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- AI
This time is different. Why we must conquer AI before it conquers us
The new tech is both boom and doom. The sudden purge of jobs by Australia’s tech giants is scary, yes, but that’s precisely why we have to master it.
- Toby Walsh
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The week AI came for Australian jobs
There’s no doubt the new tech will reshape workforces, the question is how the transition will be managed and who bears the cost.
- David Swan
- Updated
- World markets
ASX slips after Trump tariffs drama; banks and tech shares slide
The Australian sharemarket lost ground as investors digested the implications of the latest developments regarding US President Donald Trump’s trade war.
- Staff reporter
- Updated
- World markets
ASX rises as banks and miners jump, while Wesfarmers falls
The Australian sharemarket hit a new high on a bumper day for the reporting season.
- Staff reporter
- Updated
- World markets
ASX closes higher for third day straight as NAB jumps; Santos cuts jobs
The Australian sharemarket ended the day in the green as investors digested a raft of company results, with National Australia Bank jumping after a trading update.
- Staff reporter
- Updated
- World markets
ASX bounces to 50-day high as CBA, AGL soar
Shares in Commonwealth Bank bounced after it revealed a $5.4 billion half-year profit leading the ASX higher.
- Staff reporter
- Updated
- Earnings season
CBA shares rocket as profit beats expectations
Investors in Australia’s biggest bank are cheering after the release of its half-year results.
- Clancy Yeates
- Opinion
- Earnings season
The good, the bad and the very ugly of profit season
It’s still early in the earnings season, but already we have two chief executive beheadings, while one of the big four banks has posted a stellar result.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Updated
- World markets
ASX closes higher as miners surge; Tech shares plunge
The Australian sharemarket moved higher as investors piled into mining and energy shares, amid a bounce in commodity prices.
- Staff reporter
- Exclusive
- Penthouse Syndicate investigation
Banker, broker, nightclub owner: The alleged fraudster who outsmarted two of Australia’s biggest banks
For years, Andrew W Hu learnt the finance giants’ systems inside out. Detectives allege he then helped defraud his former employers of hundreds of millions of dollars.
- Riley Walter