Markets

A Middle Eastern oil company’s $29 billion bid to buy Australia’s Santos will be a “huge opportunity” for the Federal Labor Government to extract domestic gas concessions, a top analyst has declared.

Asian shares have fallen and safe havens such as gold have risen along with oil following news that Israel launched a military strike on Iran.

The Australian share market has pushed higher into uncharted territory, following a jump on Wall Street in the US overnight that was fuelled by hopes of a positive outcome from US-China trade talks.

Metcash is knocking up a new plan to reinvigorate its hardware division, with moves to bring two groups under the one pergola.

Toys R Us has collapsed into administration amid desperate recaptialisation efforts to right the beleaguered retailer.

Trump’s tariffs have upended supply chains, walloped businesses and focused the minds of corporate leaders on one question: Does America have what it takes to bring jobs back?

JACKSON HEWETT: The central bank’s minutes revealed that economic forecasting has rarely been more complex, given the range of possible outcomes a trade war could unleash.

Domino’s Pizza has announced yet another shake up among its leadership ranks, this time focused on turning around the fast-food giant’s ailing Japanese market.

US stocks have closed higher despite investor concerns about US President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

Investment house Washington H. Soul Pattinson has secured a $14 billion deal to snap up diversified industrial group. Brickworks.

The new giants of Wall Street are breaking down old boundaries.

The US Court of International Trade’s move to block Donald Trump’s tariffs will spark all-out lawfare. To use an American expression, Australians should be rooting for the judiciary.

Boeing’s reputation for reliability in recent years has been earned by its ability to generate unwelcome news. So the first few months of 2025 have come as something of a relief.

‘ESG wasn’t a political slogan,’ one expert told an investment conference. ‘It wasn’t for regular, ordinary people.’

China’s leaders believe they can outwit American cash and utopianism.