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If you’re a homeowner, here’s how much extra you’ll need to find each month after the March interest rate hike.

Australian retailers are facing a hit to second-half earnings as rising fuel prices crunch household budgets, expectations of interest rates rises and consumer confidence starts to deteriorate.

Mortgage holders have been slapped with another 25 basis point rate rise from the Reserve Bank, with governor Michele Bullock hinting aggressive monetary policy tightening could spark a recession.

Rio Tinto and BHP have emerged victorious from a lengthy US court battle against what President Donald Trump had branded ‘radical left’ opposition to the mining majors’ unrelenting copper hunt.

Australian trade unions are calling for higher taxes on energy companies, but professional investors say the war has proven how reliant on fossil fuels the world still is.

Shortages of fuels and chemicals threaten industries from farming to pharmaceuticals.

The consumer watchdog has hauled in petrol companies and motoring groups to get to the bottom of fuel price spikes amid the war in the Middle East.

Some of Australia’s biggest fuel retailers, including Ampol, 7-Eleven, and BP, have been hauled into a meeting with the consumer watchdog.

US stocks have closed higher, buoyed by a rebound in technology firms' shares. This major Nvidia announcement played a key part in confidence returning.

Financial crime regulator AUSTRAC and Australia’s big banks are scrambling to share information about organised crime home loan scams that could be worth as much $1 billion. 

Fuel retailers will face a ‘compliance blitz’ from both State and Federal levels amid widespread concerns over price gouging. Here’s what that means.

Guzman y Gomez co-chief executive Hilton Brett will cut his workload as he prepares for a kidney transplant later this year, leaving a question mark over the company’s leadership in Australia.

Australian home borrowers could be hit with a number of rate rises this year, sending the Reserve Bank cash rate to a level last seen in 2011.