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Despite its climate credentials, AustralianSuper is building a stake in Australia’s biggest coal mining outfit.

Australia’s biggest super fund decides it loves coal

AARON PATRICK: After years campaigning for companies to cut Greenhouse gas emissions, AustralianSuper is building a stake in Australia’s leading coal miner.

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Global investors may be underpricing the impact of a conflict between Israel and Iran, market watchers warned on Monday.

Investors shrug off Israel-Iran conflict at their peril

Despite the continued fighting — with hundreds reported dead — global stock markets have sustained positive momentum.

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Oil is currently holding steady but there’s grave fears about what the Iran Israel conflict will mean for the Middle East’s crude production and distribution.

All-out war in Middle East hinges on one seismic event

JACKSON HEWETT: Whether Iran and Israel’s conflict escalates into all-out war may hinge on whether a 2.5-magnitude seismic event near Qom confirms the destruction of Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear site.

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Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher.

Chalmers in the hot seat for Abu Dhabi’s $29b Santos bid

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.

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Japan's Nikkei lost 1.4 per cent and South Korea's KOSPI slipped 1.2 per cent in early trade. (AP PHOTO)

Stocks slide, oil and gold jump after Israel strikes Iran

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.

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All sectors bar health care were in the green, led by strong gains among energy, mining, telco and real estate stocks.

ASX200 climbs even higher into the record books

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.

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Total Tools has doubled in size since it was snapped up by Metcash five years ago.

Metcash bolts together hardware brand under Total Tools flag

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

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A quarterly financial report released last week showed Toys R Us had just $211,000 in cash and cash equivalents at the end of March.

Playtime’s over: Toys R Us collapses again

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

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Does America have what it takes to bring jobs back?

Trump wants America to make things again. Can it be done?

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?

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Donald Trump’s tumultuous trade moves loomed large in the minds of the Reserve Bank board and its governor Michele Bullock.

Trump’s trade war is dominating deliberations for wary RBA

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.

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New Domino's CEO Mark van Dyck.

Domino’s keeps slicing the top brass, this time in Japan

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.

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Traders on Wall Street are pricing in at least two 25-basis-point Fed cuts by the end of the year. (AP PHOTO)

Wall Street closes higher despite investor fears on tariffs

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

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Todd Barlow is the CEO of Soul Patts.

Long-time partners Brickworks, Soul Patts tie knot for $14b

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

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The new and old world of finance are colliding on American markets.

Inside America’s financial clash of the titans

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

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The US Court of International Trade has dealt Donald Trump’s tariff crusade a serious blow.

How US court blew a major hole in Trump’s trade war

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.

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