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How data is driving the modern gold rush.

Eureka! How data is driving a modern day gold rush

JACKSON HEWETT: The old saying that data is the new oil needs to be updated. Data centres are where the money is flowing.

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MCoBeauty founder Shelley Sullivan founder and Campbell Puckett — or Pookie as has become her internet sobriquet.

Dupes unicorn MCoBeauty sold to Australian billionaire

An Australian-founded cosmetics business looking to break the US market with the help of internet darling Campbell ‘Pookie’ Puckett has been snapped up by a pharmaceuticals billionaire.

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Lab diamonds could affect the value of real gems.

Diamonds may not be forever, thanks to pressure from the lab

Before proposing with a diamond ring this Valentine’s Day it’s worth taking note that lab-grown gems may destroy not only their own value but that of natural rocks, too

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The closure of 205 loss-making stores marks the first major move by Mark van Dyck, who stepped into the CEO role in November. 

Domino’s boss swings axe on more than 200 loss-making stores

New Domino’s Pizza chief executive Mark van Dyck will swing the axe on 205 loss-making stores, the majority in Japan, in a bid to improve profitability.

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An industry body has named the state leading the way in solving a national housing supply crisis.

Best state at addressing housing crisis revealed

Planning reforms, streamlined development approvals and a strong focus on land releases are helping South Australia solve the state's housing shortage.

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The ASX is hovering just under its all-time high ahead of another set of US jobs figures.

Aussie shares hovering near all-time high

The ASX200 was in a holding pattern at midday, up 0.1 per cent ahead of another non-farm payrolls print out of the US.

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Nissan is the subject of takeover bids from Honda and Foxxconn.

Honda merger failure forces Nissan to do the unthinkable

One of the biggest automotive takeovers in history is collapsing, leaving the door open for an Apple iPhone maker to charge into the worldwide EV market.

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Nick Scali is one of the country’s biggest furniture retailers, with 64 stores in Australia and New Zealand.

Nick Scali suffers profit slump as UK business struggles

Shares in furniture retailer Nick Scali have surged to record highs despite it posting a slump in first-half profit, weighed by the poor performance of its newly acquired British chain Fabb.

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S&P has predicted Donald Trump’s tariff plan will reduce growth in the US and Asia.

S&P reveals grim forecast on global impact of Trump tariffs

International ratings agency S&P Global has tallied up the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and the news is not great for the world’s economies.

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Are Trump’s tariff strategies having an unintended consequence?

How Trump is making America China’s chump

Tariffs only buy a country time so its companies can make the necessary changes to compete without walls. Trump’s strategy may actually be turning the US into China’s chump.

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NAB said business conditions held steady in the last three months of 2024.

Trump card could dampen business optimism in 2025

Australian businesses have taken an optimistic view for the next 12 months, boosted by the prospects of interest rate cuts, but it’s too early to tell how Donald Trump’s tariff wars could dampen conditions.

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Since their arrival in Australia, Shein and Temu have taken a large chunk of market share.

Shein, Temu’s growth to stall as Aussie shoppers lose trust

Popular and ultra-cheap Chinese retailers Shein and Temu are tipped to lose customers this year as Australians become increasingly sceptical of the brands’ quality.

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The age at which you can access savings stashed away in your super fund might surprise you.

You can bust open your super at this age. But should you?

Q+A: The age at which you can access savings stashed away in your super fund might surprise you. But just because you can break the piggy bank sooner rather than later doesn’t mean you should. Unless ...

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The President’s people have lots of these.

How Trump’s MAGA wealthy bigwigs made their big fortunes

The president’s new administration will be one of the wealthiest in history.

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