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ASX 200 Ends Wild October With Tiny Loss — But The Month Was Anything But Calm

Friday's Close: The ASX 200 slipped 3.60 points or 0.04% to close at 8,881.90 on Friday, October 31, ending a tumultuous month on a relatively...

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Ibt Staff

Israeli Travel Company Just Bought a Sydney Business for $10 Million — And It's Not Done Yet

The Deal: Israel-based Talma Travel Solutions acquired Sydney's Bay Travel Group for US$10 million (£7.61 million), marking its first move into the...

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Michael Lee

Australia Tables Historic Environmental Reform Legislation Promising Economic Boost And Conservation Balance

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS: KEY INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES: POLITICAL CHALLENGES: STAKEHOLDER POSITIONS: CANBERRA — Australia's center-left Labor...

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Michael Lee

US Oil Giants Pay More Taxes Abroad Than at Home Despite Domestic Production

US fossil fuel giants produce most of their oil and gas domestically but pay billions more in taxes overseas than they do at home because of...

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Retail Safety Crisis: Wesfarmers Reveals Spike In Threats And Assaults On Employees

SYDNEY — Wesfarmers, the Australian conglomerate behind brands such as Bunnings and Kmart, has disclosed that its store employees were subject to...

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Michael Lee

Charter Hall Retail REIT Snaps Up Four Bunnings Stores for A$151 m to Bolster Net-lease Portfolio

SYDNEY — Australian listed property trust Charter Hall Retail REIT saw an opportunity in the hardware sector and acted — acquiring four standalone...

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Michael Lee

Nvidia Becomes First Company to Reach $5 Trillion Valuation as AI Chip Demand Surges

SYDNEY — Nvidia Corporation has made financial history: the company now stands as the first public company ever to cross a US $5 trillion market-...

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Michael Lee

Sweden's EQT Launches A$5.25 Billion Bid For AUB Group In Broking Sector Shake-Up

SYDNEY — Swedish private-equity firm EQT AB has launched a takeover bid for Australia's AUB Group, valuing the insurance broker at approximately...

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Michael Lee

WiseTech Global Offices Raided by Police, Regulators Over Chairman Richard White's Share Trading

Australian logistics software giant WiseTech Global faced a dramatic turn of events on Monday as federal police and financial regulators descended...

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Michael Lee

Melbourne Event Trifecta to Spark $110 Million Business Windfall

MELBOURNE — Melbourne is gearing up for a major economic boost, as a string of three major events is expected to inject approximately A$110 million...

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Michael Lee

China, US 'Can Find Ways To Resolve Concerns' As Negotiators Set To Meet

Beijing and Washington "can totally find ways to resolve each other's concerns", China's commerce minister said Friday, as officials from both...

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Afp News

Anthropic Announces Massive AI Chip Deal With Google

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Thursday it was expanding its use of Google cloud computing and specialized chips in a deal worth tens...

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Trump Pardons Binance Co-founder Changpeng Zhao

US President Donald Trump has pardoned the convicted Binance co-founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, the White House said Thursday, accusing Trump's...

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Lithuanian Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene Resigns Amid Military Spending Dispute

Lithuania's Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene resigned Wednesday following a dispute with the prime minister over military spending in the key NATO...

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Beijing Unveils Ambitious Plan to Dominate Global Tech by 2035

China will develop its high-tech sector on a massive scale in the next decade, top officials vowed Friday, a day after meetings on the country's...

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Isabel Kua