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Amber PlumDeputy Business Editor

Amber Plum has been Deputy Business Editor at The Australian since 2018, after joining the masthead in 2016. She was previously a European correspondent and deputy editor at Business Spectator.

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THINKSTOCK ONE TIME ONLY Hand holding euro notes (clipping path included)

European stocks lift ahead of Fed

Investors were upbeat ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision, while eurozone bank lending picked up.

Mike Bird

Technology

Nintendo profit hit by yen

The electronics company’s first-quarter loss was larger than analysts had expected.

Takashi Mochizuki

UPDATEDMarkets

Stocks end mixed, miners surge

The local benchmark has ended little changed, but materials jumped 2 per cent.

Daniel Palmer

Markets

Rear view of frustrated stock trader looking at the financial graphs

Rally to stall: Credit Suisse

Current local market euphoria is unlikely to last through the third quarter, says Credit Suisse.

Daniel Palmer

Markets

Stacks of Australian one dollar coins. Focus on front coin.

Dollar falls as rates, Japan eyed

The local unit has lost ground as inflation data adds to RBA pressure, while Japan eyes fresh stimulus.

Daniel Palmer

Tablet

Campbell Brothers CEO and managing director Greg Kilmister in lab at their Stafford laboratory in Brisbane.

Target ALS warns of slide in profit

The analytical services provider says timing of its entry into oil and gas “could not have been worse”.

Daniel Palmer

Markets

Australian $1 sits over a 50c coins in generic image of Australian currency money.

Dollar lifts as greenback softens

The local unit was higher in late trade, as investors squared positions ahead of tomorrow’s inflation print.

UPDATEDMarkets

Stocks eke out minor gain

The local market has defied energy sector weakness to close marginally in the black.

Daniel Palmer

UPDATEDThe World

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits to address a group of lawmakers from the ruling party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 22, 2016. Parliament voted 346-115 to approve the national state of emergency, which gives sweeping new powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had been accused of autocratic conduct even before this week's crackdown on alleged opponents. Erdogan has said the state of emergency will counter threats to Turkish democracy. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Erdogan shuts schools, charities

The Turkish President has closed thousands of institutions in his first decree since imposing a state of emergency.

The World

A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Manbij, held by the Islamic State (IS) group, as they encircled the town cutting off the jihadists main supply route between Syria and Turkey. IS lost control of a vital supply artery when the troops completely surrounded the town of Manbij, at the heart of the last stretch of territory along Turkey's border still under the jihadists' control. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN

IS shuns Manbij withdrawal

The jihadist group has rebuffed an offer for its fighters to withdraw safely from the Syrian city.

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