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European stocks close mixed and Asia-Pacific markets rise as investors assess renewed Middle East hostilities
8 Sep 2026
European stocks ended Monday’s session in mixed territory after Asia-Pacific markets broadly rose, with investor attention focused on the latest developments in the U.S.-Iran war. The pan-European Stoxx 600 benchmark closed just below the flatline. France’s CAC 40 led…
Read moreSantos boosts stake in $19.5b Papua LNG project
8 Sep 2026
Santos will proceed later this year to build a $19.5 billion LNG project in Papua New Guinea after its French partner TotalEnergies announced a suite of deals that include Australian second-largest oil and gas company…
Read moreASX to open flat as investors brace for a Trump bombshell at Davos
Investors are eagerly waiting to see whether there is any substance behind the rumours that Donald Trump plans to roll out a significant housing stimulus package when the US president takes the stage in Davos.…
Top Wall Street analysts are confident about these three stocks for the long term
Investors contended with bank earnings and geopolitical tensions this week, but the ongoing volatility may help uncover a few attractive stock picks. Stock ratings from top Wall Street analysts can help inform investors as they…
Amazon threatens ‘drastic’ action after Saks bankruptcy, says $475M stake is now worthless
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/amazon-says-saks-investment-is-worthless-after-bankruptcy.html
ASX to slip; oil falls 4pc on easing Iran tensions
Australian shares are poised to open modestly lower. In New York, shares were higher, paced by Goldman Sachs and a renewed artificial intelligence trade. Oil tumbled more than 4 per cent after US President Donald…
RBA spared ‘gangland-style pressures’ facing Fed, but risks lurk
The Reserve Bank of Australia is not under the “gangland-style” pressures put on the US Federal Reserve by Donald Trump – to borrow a phrase from former board member Warwick McKibbin – but former central…
Goldman’s profit beats on record stock trading
New York | Goldman Sachs’ fourth-quarter profit beat Wall Street expectations, driven by a surge in dealmaking and trading, as it expressed optimism for investment banking in the year ahead. A friendlier regulatory environment under US…
Stocks close higher Thursday as chip, bank stocks rally: Live updates
The major averages climbed Thursday, rebounding from back-to-back losses as chip and bank stocks rallied. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 292.81 points, or 0.60% to 49,442.44, boosted by gains in Goldman Sachs and Nvidia. The S&P 500 rose…
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Biogen, Rivian, Bank of America, Airbnb & more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Biogen — The biotech’s stock tumbled more than 4% after the company warned it would need to take a $222 million pretax charge in the fourth quarter. The company…
Telstra did not inform rival of death related to Triple Zero failure
Australia’s biggest telecommunications group, Telstra, did not inform rival operator TPG Telecom of a death linked to Triple Zero failures on TPG’s Vodafone network, new emails reveal, further exposing major flaws in the nation’s emergency…
There’s a reason ‘big oil’ won’t keep beating the crude market
John Rockefeller, the godfather of the modern oil industry, called his tactic of purposely crashing oil prices and sending the stocks of his rivals into a tailspin “a good sweating”. Soon after, he’d conveniently buy…