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The experimental personalised cancer vaccine has showed positive initial results in its first-ever late-stage trial, particularly on its main goal of preventing the recurrence of melanoma.

Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics made its stock market debut in Shanghai, with its shares soaring by more than 600 per cent in early trading.

A decision on the massive Papua LNG project is expected in coming months, Santos says, as its forthright boss takes a fresh swipe at the Albanese Government’s domestic gas reservation policy.

THE ECONOMIST: This time won’t be different — except that institutions will be less well placed to limit the damage, reckons Martin Gruenberg.

BHP made a bumper profit from record copper prices and its new chief executive has claimed victory over the unions which infiltrated its iron ore empire in WA.

JB Hi-Fi boss Nick Wells says he has seen a sharp downturn in trading in July as the combined impact of higher interest rates, a poorly received Federal Budget and a cooling housing market kept shoppers away.

Telstra boss Vicki Brady has copped a more than $600,000 penalty for an outage in July that left up to 25 million people without phone coverage.

ANZ’s mortgage application values have fallen 12 per cent since the May Budget as the bank plays down its reliance on home lending and competition for new borrowers intensifies.

Solomon Lew’s popular sleepwear brand Peter Alexander will shutter its three stores in the UK after less than two years, becoming the latest Australian retailer to pullout of the tough British market.

CBA has banked a $10.9b profit, but falling mortgage demand, rising arrears and a retreat by property investors point to a tougher year ahead.

The AAMI and GIO owner paid a record $10b-plus in claims but shareholders will still pocket a special dividend as premiums keep climbing.

Southern Cross Media boss Rohan Lund will step up the company’s growth in digital markets after bedding down a merger and restructure in the opening months of 2026.