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Microsoft says it is investigating an issue affecting its Azure cloud portal that has left users unable to access Office 365, Minecraft and other services.

Wednesday’s surprise inflation data hurt share investors and sent property stocks lower as evidence of more food price rises threatens to sting retailers like Woolworths.

New financial results show further cutbacks, including redundancies, and a resumption of revenue growth helped turn Crown around from an almost $165m loss the previous year.

The Federal Government could be called in to prop up Australia’s biggest aluminium manufacturer.

In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against climate alarmism and appears to have shifted some of his views about climate change.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has slammed Elon Musk’s Grokipedia, mocking its ‘praise of the genius of Elon Musk’ and issuing a warning about the new model.

The Lott have released a top 10 list of things NOT to do after a couple ‘watched in horror as the ticket turned completely black’.

THE ECONOMIST: Donald Trump’s tariffs imposed on aluminium, copper and steel imports have opened vast arbitrage opportunities now being eagerly exploited by metal traders.

Woolworths chief executive Amanda Bardwell has conceded first quarter sales for Australia’s biggest supermarket chain have come in ‘below our aspirations’.

As Australia's biggest aluminium smelter considers shutting up shop, a joint federal and state government bailout has raised eyebrows in another state.

Economists are tipping a lift in inflation, with the latest quarter figures potentially putting a dampener on a possible interest rate cut.

A big four bank warns Australia's inflation rate could surge to its highest level in months, forcing the RBA to abandon any plans for a November rate cut.

The Melbourne-based blood-products company plans to cut $500 million in costs in response to slowing sales growth. Here is what’s behind the drop.

Google is set to revive Iowa’s only nuclear power plant to meet growing low-carbon energy demand from artificial intelligence.

A leading economics professor has explained why Treasurer Jim Chalmers is to blame for higher mortgage rates.