1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (72+ words) AFR If you told a room full of cautious fund managers in early 2024 that the trade of the year would involve an ugly-cute, teeth-baring monster doll from Beijing, they’d have politely shown you the door. Sentiment towards China then wasn’t…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (88+ words) AFR A little-known energy start-up backed by Japanese giant Sumitomo and Australia’s biggest maker of transformers has unveiled a plan for a $1.5 billion green manufacturing hub in Tasmania with the claim it will be able to supply clean power at…...

3+ hour, 12+ min ago   (90+ words) AFR Melbourne-based builder Kapitol plans to import up to 10,000 modular units from China each year for affordable housing, student accommodation and hotels as local players ramp up their use of prefabrication to reduce high construction costs. Kapitol estimates it can…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (98+ words) The great irrational mispricing is real in commodity markets AFR Time and again we see investors abandon assets at the wrong point in the cycle. Like now, where an under allocation to gold and hard assets is illogical. One of…...

6+ hour, 13+ min ago   (121+ words) Amid the rise of AI, workplaces can provide space other places can’t AFR Artificial intelligence is shaking up offices all over again as AI use on handheld devices – which lets people work at home, while commuting, in bed and even…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (119+ words) The chooks discuss the growing sense of panic inside Australia’s property industry, and look ahead to the next big test for markets. This week on the Chanticleer podcast, James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald examine the growing sense of panic inside…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (93+ words) FedEx workers locked out in major escalation of transport fight AFR FedEx has locked out thousands of its workers after they took part in a massive industry-wide strike over fears of getting replaced by robots, in a sign that the…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (90+ words) AFR Pharmacy Guild president Trent Twomey and his predecessor George Tambassis have agreed deals to buy a handful of pharmacies from the failed Infinity Pharmacy Group, the largest franchisee of the Priceline chain. Twomey and Tambassis, two of the most…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (69+ words) AFR In today’s news, lenders start selling Bathla properties, Luke Sayers sends a lawyer to apologise after settling a dispute with his estranged wife, and it looks like housing won’t go back to “normal”. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (110+ words) AFR Investors are bracing for the global bond storm to wreak havoc on still-elevated share market valuations as a sharp spike in oil prices adds to fears that the Reserve Bank will be forced to tip the economy into recession…...