Mining giant BHP says it is "deeply sorry" for underpaying nearly 30,000 current and former employees more than $430 million since 2010.
In the US, the House of Representatives has passed a bill to suspend the government's $US31.4 trillion debt ceiling, easing the jitters of the global economy and resulting in the Australian share market finishing higher.
Look back on Thursday's financial news and insights as it happened with our blog.