Aussie shares retreat heavily along with the Aussie dollar and cryptos as Trump orders tariffs. A$ hits five-year low. Tariffs biggest trade shock since 1930s: RBC. Cettire “assessing” US tariff changes. Anna Bligh to vacate ABA’s top job.
Former Star Entertainment CFO Harry Theodore will give crucial evidence about how the gaming giant used China Union Pay cards, in ASIC’s looming legal fight against 10 other executives.
Local tech boss Matt Coates expects its new Ballarat office to tempt workers to leave the city for a different lifestyle while doing the same tasks at the organisation.
China has shown the world artificial intelligence can be done on the cheap, opening the door for Australia to catapult itself into a new digital Cold War.
Rivals claim Telstra is ‘taxing’ Australians with expensive mobile phone plans. But Telstra has hit back, saying there is a reason why it charges so much to access its network.
The stock picker will put to test the notion that smarter investing is about backing the ones with skin in the game.
As technology evolves, the majority of things have gotten smaller or at least more compact. But TVs have grown in the opposite direction, now as big as the walls in your home.
Hotelier and rich-lister Jerry Schwartz is poised to take over Sydney Seaplanes, with plans to take the scenic charter flights business more upmarket.
Treasury and Jim Chalmers are using ‘sleight of hand’ concealment tactics to establish one of the most vicious taxes ever conceived by an Australian government – taxing unrealised gains.
The President’s trade assault, which makes no distinction between ally and adversary, is an assertion of US dominance with significant risks.
For a number of years, the Reserve Bank has been operating under a cloud of self-doubt that it should work to throw off.
Through a string of clandestine meetings, the bank’s CEO-elect outlined plans and met with executives, assessing whether to bring in new blood and if those who missed out on the top job remain committed.
BHP has awarded a $40m contract to progress the proposed expansion of its copper smelting and refinery facilities at the Olympic Dam operations in South Australia’s Far North.
New York-based analyst Viktor Shvets says the next decade promises to be the most critical in terms of the transition from today’s capitalism to a yet-to-be-defined alternative system.
The former treasurer is not going anywhere but has come out firing with a plan for the mega super fund to get its mojo back.
An AI chatbot named Lucy has become Barefoot’s go-to for advice, insights, and road trip conversations. Is this the beginning of a beautiful relationship or will it end in tears?
Top players bought in big to the fake meat industry. But, as many companies fail, Burger King’s billionaire boss Jack Cowin remains convinced Australians will want plant-based burgers.
Blackstone says its multibillion-dollar bet on data centres – including its $24bn investment in AirTrunk – still stacks up despite China’s low-cost model DeepSeek rattling global markets.
China outmanoeuvred the US with the launch of DeepSeek. But the US’s biggest tech companies are fighting back to maintain dominance in the AI race.
The personal fortunes of two of the nation’s richest businessmen rocketed by a massive $4bn on paper Friday when investors responded to their tech company beating revenue expectations.
The top investors will tell you that monopolies are the best investments money can buy but as the emergence of China’s DeepSeek shows, assumptions about sectors can be short lived.
Silicon Valley owes its longevity to its ability to pivot and China’s new AI start-up could set it moving in a new direction.
The time has come to offer retirees a set income for life through annuities and it could be done with the help of Australia’s Future Fund.
SMSF investors don’t get the automatic insurance cover offered by Big Super funds, but there are plenty of ways to solve the problem.
The reputation of big super funds hit the rocks in 2024. Here is what needs to happen this year if we want the system to improve.
A court stoush featuring two private school boys, a hit TV show and an old gangster? Throw in some fast cars and rhyming slang and you’ve surely got the makings of a major movie.
Rob Scott was conspicuous by his absence as yet another of Wesfarmers’ dud investments was put to the sword but why he was schmoozing at the Davos world forum is a head scratcher.
Jon Adgemis probably has bigger things on his mind than the loss of his lifestyle trappings, but if you’re in the market for a luxury yacht then the Commonwealth Bank has a deal waiting for you.
Life out of politics for coal-fired-up former PM Scott Morrison is all sunshine now and his plans for 18 rooftop solar panels on his soon-to-be home suggest he’s seen the light.
The McGrath Foundation’s Pink Test is one of the largest charitable sporting events in the world. Now tasked with a greater remit to provide care for all cancer patients, can it continue to grow?
Sacked ABC radio host Antoinette Lattouf has conceded a social media post claiming ‘Gaza is being annihilated hourly’ was controversial, however says it was still a statement of ‘fact’.
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Pilbara gold explorer Artemis Resources has a new leader whose mine finding pedigree augurs well as it targets the next Hemi.
Fuelled by central bank demand and geopolitics, gold prices could surge in 2025. These are BPC’s top gold stocks to watch.
After a run that has seen its market cap surge ~25x in 13 months, antimony darling Larvotto Resources still has more catalysts to come.
A slew of trading updates show consumers are still making discretionary purchases – but with a keen eye for value.
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