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ASX to slip, CBA trading update pending
Australian shares are set to edge lower, in line with modest moves on Wall Street. Results expected from Orica. News Corp, REA report. Follow updates here.
- 7 mins ago
- Timothy Moore
ASX to slip, S&P 500 finishes little changed
Australian shares are set to open lower. Iron ore slid. The S&P 500 traded in a narrow range. Sweden cuts rate; BoE expected to hold.
- 18 mins ago
- Timothy Moore
- Live
- Need to Know
Hospitals in the south of Gaza only have three days of fuel left
United Nations secretary general António Guterres says a full-scale invasion of Rafah ‘would be a human catastrophe’. Follow updates live.
- 21 mins ago
- Gus McCubbing
ANZ hardens policy against bankrolling oil and gas projects
The bank says it will “no longer provide direct financing to new or expansion upstream” projects, practically ruling out lending to the largest proposals.
- 32 mins ago
- Ben Potter
Green energy firm Hysata raises $172m from big name investors
Hysata says its system is one of the most efficient solutions in the world to produce hydrogen from water.
- 1 hr ago
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
‘The gap below Cartier and Tiffany’: Michael Hill’s luxury play
ASX-listed jeweller Michael Hill has been undergoing a major rebranding exercise.
- Patrick Durkin
Brisbane’s best restaurants for a business lunch
Where to go when you’ve got a deal to discuss, when you want to impress your top client or thank the team – as tested by our reviewers.
- Jill Dupleix
Blackstone wants bigger Australia bet as brighter economy beckons
Jon Gray says the US private capital giant will look to increase its exposure to Australia ahead of what he expects will be an economic upswing.
- James Thomson
What we expect in Tuesday’s federal budget
This week on The Fin podcast, political editor Phillip Coorey on what is likely to be announced in the federal budget and what it means for inflation and interest rates.
Magellan has a curious connection to rolling Magnis Energy disaster
The corporate regulator launched legal proceedings against the EV hopeful last week. It wasn’t the first compliance team to take an interest – in a way.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Energy
We will need new sources of gas
Australia is committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, and we will need gas to get there.
- Madeleine King
BHP’s Anglo bid will turn into a ‘complete mess’: Angus Aitken
The prominent stockbroker has told his clients the strategy to buy the whole company to just get its copper and coal mines “seems crazy to us”.
- Peter Ker
A smarter way to tax high super balances
The government has tried to keep things simple, but in doing so fairness has gone out the window.
- Meg Heffron
The 10 best private dining rooms in Australia
Whether it’s for a corporate event, a birthday, or just because, these venues take a lot of beating for excellent food, top wines and exclusive service.
- Jill Dupleix
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Life & Leisure
Why this wrecked Ferrari is good value at $3m
Apparently, the burnt-out remains of a 1954 Ferrari race car was a bargain.
- Tony Davis
Where to dine for business in Canberra, Darwin, Hobart and Launceston
Where to go when you’ve got a deal to discuss, when you want to impress your top client or thank the team – as tested by our reviewers.
- Jill Dupleix
Trump tax cut extension cost swells to $7 trillion, CBO warns
New estimates from Congress’s fiscal scorekeeper make clear the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts enacted under President Donald Trump.
- Erik Wasson
European stocks hit new record high on flow of solid earnings
European stocks have added 2.1 per cent already this month. Separately, the FTSE 100 also hit a fresh record, lifted by commodities outperformance.
- Macarena Muñoz
Most FTX customers to get all their money back after catastrophic collapse
The collapsed cryptocurrency exchange says it will be able to pay off most of its investors - but the soaring price of bitcoin means they still lose.
- Michelle Chapman
Dutch pension fund giant puts $700m into Sydney build-to-rent start-up
Apt.Residential has won the backing of PGGM, which has committed $700m to the rollout of 2500 apartments.
- Larry Schlesinger
