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Supply chain CommentsPremiumWA Govt investigating shipping route to protect WA goods

The State Government is investigating the feasibility of a new shipping service between the east coast and Perth to avoid the supply chain chaos that left WA supermarkets bare earlier this year.

Peter Law

MarketsPremiumUS shares rise on megacap growth stocks

A dip in US Treasury yields sparked interest in megacap growth stocks on Monday, driving the Nasdaq higher.

Staff Writers

Strong responseCommentsPremiumTNG hits back against dissident shareholders

TNG has hit back against a group of disgruntled shareholders who have called for the removal of long-serving managing director Paul Burton and chairman John Elkington from the board.

Stuart McKinnon

Long awaitedPremiumThunderbird is nearly go for Sheffield

Sheffield Resources is on the verge of a final investment decision on its long-delayed Thunderbird mineral sands project in the Kimberley after securing a $US110 million project financing agreement with Orion.

Stuart McKinnon

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BHP’s OZ Minerals takeover would recover abandoned WA find

BHP dumped its West Musgrave nickel in remote WA in 2014. Now the project is front and centre of the mining giant's push into ‘forward facing’ minerals.

Sean Smith

Locked inPremiumBeach agrees on terms for LNG supply from Waitsia to BP

Beach Energy has agreed on financial terms with oil and gas giant BP for the supply of LNG from its Waitsia joint venture gas project near Dongara.

Stuart McKinnon

MarketsPremiumASX edges higher on oil, mining gains

The strength of Australia's commodities sector has helped propel the ASX to a fresh two-month high, even if the day's gains were a modest five points.

Derek Rose

MarketsPremiumWorld shares recover after US jobs report

Euro STOXX gains 0.8 per cent; Wall Street set to gain; Markets narrow odds on 75 bp hike ahead of US CPI; Dollar falls; Oil down after earlier gains.

Tom Wilson

MarketsPremiumWall St mixed as rate hike fears resurface

US stocks have closed mostly lower as investors digested the results of the country's latest jobs data.

Noel Randewich and Devik Jain

Solid growth expectedPremiumMajor companies set to reveal impact of costs, inflation

Australian investors will soon gain a better understanding of how some of the country’s biggest corporations are navigating cost pressures, labour shortages and slowing consumer demand.

Derek Rose

Potential warning signsPremiumWarren Buffett follows an age-old business adage

US billionaire’s conglomerate reported $5.5b in purchases in the June quarter, though analysts say it’s “in a little bit of a tough spot right now”.

Max Reyes

MarketsPremiumWall St mixed as rate hike fears resurface

US stocks have closed mostly lower as investors digested the results of the country's latest jobs data.

Noel Randewich and Devik Jain

Rate hikes PremiumLiving in the ‘70s: Australia’s economy in ‘unusual’ time

Though the RBA is hiking rates at a level not seen since the first Sony PlayStation was released, there are few similarities between the economic situations of 2022 and post-recession 1994.

Adrian Lowe

Green dealCommentsEuropean Lithium soars on BMW partnership

Shares in Tony Sage’s European Lithium lifted after the company announced it would partner with BMW to supply its first offtake of battery grade lithium hydroxide. 

Danielle Le Messurier

Changing climateRio Tinto eyes move into renewable energy

Rio Tinto is eyeing a move into renewable energy generation and supply to meet its own emissions reduction targets and capitalise on commercial opportunities as the world seeks to decarbonise.

Stuart McKinnon

Enhanced capabilitiesPremiumAustal delivers $54m patrol boat to Australian Navy

Shipbuilder Austal has delivered a second patrol boat worth more than $50 million to the Royal Australian Navy.

Cheyanne Enciso

Big finishPremiumCannon-Brookes’ Atlassian ends year on a high

Investors have applauded a surge in revenue reported by Australian software giant Atlassian and news that it has lured a senior Microsoft executive into its ranks.

Daniel Newell

MarketsPremiumASX200 finishes up 0.6pct, at 2-month high

The ASX200 index has closed above 7000 for the first time since June 9 after rising 1.0 per cent this week.

Derek Rose

‘Immediate value’CommentsPremiumISS supports Pfizer’s $179m takeover offer for ResApp

A UK-based proxy advisory firm has backed Pfizer’s new 20.8¢-a-share offer for ResApp Health, saying it represents a “significant premium” to the target’s share price before the bid was made. 

Danielle Le Messurier

‘Contrary to fact’Twitter rejects Elon Musk’s ‘hoodwinked’ claims

"That story is as implausible and contrary to fact as it sounds," Twitter says of Elon Musk's claims he was hoodwinked into signing a $US44 billion merger deal.

Noeleen Walder and Tom Hals

MarketsPremiumWall St ends mixed ahead of payrolls data

US stocks have closed mixed as energy shares slid following a drop in the price of oil.

Sruthi Shankar and Medha Singh

Inflation fightPremiumBoE raises rates by the most since 1995

The Bank of England unleashed its biggest interest-rate hike in 27 years as it warned the UK is heading for more than a year of recession under the weight of soaring inflation.

David Goodman & Libby Cherry

‘Very serious’ claimsPremiumTop WA barristers in frame amid hostile takeover stoush

Top WA barristers Tom Percy and Robert Richter are fighting serious allegation as Metalicity pursues share seizure action against investors in target company Nex Metals.

Neale Prior

MarketsPremiumSterling falls as BoE eyes long recession

The Bank of England has made its biggest interest rate hike since 1995 in a bid to quell inflation, leading sterling to fall as it predicted a long recession.

Huw Jones