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China's economy slows in July

01 Aug 2024 - More evidence that activity across the Chinese economy slowed in July.

Australia's export surplus cut in half

01 Aug 2024 - Australia finished the 2023-24 financial year with a goods export surplus that was half the size of what it was at the start of last July.

Namoi Cotton battle intensifies

01 Aug 2024 - The battle for control of Namoi Cotton (ASX:NAM) is heating up.

Uber and BYD partner to put 100,000 electric vehicles on the road

01 Aug 2024 - Uber and Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD have announced a multi-year strategic partnership to add up to 100,000 new BYD EVs to Uber's global fleet. The deal is a c…

Stocks of the Hour: ENRG Elements, Antilles Gold, D3 Energy

01 Aug 2024 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move, featuring ENRG Elements (ASX:EEL, OTCQB:EELFF), Antilles Gold (ASX:AAU, OTCQB:ANTMF) and D3 Energy (ASX:D3E).

Rio Tinto cautious on mega-mergers

01 Aug 2024 - Rio Tinto's (ASX:RIO) chief executive, Jakob Stausholm, expressed no urgency in pursuing major mining sector deals, labeling a potential takeover of rival Anglo Ameri…

Fed signals potential September rate cut as inflation eases

01 Aug 2024 - The Federal Reserve has indicated it could start lowering interest rates as early as September, following a decision by US policymakers to maintain borrowing costs at…

Albemarle slams brakes on Australian lithium

01 Aug 2024 - In the past couple of weeks, the outlook for the Australian lithium industry had been looking a little more confident.

Gold's July rally outshines other commodities

01 Aug 2024 - A golden end to July was triggered by Israel's assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran, which sent prices surging close to the unheard-of US$2,500 an ounce level.

Powell hints at potential rate cut

01 Aug 2024 - Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell has lifted expectations for a rate cut after telling his usual post-meeting media briefing that a rate cut was “on the table” at the …

Softer than expected Australian June CPI numbers triggers rally in equities

01 Aug 2024 - From gloom, to boom all in the space of a few minutes from 11.30 am Wednesday as the details of the June quarter Consumer price Index and its monthly indicator for Ju…

Japan ends zero-interest era

31 Jul 2024 - Japan has finally ended a decade or more of a monetary policy experiment that eventually broke the country’s long bout of debilitating deflation and returned price pr…

Retail sales surge hides underlying weakness in Australian economy

31 Jul 2024 - There’s a big warning hidden in June’s seemingly strong retail sales figures (ending the 2023-24 financial year) from the Australian Bureau of Statistics for investor…

China's economy slows further

31 Jul 2024 - The Chinese economy is not in a healthy position, judging by another set of gloomy official activity surveys across the economy for July.

Toyota's global production fall

31 Jul 2024 - A very different tone to the June sales report from Toyota compared with the upbeat March when the company revealed record global sales for the year to March 31 (the …

Stocks of the Hour: Jindalee Lithium, Algorae Pharmaceuticals, Canyon Resources

31 Jul 2024 - A snapshot of the stocks on the move, featuring Jindalee Lithium (ASX:JLL), Algorae Pharmaceuticals (ASX:1AI) and Canyon Resources (ASX:CAY).

Is the party over for big alcohol?

31 Jul 2024 - Man cannot live by beer alone, and the Grog Group certainly can’t survive off the back of big rises in sales of its legendary Guinness products – even if the big gain…

Rio Tinto flat in half-year

31 Jul 2024 - Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) delivered a flat result for the six months to June and maintained its interim dividend for shareholders despite stronger copper returns.

US job market still hot

31 Jul 2024 - Once again US job vacancies have confounded forecasts from economists and analysts who were looking for a slide in the number of openings.

Iron ore slumps again

31 Jul 2024 - It was a rough day for iron ore companies on Wednesday. After the unsettling sale of $1.9 billion worth of Fortescue (ASX:FMG) shares, global prices dipped below the …

Microsoft's strong results ignored

31 Jul 2024 - The stock market reaction (after hours, it must be said) to Microsoft’s quarterly results, with higher revenue and earnings, should make you wonder if you’ve wandered…

Perseus delivers strong results, eyes another record year

31 Jul 2024 - African-focused gold miner, Perseus (ASX:PRU), is looking for another solid year after seeing gold production top half a million ounces for the year to June, with rev…

IGO overhauls for lithium focus

31 Jul 2024 - IGO (ASX:IGO), the Perth-based lithium and waning nickel miner, is intensifying its strategy revamp ahead of its reveal in late August.

Gold demand soars

31 Jul 2024 - Wealthy families and individuals concerned about US government debt levels likely drove a record surge in gold demand during the second quarter, according to an indus…

BHP snaps up South American copper projects

30 Jul 2024 - As we reported two weeks ago, BHP (ASX:BHP) has gone ahead with a deal with Canada’s Lundin Mining to take control of two South American copper projects.

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