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Can an exercise likened to a cult and linked to very serious health risks still be beneficial? Freelance writer <b>Sally Whyte</b> donned the lycra to find out.

Crossfit craze: worthy exercise, or cult?

Can an exercise likened to a cult and linked to very serious health risks still be beneficial? Freelance writer Sally Whyte donned the lycra to find out.

Markets closed flat locally and overseas, as a quiet week continues in the US.

Morning Market Report

Markets closed flat locally and overseas, as a quiet week continues in the US.

Gina Rinehart is putting her clout behind the small business cause <em>SmartCompany</em> journalist <b>Yolanda Redrup</b>.

Gina Rinehart: Australia’s small business expert?

Gina Rinehart is putting her clout behind the small business cause SmartCompany journalist Yolanda Redrup.

Virgin shareholders are as incensed by Virgin's capital-raising as rival Qantas -- though for very different reasons.

Qantas finds an unlikely ally in small Virgin shareholders

Virgin shareholders are as incensed by Virgin's capital-raising as rival Qantas -- though for very different reasons.

Mining magnate Nathan Tinkler was our youngest billionaire, and our briefest. In this extract from <em>Crikey</em> journalist Paddy Manning's book, out this week, we look at Tinkler's spectacular fall from grace.

How Nathan Tinkler lost almost $1 billion in two years

Mining magnate Nathan Tinkler was our youngest billionaire, and our briefest. In this extract from Crikey journalist Paddy Manning's book, out this week, we look at Tinkler's spectacular fall from grace.

Noticed a rush in selling in agribusiness? Business types have their eyes on forecasts of hot weather and low rainfall. The early signs of drought are already in some companies' profit forecasts.

Here we go again: signs of drought prompt agribusiness sell-offs

Noticed a rush in selling in agribusiness? Business types have their eyes on forecasts of hot weather and low rainfall. The early signs of drought are already in some companies' profit forecasts.

Leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership documents show the US is pushing for unprecedented penalties for those (like journalists) who expose trade secrets. Will Australia go along with the proposal? ANU College of Law associate professor <b>Matthew Rimmer</b> looks at what's at stake.

The US' trade secrets demands and what they mean for journos

Leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership documents show the US is pushing for unprecedented penalties for those (like journalists) who expose trade secrets. Will Australia go along with the proposal? ANU College of Law associate professor Matthew Rimmer looks at what's at stake.

Documents obtained by WikiLeaks indicate the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal would put local industry at the mercy of America's copyright and IP laws. Could this hurt Australia's capacity to innovate in business?

Secretive trade deal spells disaster for IP, copyright

Documents obtained by WikiLeaks indicate the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal would put local industry at the mercy of America's copyright and IP laws. Could this hurt Australia's capacity to innovate in business?

Climate change is not a secondary social concern to businesses, it is a catastrophic change that will fundamentally alter business as we know it. <b>Ian Dunlop</b> explains why he is taking the fight to BHP.

Ian Dunlop: why I am nominating for the board of BHP Billiton

Climate change is not a secondary social concern to businesses, it is a catastrophic change that will fundamentally alter business as we know it. Ian Dunlop explains why he is taking the fight to BHP.

Business types have been queuing up to laud their economic prospects under Tony Abbott. Look a little closer and you'll find they're not telling the full story. <em>Crikey</em> takes away the punchbowl.

Business chiefs are gilding the lily on Abbott's economy

Business types have been queuing up to laud their economic prospects under Tony Abbott. Look a little closer and you'll find they're not telling the full story. Crikey takes away the punchbowl.