Share tips in a stock market slump
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Victoria Business
Tariff trauma’s personal for NAB chief Andrew Irvine
The boss of big-four bank NAB has more skin in the game than most in Donald Trump’s tariff war. There are also lessons for Australia out of this.
‘Printing cash’: The hidden opportunity in gold price explosion
Gold prices have soared in recent times but there may be a heavily discounted opportunity hiding in plain sight that is literally printing cash, writes ASX Trader.
How looming super changes will impact you
Superannuation changes are on the way, battlelines have been drawn for the election, and experts say it pays to be prepared.
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Fighting fit: BlueScope CEO’s battle plan to cut $200m in costs
Exposed to a trade war on one side and cheap steel dumping by China on the other, the boss of BlueScope goes for attack as the best form of defence.
Sanjeev Gupta targets steelworks break-even by mid-year
GFG Alliance boss Sanjeev Gupta hopes Whyalla will return to break-even by mid-year as rival BlueScope flags a potential interest in the loss-making steelworks.
GFG strikes deal with global creditors
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance will sell all or part of the Tahmoor coal mine for about $800m with the money to flow to creditors of the Whyalla steelworks, and is about to settle its global debts.
Cochlear calls for tax reform to be election battleground
Cochlear chief executive Dig Howitt says tax reform and measures to boost productivity should be an election issue, as his company took a hit from cost of living pressures in the US.
‘I’ve chained myself to my desk’: pharmacy king’s powerhouse plans
Chemist Warehouse co-founder Mario Verrocchi has urged franchisees to ‘stick around’ for five more years under the newly-minted merged firm.
Bigger the better: Batteries giving Origin life after coal
With a brutal bidding war now a distant memory, Origin Energy boss Frank Calabria is opting for an unconventional path in the race to build out clean energy.
China-linked directors to dominate board of lithium firm
Global Lithium’s chair is walking away after repeatedly calling on Australian regulators to intervene and block a group of allegedly ‘associated’ investors from gaining control of the board.
‘Basket case’: Victoria has highest rate of businesses going bust
Victoria has been described as an “economic basket case” as data shows 4.4 per cent of all businesses shut their doors for good last year – the highest of any state.
‘Green shoots’: CBA shows we’ve finally hit a turning point
The banking giant is the closest thing Australia has to a real-time measure of the economy. And big investors are now betting on an important shift coming.
Why claims China controls Aus aluminium sector are wrong
Assertions from a senior Trump spokesman on trade claiming Australia’s aluminium sector is controlled by China is factually wrong, while our share of the US market is modest.
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