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By assuming operating control of east coast’s Australia most important energy source from ExxonMobil, Woodside takes responsibility for the Bass Strait gas production assets and associated gas plants.

Investors are starting to call for the luxury conglomerate to break itself apart.

US tariffs on incoming goods look to be settling in only slightly less than what Donald Trump had threatened in April, but the difference has been enough to ease some of Wall Street’s worst recession fears.

Despite being America’s most powerful economic equivalent, the European Union has become the latest trade war target to capitulate to the President’s demands.

The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan is higher following a trade deal between the United States and EU.

JACKSON HEWETT: Australia’s smelters are failing — but their waste could be a national security goldmine.

The ASX 200 hit an all time high last week, but is the momentum starting to fade?

Burgundy Diamond Mines has blamed weak prices for the layoffs at the Ekati mine in Canada’s Arctic Circle, which was acquired from BHP by the junior for more than $200 million in early 2023.

Shares on the ASX have jumped after an unexpected rise in unemployment boosted confidence of a September interest rate cut.

US stocks have closed mostly lower as investors digest economic data and earnings results.

Asian stocks have dipped after Wall Street futures fell, as US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 30 per cent tariffs on imports from the EU and Mexico kept investors uneasy.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Donald Trump’s evolving tariffs regime are injecting an ‘unnecessary element of uncertainty, unpredictability and volatility in the global economy’.

JACKSON HEWETT: Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock has joined her global peers in adopting caution in keeping rates on hold, as turmoil in the RBA ranks sparks division.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has enlisted three battle-hardened business veterans to probe governance and risk management at stock exchange operator ASX Ltd.