The $8.6 trillion bank tweak that risks sparking the next financial crisis
The Trump administration is poised to make the biggest financial shake-up since the 2008 recession, and it could lead to a lot of trouble.
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Continue ReadingSustainable luxury sails into new Docklands hotel
A new hotel stitches together Melbourne’s rich maritime history in a highly sustainable design.
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Continue ReadingThe damaging impact of ‘fake positivity’
It isn’t healthy for anyone to avoid realistic emotions and paint everything with the “positivity brush”.
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Continue ReadingAustralia’s population has been getting younger. But it won’t last
Sydney and Melbourne are helping to turn around a five-decade trend towards an ageing Australian population.
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Continue ReadingThe country where 76 per cent of cars sold are electric
Subsidies, hydroelectricity and a manufacturing powerhouse neighbour are moving the cars into Nepal faster than almost anywhere else.
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Continue ReadingTesla ordered to pay more than $US200m in Autopilot crash case
The decision by a Miami jury ends a four-year-long case remarkable not just in its outcome but that it even made it to trial.
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Continue ReadingRio2 gold project in Chile on track for 2026 start
Rio2 Ltd’s Fenix Gold Project in Chile is 41 per cent complete, on budget at $56.4M spent and has recently received a US$50M third prepayment from Wheaton Precious Metals. First gold is set for January 2026.
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Continue ReadingASX Runners of the week: Oliver’s, Black Dragon, BSA Ltd & Beforepay
Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Oliver’s Real Food, after the company unveiled a profitable quarterly for its health food products improving on last quarter’s losses.
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Continue ReadingThe move that has killed off Friday night drinks
For countless generations, workers celebrated the end of the week by heading to the local watering hole.
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Continue ReadingWhy a Chinese mega-dam has taken the gloss off CBA’s lofty share price
The two biggest sectors of the ASX moved in opposite directions last month and construction of a 1.2 trillion yuan reservoir in Tibet is part of the reason why.
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Continue ReadingBanks weigh on ASX as Trump unveils latest tariff move
The Australian sharemarket closed in the red as shares fell across the region in response to the US president’s sweeping tariff announcements.
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Continue ReadingIs there such a thing as having too much fun at work?
Sometimes, what’s fun for one person is not fun at all for someone else.
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Continue ReadingStar back on the brink as Brisbane casino deal collapses
Star’s financial position has become even more precarious after the deal that helped it stave off financial failure, earlier this year, collapsed on Friday.
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Continue Reading‘No conflicts of interest’: Eric Trump eyes $570 million windfall from four-month-old company
The Trump family’s push into cryptocurrency is paying off in spades but the White House denies there is any conflict of interest.
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Continue ReadingEastern suburbs moguls call time on north shore
The Neutral Bay site has approval for a luxury apartment and retail suite development.
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Continue ReadingIt’s hard not to hate investors when the property game we play is unfair
It shouldn’t take luck – having the right parents (and grandparents) – to buy a house.
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