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Samsung has launched three new folding smartphones with new AI capabilities that it hopes will become part of daily life, however, analysts warn consumers are not be ready to go for a fold-out mobile offering

US President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on US trading partners with a new round of tariff letters.

Donald Trump set sirens blaring in the biotech industry, but a thorough examination has executives believing the industry remains in rude health.

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

ANDREW HAUSER: As alliances shift and free trade is rolled back, we need a new way of thinking.

The boss of BHP’s most lucrative division is unsure how much damage the Fair Work Commission’s ‘same job, same pay’ ruling will wreak.

THE ECONOMIST: The US is clearly concerned China will try to evade tariffs by serving the American market via the countries Trump has contacted.

The cost of living – and the high cost of housing in particular – isn’t just putting a strain on relationships, it is stopping people doing this.

Qantas customer need to check their emails urgently as the airlines contacts 5.7 million people, confirming dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers and more have been stolen by cyber criminals.

Australia's central bank has left indebted households and businesses waiting longer for much-needed relief with its decision to keep the cash rate unchanged.

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.

ANDREW CARSWELL: There is not much to get you excited in Ellendale, North Dakota, so it seems a strange place for Australia’s own Macquarie Group to invest $5 billion, then again, it doesn’t.

Australian businesses are showing signs of a revival after a rocky start to 2025, with new bank data suggesting conditions are ‘stabilising, if not starting to turn around.’

Business groups have roundly criticised a Fair Work Commission ruling in favour of unions against BHP, as mining and energy companies scramble to figure out what the landmark decision means for them.

Michele Bullock says the Reserve Bank wants to make sure inflation has been “nailed” after defying markets to hold interest rates steady today.