Boeing jumps on progress towards China approval of 737 MAX; US President Biden steps up measures to battle Omicron variant.
Stephen Culp
BHP will go ahead with the long-awaited collapse of its awkward dual-listed corporate structure in a move the mining giant says will reduce duplication and make its internal processes more efficient.
Stuart McKinnon
There was plenty of takeover action on the ASX, with an epic bidding war erupting between retail giants.
Rebecca Le May
Perth-based equity investment fund Katana Asset Management has recruited Ledge Finance founder Phil Botsis to help grow its brand and investor network.Â
Danielle Le Messurier
Data from tax advisory firm BDO has revealed who emerged the victor as Australia rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kim Macdonald
Solomon Lew, the billionaire retailer behind many of Australia’s best-known fast fashion brands, won’t name the factories that make them, despite modern slavery concerns.
Catie McLeod
Struggling miner Dacian Gold has gone back to the well again, this time for $20 million as it looks to reposition its troubled Mt Morgans project for steady annual gold production.
Rising Chinese real estate shares have helped improve the mood on Asian share markets but the Omicron variant and Fed tapering talk have weighed on gains.
Alun John
The Fair Work Ombudsman is taking legal action against Coles, which is accused of underpaying thousands of workers by more than $115 million.
Georgie Moore
A tough week for investors on the ASX was not looking like improving after the US Federal Reserve aired more concerns about inflation not easing.
Steven Deare
The High Court has refused Apple's application for special leave to appeal a judgment that keeps a landmark monopoly case against it on Australian soil.
AAP
Liontown Resources has locked in $450 million in a placement to fund the bulk of its flagship Kathleen Valley lithium project near Leinster.
Credit ratings agency S&P Global has confirmed it will downgrade BHP after it completes its petroleum merger with Woodside because the resources giant will be slightly less diversified.
The powerful Pharmacy Guild has suggested that Woolworths’ sale of cigarettes and its remaining interests in pubs and pokies makes it an unsuitable owner of pharmacies group API.
Sean Smith and Daniel Newell
Chalice Mining’s monster polymetallic find near Toodyay looks like getting bigger after the company reported a new zone of shallow high-grade mineralisation to the west of its initial Gonneville find.
US investment giant Blackstone has been given a chance to again lift its offer for takeover target Crown Resorts, which has rejected a sweetened bid for the embattled gaming operator.
Concerns about the Omicron variant and the US Fed chair's comments on rising inflation have left the major US stock indices in the red.
Devik Jain, Ambar Warrick and Sinead Carew
Perth investors have jumped into ETFs, with some platforms reporting tens of thousands more customers in the space of a year.
Adrian Lowe
Liontown Resources will enter offtake, pricing and financing negotiations for its Kathleen Valley lithium project near Leinster from a position of strength after flagging a monster $490 million equity raising.
The Worldwide Cost of Living is a twice-yearly survey conducted by EIU that compares more than 400 individual prices across 200 products and services in 173 cities. Did any Australian cities make the list?
Vicky McKeever
The ASX curiously slipped after better than expected GDP figures, but miners helped limit losses inflicted by stocks, including Coles and Woolworths.
Citi says there is better value in other iron ore miners after FMG’s strong recovery.
Sean Smith
Northern Star Resources has underlined its intention to grow its business in North America after striking a $C154 million loan agreement that could see it take a 50 per cent stake in a gold project in Canada.
Asian stocks have recovered from their lowest level in a year but investors continue to look warily at the Omicron variant and the US Fed's signals on rates
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