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Two of Australia’s biggest media companies have joined forces as of Wednesday, with the merger of Southern Cross Media Group and Seven West Media officially completed.

Inflation has moderated but still remains above the Reserve Bank of Australia’s inflation target, sparking fears about a February rate rise. Price pressures eased because there was less demand for hotel stays.

It has been decades since the industry relished foreign-policy entanglements.

The Reserve Bank will keep a keen eye on rent, construction and services costs in 2026's first inflation update as it mulls a rate hike at its next meeting.

Elon Musk must address a flood of ‘appalling’ non-consensual images of women and minors in skimpy clothing created by his X platform's AI chatbot Grok.

Surviving the corporate meat grinder means a CEO must master these new pressures.

Lego has unveiled its most significant evolution in nearly 50 years, an update that provides for tech-powered interactive play but without the need for a screen. 

Mathias-Cormann led OECD announces amendments to tax avoidance strategies to exclude big American-based multinational companies.

SGH says BlueScope’s Australian and North American businesses ‘are not strategically compatible and would benefit as stand-alone businesses under new ownership’.

Bluescope confirmed that SGH and US-based Steel Dynamics submitted a buyout proposal to the BlueScope board in the week before Christmas.

Ikea has vowed to fight a probe by the Australian Taxation Office over claims the Swedish home furnishings giant owes $171 million in alleged unpaid taxes.

Shares in Rio Tinto hit an all-time high on Monday as a big bet on lithium made by Simon Trott’s predecessor looks to be paying off.

Markets have brushed off Donald Trump’s extraordinary intervention into Venezuela, even with the promise of a long-term oil boom in the South American country.

A 40-year oil industry veteran and chief executive has revealed what it would take for the drama in Venezuela to affect petrol prices in Australia.

A new breed of bankers have become the first line of defence against off-shore crooks who pose as online lovers to fleece Australians of their hard-earned cash.