening bell ringing ceremony before their IPO last year. Trevor Collens Atlassian, the $5.7 billion business software company that snuck in its much-anticipated IPO at the tail end of 2015, just bought the tiny start-up StatusPage in its first acquisition since going public.Atlassian notably has a pretty good track record with acquisitions. ..

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• Investors take the quest for yield all the way to the banks

  

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• Deutsche slashes Qantas profit outlook

  

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• Budget Finance and Evolution Finance found guilty of 106 charges

  

  Budget Finance and Evolution Finance found guilty of 106 charges ROB STOCK Last updated 14:46, July 15 2016 FOTOPRESS Allan Hawkins from Cynotech says its is too early to decide if the judgment against two of his finance companies will be appealed. Two finance companies have been found guilty on 106 charges of misleading debtors that they could make repossessions and add interest they..

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• Whitehaven shares, shipments soar

  

  Whitehaven Coal shares were the market's biggest mover on Friday, after achieving a 44 per cent surge in shipments for the year to June 30.The miner revealed it had met its annual production targets, but in less positive news, the premium it receives for its higher quality thermal coal has  reduced over the past year. The premium Whitehaven's thermal coal sells at has reduced over the past year. Photo: Robert Rough The rapidly expanding miner produced 19.7 million tonnes of saleable coal..

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• Chinese tourists spend record amounts but Australian retailers risk missing the boom

  

  Chinese tourists spend record amounts but Australian retailers risk missing the boom Posted July 15, 2016 16:59:00 On a cold winter morning, dozens of Chinese tourists in a tour group gathered at Circular Quay in Sydney's picturesque harbour before heading out for a shopping spree. Micky Hu, a tourist from Nanjing in eastern China, planned to buy duty free before she left Australia and she knew what she was looking for."Ugg and sneakers or clothes or bags... we can se..

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