Business Insider Select: BUDGET 2016: Here's what you need to know

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BUDGET 2016: Here's what you need to know Small businesses and middle income earners get the handouts in a federal budget that promises to control spending growth, make savings and keep chipping away at the deficit.

Justin Hemmes' Merivale Group: Sydney is in danger of regulating itself 'into oblivion' "We have serious concerns about some blanket measures implemented".

What economists are saying about the RBA rate cut - and what the bank will do next Yesterday the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to a record-low level of 1.75% at its May policy meeting.

This BP CFO uses a simple trick to get more ideas out of her team INTHEBLACK: An unconventional career path has helped BP's Brooke Miller approach strategic thinking with a clearer and more targeted purpose.

Only Optus customers will be able to watch the EPL next season Optus has today unveiled the pricing for its 2016/17 English Premier League packages, locking the rights down to just its own customers.

39 programs in the 2016 budget that might surprise you There are some eyebrow-raisers.

The Chinese bidder for S.Kidman likens Australian politics to 'House of Cards' SMH: A Chinese-led consortium has declared it will lob another bid for Australia's biggest private landholding, S. Kidman & Co, but will wait until after the federal election.

5 things you need to know in Australian tech today All tech, all the time.

Everyone's talking about what happened to Ted Cruz's wife during his concession speech #awkward.

People are outraged by the federal budget's internship program which pays $4 an hour (on top of existing payments) Morrison is calling it "real work for the dole".

This is how Uber plans to take over the world Uber wants to be everywhere.

What Australian startups are saying about the 2016 budget Australian startups have delivered mixed reactions to the 2016 budget.

The world's top grammarian fears that this punctuation error is becoming standard English Comma splices may not seem like a big deal, but they are, and they are increasingly so.

BUFFETT: This is the 'time bomb' in the markets Derivatives have Warren Buffett worried.

There's a really shocking plan for when you have to repay HECS debts hidden in the Budget It's been dubbed "alternative model flexibility".

Suddenly, working for a startup is sort of depressing 2016 has become the year of the "unicorpse."

What Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, and 11 other successful people do on weekends For some, the weekend's a sacred retreat from the hustle and bustle of work. Other's use it to get odd jobs done.

Here's a list of the government programs cut in Australia's federal budget The federal budget has cut a raft of programs as part of the government's drive to rein in spending and improve the nation's bottom line.

Shockingly common misconceptions about Islam Islam has been a huge topic in this election cycle. Did you believe any of these common misconceptions?

Jessica Alba's $1.7 billion startup delivered a ferocious response to a recent lawsuit The lawsuit is regard The Honest Co.'s baby formula.

This guy makes flip books using nothing but a hole puncher He doesn't draw a single line.

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